Amalia Benavides Aguirre

• WOTC Official Reminder Textofficial rules
  Ward — Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays [cost].

• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  In some unusual cases, noncreature permanents may explore. For example, if the creature card returned by Defossilize is somehow not a creature once it's on the battlefield, it can still explore. You'll take all the same actions, and you may end up putting a +1/+1 counter on the permanent. (Note that some effects target a creature, and those effects would still require a legal target to have it explore.)
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to explore but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still explores. If you reveal a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything, but you may put the revealed card into your graveyard. Effects that trigger "whenever a creature explores" trigger as appropriate.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  Once an ability that causes a creature to explore begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  The instruction for Amalia Benavides Aguirre to explore and the effect that occurs if Amalia Benavides Aguirre's power is exactly 20 are all part of the same ability. Players do not get to chance to respond to the ability after knowing the result of the explore.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  Amalia Benavides Aguirre's power is checked only once, as the triggered ability resolves. If it is no longer on the battlefield at that point, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  If no card is revealed, most likely because that player's library is empty, the exploring creature receives a +1/+1 counter.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  Some spells or abilities might cause a creature to explore multiple times in a row. If you reveal a nonland card when a creature explores and leave it on top of your library, then the creature explores again immediately afterwards, you'll reveal the same card again.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  If multiple creatures with lifelink you control deal combat damage at the same time, the damage dealt by each of those creatures is a separate life-gaining event and Amalia Benavides Aguirre's ability will trigger that many times.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  If an ability instructs a creature to explore, its controller reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, they'll put it into their hand. Otherwise, they'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then choose to either leave that card on top of their library or put it into their graveyard.
• WWizards of the Coast2023-11-10
  Official Ruling
  Amalia Benavides Aguirre's power must be exactly 20 during the resolution of its last ability after it finishes exploring in order to destroy all other creatures. If it's more or less than 20, nothing is destroyed.

Rulings via Scryfall

• WO
  Wizards of the Coast2024-08-26

  Amalia Benavides Aguirre was banned in explorer on August 26, 2024. Each card banned in Pioneer that is available on MTG Arena is also banned in Explorer. Amalia Combo is a play pattern we are happy to see leave MTG Arena as it was a challenging experience. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-26-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement
• WO
  Wizards of the Coast2024-08-26

  Amalia Benavides Aguirre was banned in pioneer on August 26, 2024. The combination of power, consistency, and the ability to draw games have led us to ban Amalia Benavides Aguirre in Pioneer. This is not ideal as a gameplay experience and certainly was not something our team caught during playtesting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-26-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement