Empress Galina
$13.51
$13.51Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Empress Galina's Merfolk builds — cards that lean hardest into the Merfolk theme.
Merrow Reejerey+98% Synergy
$0.27
Merfolk Sovereign+98% Synergy
$0.34
Master of the Pearl Trident+98% Synergy
$0.44
Svyelun of Sea and Sky+85% Synergy
$0.54
Merrow Commerce+85% Synergy
$14.55
Lord of Atlantis+84% Synergy
$9.25
Lullmage Mentor+84% Synergy
$5.35
Vodalian Hexcatcher+70% Synergy
$5.81
Stonybrook Banneret+68% Synergy
$0.21
Leyline of Singularity+56% Synergy
$4.35
Top Cards
The staple cards most Empress Galina Merfolk decks run as their core.
Wanderwine Prophets+56% Synergy
$16.00
Kopala, Warden of Waves+56% Synergy
$0.35
Merrow Harbinger+56% Synergy
$2.78
Emperor Mihail II+56% Synergy
$0.36
Deeproot Waters+56% Synergy
$0.34
Cursecatcher+56% Synergy
$0.48
Seafloor Oracle+56% Synergy
$0.23
Counterspell+20% Synergy
$3.77
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Empress Galina Merfolk game on their own.
Narset, Parter of Veils+4% Synergy
$1.89
Thassa's Oracle+2% Synergy
$23.44
Force of Will-3% Synergy
$62.85
Rhystic Study-18% Synergy
$72.26
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Merfolk plan in Empress Galina decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Seasinger+43% Synergy
$0.22
Merfolk Skyscout+43% Synergy
$0.19
Merfolk Wayfinder+43% Synergy
$0.13
Reef Shaman+43% Synergy
$0.27
Vodalian Mage+43% Synergy
$0.13
Tidal Courier+43% Synergy
$0.26
Stonybrook Angler+43% Synergy
$0.21
Coralhelm Commander+42% Synergy
$0.23
Cosi's Trickster+42% Synergy
$0.44
Deepchannel Mentor+42% Synergy
$4.85
Tidal Warrior+42% Synergy
$0.32
Mist Dancer+42% Synergy
$0.24
Thada Adel, Acquisitor+41% Synergy
$18.56
Marvin, Murderous Mimic+37% Synergy
$3.28
Harbinger of the Seas+35% Synergy
$1.41
Merfolk Observer+28% Synergy
$0.15
Darting Merfolk+28% Synergy
$0.19
Whirlpool Rider+28% Synergy
$0.25
Seahunter+28% Synergy
$3.61
Streambed Aquitects+28% Synergy
$0.32
River Sneak+28% Synergy
$0.29
Benthic Biomancer+28% Synergy
$0.21
Shaper Apprentice+28% Synergy
$0.09
Sea Scryer+28% Synergy
$0.20
Tidebinder Mage+28% Synergy
$0.26
Forensic Researcher+27% Synergy
$0.24
Harbinger of the Tides+27% Synergy
$0.15
Merfolk Trickster+27% Synergy
$0.46
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner+26% Synergy
$4.86
Thieving Skydiver+25% Synergy
$0.34
Tishana's Tidebinder+24% Synergy
$2.43
River Herald Scout+14% Synergy
$0.20
Merfolk Thaumaturgist+14% Synergy
$0.20
Drowner Initiate+14% Synergy
$0.31
Vodalian Arcanist+14% Synergy
$0.18
Rootwater Matriarch+14% Synergy
$0.56
Beguiler of Wills+14% Synergy
$2.24
Razorfin Abolisher+14% Synergy
$0.18
Surgespanner+14% Synergy
$0.24
Halimar Wavewatch+14% Synergy
$0.10
Sapphire Dragon+14% Synergy
$0.35
Cache Raiders+14% Synergy
$0.06
Augury Owl+13% Synergy
$0.34
Keiga, the Tide Star+13% Synergy
$0.32
Sigil Tracer+13% Synergy
$8.15
Clone+12% Synergy
$0.61
Volatile Stormdrake+11% Synergy
$0.39
Fog Bank+10% Synergy
$0.13
Agent of Treachery+10% Synergy
$6.14
Hullbreaker Horror+4% Synergy
$6.10
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Empress Galina's Merfolk deck ahead.
