, : Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Empress Galina is a mono-blue control commander who taps to permanently steal your opponents' legendary permanents — their commanders, planeswalkers, legendary lands, and bomb creatures. You play a grindy control game protecting Galina with counters and tax effects, untap her repeatedly to vacuum up the table's best toys, then close with the stolen value or a blue finisher. Each activation costs plus the tap, so untap and cost-reduction effects multiply her impact dramatically.
Repeatable, permanent theft that strips opponents of their commanders and most powerful pieces in a commander-heavy format
Mono-blue gives access to the best counterspells, card draw, and protection to keep Galina alive
Can neutralize a whole table's threats one legend at a time, turning into a soft lock with untappers
Snowballs hard — every stolen legend is value you keep forever
Commanders return to the command zone, so stealing a commander is often only temporary unless you sacrifice or exile it
Slow and mana-intensive: plus the tap per activation, and she does nothing the turn she enters
Highly vulnerable to removal — opponents prioritize killing Galina, and she has no built-in protection
Mono-blue lacks board wipes and struggles to recover from going wide tokens or fast aggro
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)