Amalia the Explorer

Pioneer BGW (Abzan, Junk) Collected Company Combo Competitive Explore Infinite Combo Lifegain

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Creature (28)

• 4x Amalia Benavides Aguirre
• 2x Cenote Scout
• 1x Deep-Cavern Bat
• 1x Dina, Soul Steeper *f-etch*
• 1x Extraction Specialist
• 2x Fauna Shaman
• 4x Lunarch Veteran  ^Flip
• 4x Prosperous Innkeeper
• 1x Selfless Savior
• 2x Sentinel of the Nameless City
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Voice of Resurgence
• 4x Wildgrowth Walker

Land (22)

• 3x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Forest
• 4x Mana Confluence
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 4x Temple Garden

Instant (7)

• 4x Chord of Calling
• 3x Collected Company

Artifact (1)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Return to the Ranks

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Sideboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Deep-Cavern Bat
• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Knight of Dusk's Shadow
• 2x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Selfless Savior
• 1x Sentinel of the Nameless City
• 1x Thrun, Breaker of Silence
• 1x Voice of Resurgence

Instant (3)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Return to the Ranks

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I loved the Amalia Benavides Aguirre + Wildgrowth Walker combo since she was spoiled and have been tinkering with a list ever since. Outside of the two main pieces, just need to fill out the rest of the deck with ways to start, find, and protect the combo. I saw there was a couple other lists kicking around (shoutout Fablab and RebelGenius, clearly two people with excellent taste), so I thought I'd throw up my own brew. Suggestions welcome!

Changed the name since having "Adventure" in the title may be a bit misleading.

Update 12-19-23: Edited and updated based on results of Dec. 15-17 U.S. Regional Championships

Update 2-15-24: Trying to get everything asap and Gilded Goose have most certainly fallen out of vogue. Building for resilience is most certainly the popular move.

Update 2-25-24: Amalia combo showed out well at PT MKM, making top 4 before ultimately losing in a record-setting 7 game semi-final! I was super interesting to see the take on the deck that made it to the biggest stage, and I'll be adjusting my own based on it, though not outright copying it. Was super pleased to Fauna Shaman show up as a 3-of in the big stages! That was a card I was super keen on when the deck was just coming together, but I never saw it on any lists in leagues and stuff. Also, always have a second Cenote Scout and a Dina, Soul Steeper in your deck, people. If I learned anything, I learned that.

Update 8-26-24: Goodnight Amalia, sweet prince(ss)

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #3 position in Pioneer 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Combo 11 months ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Lifegain 11 months ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is not Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 1 Mythic Rares 40 - 5 Rares 13 - 6 Uncommons 4 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.24
Tokens	Elemental */* GW, Illusion */* U, Map, Treasure
Folders	Pioneer Decks, pioneer, Cool, Cool Stuff People Made, cool decks i discovered