Hithlain Knots+28% Synergy
$0.20
Steel Sabotage+14% Synergy
$0.19
Memory Drain+14% Synergy
$0.16
Word of Undoing+14% Synergy
$0.16
Precognitive Perception+14% Synergy
$0.33
Council's Deliberation+14% Synergy
$0.19
Intervene+14% Synergy
$0.39
Mana Short+14% Synergy
$2.61
Reset+14% Synergy
$3.45
No Escape+14% Synergy
$0.17
Clairvoyance+14% Synergy
$0.27
Wipe Away+14% Synergy
$0.30
Remove Soul+14% Synergy
$0.13
Blustersquall+13% Synergy
$0.47
Elminster's Simulacrum+13% Synergy
$2.19
Turn Aside+13% Synergy
$0.18
Mystic Reflection+13% Synergy
$1.37
Time Stop+13% Synergy
$0.34
Redirect+13% Synergy
$0.29
Disrupt+13% Synergy
$0.98
Submerge+13% Synergy
$7.04
Fated Infatuation+13% Synergy
$0.52
Long River's Pull+12% Synergy
$0.33
Deliberate+12% Synergy
$0.20
Cyber Conversion+11% Synergy
$0.87
Turnabout+11% Synergy
$0.26
Twiddle+11% Synergy
$0.51
Peek+11% Synergy
$0.45
Tale's End+11% Synergy
$1.96
Delay+11% Synergy
$2.27
Cerulean Wisps+11% Synergy
$1.63
Memory Lapse+11% Synergy
$0.56
Capsize+10% Synergy
$0.86
Unsummon+10% Synergy
$0.07
Wizard's Retort+10% Synergy
$0.26
Cancel+9% Synergy
$0.32
Jwari Disruption+9% Synergy
$0.38
Misdirection+9% Synergy
$11.65
Flare of Denial+7% Synergy
$3.19
Negate+5% Synergy
$0.24
Dispel+5% Synergy
$0.32
Strix Serenade+5% Synergy
$1.64
Cryptic Command+2% Synergy
$6.46
Resculpt-3% Synergy
$0.38
Snap-5% Synergy
$3.46
Arcane Denial-8% Synergy
$1.92
Sink into Stupor-8% Synergy
$5.19
Rapid Hybridization-20% Synergy
$0.96
An Offer You Can't Refuse-23% Synergy
$2.39
Pongify-26% Synergy
$1.54
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Merfolk game plan forward for Empress Galina.
Aquitect's Will+38% Synergy
$0.37
Serum Visions+34% Synergy
$1.51
Crashing Tide+28% Synergy
$0.07
Mystic Speculation+28% Synergy
$4.59
Temporal Mastery+26% Synergy
$4.57
Bribery+25% Synergy
$5.77
Relearn+14% Synergy
$0.75
Sorcerous Sight+14% Synergy
$0.56
Tamiyo's Epiphany+14% Synergy
$0.13
Hunted by The Family+14% Synergy
$0.34
Sea God's Revenge+14% Synergy
$0.07
Rise of Eagles+14% Synergy
$0.11
Grasping Current+14% Synergy
$0.11
Talent of the Telepath+14% Synergy
$0.68
Ugin's Insight+14% Synergy
$0.21
Multiple Choice+14% Synergy
$0.27
Subjugate the Hobbits+14% Synergy
$0.30
Sleep+13% Synergy
$0.23
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows+13% Synergy
$0.35
Devastation Tide+12% Synergy
$0.51
Invoke the Winds+12% Synergy
$0.23
Beacon of Tomorrows+12% Synergy
$3.24
Temporal Trespass+12% Synergy
$3.53
Energy Tap+11% Synergy
$0.30
Commit // Memory+11% Synergy
$0.34
Blatant Thievery+11% Synergy
$6.05
River's Rebuke+11% Synergy
$0.28
Raise the Palisade+11% Synergy
$9.49
Whelming Wave+10% Synergy
$1.10
Distant Melody+9% Synergy
$0.34
Merchant Scroll+6% Synergy
$5.45
Spectral Deluge+4% Synergy
$4.40
Gitaxian Probe+3% Synergy
$3.93
Ponder-15% Synergy
$1.84
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Empress Galina Merfolk decks.
Coat of Arms+27% Synergy
$18.43
Vanquisher's Banner+27% Synergy
$4.76
Urza's Incubator+27% Synergy
$16.54
Herald's Horn+27% Synergy
$4.39
Kefnet's Monument+22% Synergy
$0.38
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key+16% Synergy
$2.86
Short Bow+16% Synergy
$0.27
Kraken's Eye+14% Synergy
$0.12
The Temporal Anchor+14% Synergy
$0.32
Planar Bridge+14% Synergy
$2.54
Door of Destinies+14% Synergy
$2.83
Hunter's Blowgun+14% Synergy
$0.21
Crystal Ball+14% Synergy
$0.43
Azor's Gateway+14% Synergy
$2.13
Planar Portal+14% Synergy
$1.66
Spidersilk Net+13% Synergy
$0.22
Tamiyo's Journal+13% Synergy
$2.85
Nevinyrral's Disk+13% Synergy
$1.06
Crystal Shard+13% Synergy
$2.46
Strionic Resonator+12% Synergy
$9.18
Staff of Domination+12% Synergy
$10.78
Vedalken Shackles+12% Synergy
$7.66
Thousand-Year Elixir+11% Synergy
$14.43
Lightning Greaves+2% Synergy
$3.66
Sensei's Divining Top0% Synergy
$46.92
Swiftfoot Boots-14% Synergy
$2.46
Sapphire Medallion-17% Synergy
$5.28
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Merfolk strategy in Empress Galina decks.
