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Empress Galina
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Empress Galina

{3}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble

{U}{U}, {T}: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Few diplomats can resist the charm of Her Serene Highness's imperial seal.

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Set
Secret Lair Drop (SLD #9998)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2022-04-12
Artist
Matt Stewart
EDHREC rank
#9,775
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 1.23
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Leyline of Singularity 72 %+71.7 %
  2. Control Magic 66 %+64.1 %
  3. Bribery 67 %+63.4 %
  4. Blatant Thievery 61 %+58.0 %
  5. Agent of Treachery 61 %+56.8 %
  6. Desertion 55 %+52.8 %
  7. Vedalken Shackles 50 %+47.9 %
  8. Thieving Skydiver 52 %+47.8 %
  9. Ioreth of the Healing House 50 %+45.9 %
  10. Corrupted Conscience 47 %+45.2 %
  11. Invoke the Winds 46 %+44.6 %
  12. Blue Sun's Twilight 47 %+44.5 %
  13. Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 47 %+44.4 %
  14. Sower of Temptation 47 %+44.1 %
  15. Treachery 44 %+43.0 %
  16. Patriar's Seal 44 %+42.2 %
  17. Beguiler of Wills 43 %+41.9 %
  18. Aura Thief 41 %+40.3 %
  19. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 52 %+39.2 %
  20. Acquire 39 %+38.1 %
  21. Roil Elemental 39 %+37.6 %
  22. Thada Adel, Acquisitor 39 %+37.3 %
  23. Arcane Lighthouse 39 %+37.3 %
  24. Confiscate 36 %+35.1 %
  25. Clever Impersonator 41 %+34.8 %
  26. Thousand-Year Elixir 38 %+34.6 %
  27. Mind Flayer 35 %+33.7 %
  28. Thalakos Deceiver 34 %+33.3 %
  29. Memnarch 35 %+33.2 %
  30. Lightning Greaves 59 %+32.9 %
  31. Mass Manipulation 34 %+32.3 %
  32. Illusionist's Bracers 34 %+31.7 %
  33. Mind Control 31 %+30.0 %
  34. Marvin, Murderous Mimic 33 %+29.4 %
  35. Keiga, the Tide Star 30 %+28.7 %
  36. Swiftfoot Boots 56 %+28.3 %
  37. Aphetto Alchemist 31 %+28.2 %
  38. Propaganda 59 %+27.0 %
  39. Inevitable Betrayal 28 %+27.0 %
  40. Callous Oppressor 27 %+26.8 %
  41. Detection Tower 26 %+25.1 %
  42. Gilded Drake 27 %+24.5 %
  43. Archmage's Charm 41 %+23.8 %
  44. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 40 %+23.8 %
  45. Pemmin's Aura 26 %+23.5 %
  46. Steal Enchantment 23 %+21.8 %
  47. Mind's Dilation 23 %+21.7 %
  48. Freed from the Real 24 %+20.7 %
  49. Sakashima of a Thousand Faces 26 %+20.3 %
  50. Mana Drain 45 %+19.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 92 %-1.6 %
  2. Sol Ring 89 %+4.9 %
  3. Counterspell 78 %+12.4 %
  4. Sapphire Medallion 77 %+17.4 %
  5. Leyline of Singularity 72 %+71.7 %
  6. Bribery 67 %+63.4 %
  7. Control Magic 66 %+64.1 %
  8. Arcane Signet 65 %+0.7 %
  9. Agent of Treachery 61 %+56.8 %
  10. High Tide 61 %+17.0 %
  11. Blatant Thievery 61 %+58.0 %
  12. Lightning Greaves 59 %+32.9 %
  13. Propaganda 59 %+27.0 %
  14. Swiftfoot Boots 56 %+28.3 %
  15. Desertion 55 %+52.8 %
  16. Reliquary Tower 53 %-3.0 %
  17. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 52 %+39.2 %
  18. Thieving Skydiver 52 %+47.8 %
  19. Mystic Sanctuary 51 %+1.3 %
  20. Vedalken Shackles 50 %+47.9 %
  21. Ioreth of the Healing House 50 %+45.9 %
  22. Rhystic Study 49 %+18.7 %
  23. Blue Sun's Twilight 47 %+44.5 %
  24. Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 47 %+44.4 %
  25. Corrupted Conscience 47 %+45.2 %
  26. Sower of Temptation 47 %+44.1 %
  27. Invoke the Winds 46 %+44.6 %
  28. Thought Vessel 46 %-5.4 %
  29. Mana Drain 45 %+19.0 %
  30. Treachery 44 %+43.0 %
  31. Patriar's Seal 44 %+42.2 %
  32. Beguiler of Wills 43 %+41.9 %
  33. Brainstorm 42 %+0.8 %
  34. Negate 42 %+4.4 %
  35. Cyclonic Rift 41 %+10.5 %
  36. Clever Impersonator 41 %+34.8 %
  37. Aura Thief 41 %+40.3 %
  38. Archmage's Charm 41 %+23.8 %
  39. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 40 %+23.8 %
  40. Roil Elemental 39 %+37.6 %
  41. Arcane Lighthouse 39 %+37.3 %
  42. Acquire 39 %+38.1 %
  43. Arcane Denial 39 %+2.1 %
  44. An Offer You Can't Refuse 39 %-0.5 %
  45. Thada Adel, Acquisitor 39 %+37.3 %
  46. Thousand-Year Elixir 38 %+34.6 %
  47. Confiscate 36 %+35.1 %
  48. Memnarch 35 %+33.2 %
  49. Mind Flayer 35 %+33.7 %
  50. Mystic Remora 35 %+9.0 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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