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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
#9,606
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 1.12
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 %+71.5 %
  2. Control Magic 65 %+63.5 %
  3. Bribery 66 %+62.6 %
  4. Blatant Thievery 61 %+58.2 %
  5. Agent of Treachery 61 %+56.5 %
  6. Desertion 54 %+51.8 %
  7. Thieving Skydiver 52 %+48.4 %
  8. Vedalken Shackles 51 %+48.2 %
  9. Corrupted Conscience 48 %+45.9 %
  10. Ioreth of the Healing House 49 %+45.5 %
  11. Sower of Temptation 48 %+44.9 %
  12. Invoke the Winds 47 %+44.9 %
  13. Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 47 %+44.8 %
  14. Blue Sun's Twilight 48 %+44.6 %
  15. Treachery 44 %+42.6 %
  16. Patriar's Seal 44 %+42.1 %
  17. Beguiler of Wills 42 %+40.9 %
  18. Aura Thief 41 %+40.4 %
  19. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 52 %+38.7 %
  20. Acquire 39 %+37.8 %
  21. Roil Elemental 40 %+37.7 %
  22. Thada Adel, Acquisitor 39 %+37.1 %
  23. Arcane Lighthouse 39 %+36.6 %
  24. Thousand-Year Elixir 38 %+34.5 %
  25. Clever Impersonator 41 %+34.4 %
  26. Confiscate 35 %+34.4 %
  27. Thalakos Deceiver 34 %+34.2 %
  28. Mind Flayer 35 %+33.8 %
  29. Memnarch 35 %+33.0 %
  30. Mass Manipulation 34 %+32.0 %
  31. Lightning Greaves 58 %+31.9 %
  32. Illusionist's Bracers 33 %+30.8 %
  33. Mind Control 31 %+30.2 %
  34. Keiga, the Tide Star 30 %+29.3 %
  35. Inevitable Betrayal 29 %+27.9 %
  36. Marvin, Murderous Mimic 31 %+27.7 %
  37. Swiftfoot Boots 55 %+27.4 %
  38. Aphetto Alchemist 30 %+27.3 %
  39. Callous Oppressor 27 %+26.9 %
  40. Propaganda 58 %+26.5 %
  41. Detection Tower 26 %+24.7 %
  42. Gilded Drake 27 %+24.7 %
  43. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 41 %+23.8 %
  44. Archmage's Charm 41 %+23.6 %
  45. Pemmin's Aura 26 %+23.3 %
  46. Mind's Dilation 24 %+22.7 %
  47. Steal Enchantment 23 %+21.6 %
  48. Sakashima of a Thousand Faces 27 %+20.2 %
  49. Freed from the Real 24 %+20.1 %
  50. Tempted by the Oriq 20 %+18.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 92 %-1.9 %
  2. Sol Ring 89 %+4.7 %
  3. Counterspell 78 %+12.0 %
  4. Sapphire Medallion 76 %+16.6 %
  5. Leyline of Singularity 72 %+71.5 %
  6. Bribery 66 %+62.6 %
  7. Control Magic 65 %+63.5 %
  8. Arcane Signet 65 %+0.4 %
  9. Blatant Thievery 61 %+58.2 %
  10. Agent of Treachery 61 %+56.5 %
  11. High Tide 61 %+16.7 %
  12. Lightning Greaves 58 %+31.9 %
  13. Propaganda 58 %+26.5 %
  14. Swiftfoot Boots 55 %+27.4 %
  15. Desertion 54 %+51.8 %
  16. Reliquary Tower 53 %-3.5 %
  17. Thieving Skydiver 52 %+48.4 %
  18. Minamo, School at Water's Edge 52 %+38.7 %
  19. Mystic Sanctuary 51 %+1.2 %
  20. Vedalken Shackles 51 %+48.2 %
  21. Rhystic Study 50 %+18.6 %
  22. Ioreth of the Healing House 49 %+45.5 %
  23. Corrupted Conscience 48 %+45.9 %
  24. Sower of Temptation 48 %+44.9 %
  25. Blue Sun's Twilight 48 %+44.6 %
  26. Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 47 %+44.8 %
  27. Invoke the Winds 47 %+44.9 %
  28. Thought Vessel 46 %-4.8 %
  29. Mana Drain 45 %+18.7 %
  30. Patriar's Seal 44 %+42.1 %
  31. Treachery 44 %+42.6 %
  32. Negate 42 %+4.7 %
  33. Beguiler of Wills 42 %+40.9 %
  34. Cyclonic Rift 41 %+9.9 %
  35. Brainstorm 41 %+0.7 %
  36. Aura Thief 41 %+40.4 %
  37. Clever Impersonator 41 %+34.4 %
  38. Archmage's Charm 41 %+23.6 %
  39. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 41 %+23.8 %
  40. Roil Elemental 40 %+37.7 %
  41. Acquire 39 %+37.8 %
  42. Arcane Lighthouse 39 %+36.6 %
  43. Thada Adel, Acquisitor 39 %+37.1 %
  44. Arcane Denial 39 %+1.8 %
  45. An Offer You Can't Refuse 38 %-0.8 %
  46. Thousand-Year Elixir 38 %+34.5 %
  47. Mind Flayer 35 %+33.8 %
  48. Confiscate 35 %+34.4 %
  49. Memnarch 35 %+33.0 %
  50. Mystic Remora 35 %+8.8 %

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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