Deeproot Pilgrimage+41% Synergy
$1.63
Reflections of Littjara+40% Synergy
$2.11
Kindred Discovery+36% Synergy
$5.49
Equilibrium+28% Synergy
$3.60
Aquatic Incursion+28% Synergy
$0.19
Control Magic+27% Synergy
$0.93
Illusory Gains+14% Synergy
$0.19
In Bolas's Clutches+14% Synergy
$0.23
Soul Barrier+14% Synergy
$0.24
Sunken Field+14% Synergy
$0.67
Soothsaying+14% Synergy
$3.57
The Mirari Conjecture+14% Synergy
$0.30
Mind Control+14% Synergy
$0.22
Infinite Reflection+14% Synergy
$0.25
Shimmering Wings+14% Synergy
$0.24
High Seas+14% Synergy
$0.20
Precognition Field+14% Synergy
$0.23
Persuasion+14% Synergy
$0.32
Fealty to the Realm+14% Synergy
$0.27
Steal Artifact+14% Synergy
$0.32
Power Leak+14% Synergy
$0.11
Swindler's Scheme+14% Synergy
$0.17
Volrath's Curse+14% Synergy
$0.21
Steal Enchantment+13% Synergy
$8.43
Crab Umbra+13% Synergy
$0.41
Propaganda+12% Synergy
$2.13
Forced Fruition+12% Synergy
$7.45
Telepathy+12% Synergy
$1.06
Search for Azcanta+12% Synergy
$1.72
Counterbalance+11% Synergy
$5.98
Court of Cunning+11% Synergy
$3.88
Extravagant Replication+11% Synergy
$0.34
Imprisoned in the Moon+2% Synergy
$0.24
Mystic Remora-12% Synergy
$12.67
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Empress Galina's Merfolk game plan.
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage+27% Synergy
$5.08
Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage+13% Synergy
$1.79
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries-1% Synergy
$8.52
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Empress Galina Merfolk decks.
Teferi's Isle+28% Synergy
$11.65
Soldevi Excavations+14% Synergy
$8.36
Tolaria+14% Synergy
$7.01
Ice Floe+14% Synergy
$0.36
Rogue's Passage+13% Synergy
$0.40
Three Tree City+13% Synergy
$27.19
High Market+13% Synergy
$0.78
Temple of the False God+4% Synergy
$0.29
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+2% Synergy
$62.31
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx-2% Synergy
$54.27
Seat of the Synod-5% Synergy
$0.73
Reliquary Tower-28% Synergy
$3.36
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Empress Galina's Merfolk strategy.
Worn Powerstone+23% Synergy
$0.47
Patriar's Seal+12% Synergy
$5.06
Gauntlet of Power+10% Synergy
$4.38
Commander's Sphere+5% Synergy
$0.26
Basalt Monolith+4% Synergy
$3.75
Gilded Lotus+3% Synergy
$0.53
Thran Dynamo+1% Synergy
$4.35
Fellwar Stone-5% Synergy
$0.70
Mind Stone-6% Synergy
$0.31
Midnight Clock-6% Synergy
$0.65
Thought Vessel-9% Synergy
$1.92
Arcane Signet-22% Synergy
$0.69
Sol Ring-42% Synergy
$1.84
Lands
The mana base behind Empress Galina's Merfolk decks.
The Grey Havens+14% Synergy
$0.33
Command Tower+10% Synergy
$0.34
Cavern of Souls+10% Synergy
$51.61
Jwari Disruption+9% Synergy
$0.38
Glasspool Mimic+8% Synergy
$6.83
Island+6% Synergy
$0.21
Sink into Stupor-8% Synergy
$5.19
Myriad Landscape-11% Synergy
$0.31
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Empress Galina: Merfolk.
Alora, Merry Thief // Street Urchin
Nihiloor
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Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
Merieke Ri Berit
The Beast, Deathless Prince
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Garland, Royal Kidnapper
Dragonlord Silumgar
Gut, True Soul Zealot // Shameless Charlatan
Kitsune, Dragon's Daughter
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Rubinia Soulsinger
Memnarch
Don Andres, the Renegade
Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
The First Doctor // K-9, Mark I
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Keiga, the Tide Star
Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Alora, Merry Thief // Popular Entertainer
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Meneldor, Swift Savior
Yasova Dragonclaw
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Sen Triplets
Karlach, Fury of Avernus // Street Urchin
Eriette, the Beguiler
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Llawan, Cephalid Empress
Gut, True Soul Zealot // Candlekeep Sage
Arcum Dagsson
Evelyn, the Covetous
Hivis of the Scale
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Siani, Eye of the Storm
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // The Prismatic Piper
Gonti, Night Minister