Empress Galina (Commander) - Counterspells

Empress Galina
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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
Jonathan Zucchetti
The Best Commander From Every Year of the 2000s
With 2025 drawing to a close, let's take a look back at this quarter century and pick out the best commanders from each year.
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Ioreth of the Healing House
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Leyline of Singularity
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Defiler of Dreams
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Hullbreaker Horror
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Spellskite
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Patron Wizard
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Seasinger
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Thassa's Oracle
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Clone
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Negate
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
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Brainstorm
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
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Rewind
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
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Sink into Stupor
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Fumble
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64xlift
Dramatic Reversal
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
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High Tide
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
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Dispel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
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Opt
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Mana Drain
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Dominate
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Cancel
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Archmage's Charm
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We Say Thee Nay!
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Pongify
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Ponder
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Bribery
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Invoke the Winds
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Blue Sun's Twilight
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Time Warp
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Echocasting Symposium
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Atlantis Attacks
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Stolen Identity
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Sea Gate Restoration
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Wash Out
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Mass Manipulation
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Personal Tutor
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Entrancing Melody
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86xlift
Rite of Replication
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
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Sapphire Medallion
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0.9xlift
Illusionist's Bracers
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32xlift
Thousand-Year Elixir
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41xlift
Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
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257xlift
God-Pharaoh's Statue
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Manifold Key
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Sting, the Glinting Dagger
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Magewright's Stone
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Rings of Brighthearth
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Tamiyo's Logbook
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Isochron Scepter
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Vedalken Shackles
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Insight Engine
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Waterbending Scroll
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Void Mirror
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Voltaic Key
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Sensei's Divining Top
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Glaring Spotlight
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Mirror Box
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Mindsplice Apparatus
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Panoptic Mirror
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Vedalken Orrery
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Mirror Gallery
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Helm of the Host
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The Magic Mirror
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Staff of Domination
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Bident of Thassa
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The Water Crystal
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Mirrormind Crown
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Unstoppable Plan
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
7.4xlift
Control Magic
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25xlift
Telepathy
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3.6xlift
Monastery Siege
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27xlift
Shadow of the Second Sun
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Dissipation Field
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11xlift
Meishin, the Mind Cage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
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Steal Enchantment
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
32xlift
Mind Control
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29xlift
Treachery
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Persuasion
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171xlift
Proft's Eidetic Memory
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Corrupted Conscience
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Equilibrium
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Steal Artifact
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Confiscate
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Endless Evil
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Back to Basics
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Legacy's Allure
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In Bolas's Clutches
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Wizard Class
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Extravagant Replication
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Rhystic Study
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Omniscience
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Followed Footsteps
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Curse of Unbinding
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86xlift
Kiora Bests the Sea God
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Opposition
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Dress Down
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Eaten by Piranhas
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Mind's Dilation
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As Foretold
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Diplomatic Immunity
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12xlift
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Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
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Reliquary Tower
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1.1xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
0.9xlift
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
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4.4xlift
Rivendell
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2.5xlift
Temple of the False God
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Halimar Depths
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Winding Canyons
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128xlift
War Room
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Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
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1.8xlift
Mistrise Village
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1.2xlift
Riptide Laboratory
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Mirrorpool
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Lonely Sandbar
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1.0xlift
Deserted Temple
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23xlift
Strip Mine
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3.8xlift
Otawara, Soaring City
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0.6xlift
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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0.9xlift
Gilded Lotus
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7.0xlift
Patriar's Seal
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
60xlift
Caged Sun
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4.7xlift
Sonic Screwdriver
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77xlift
Nyx Lotus
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15xlift
Arcane Signet
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0.5xlift
Gauntlet of Power
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7.0xlift
Sky Diamond
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Empowered Autogenerator
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Thran Dynamo
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Mind Stone
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Extraplanar Lens
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Bender's Waterskin
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Everflowing Chalice
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Coldsteel Heart
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Throne of Eldraine
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Basalt Monolith
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Séance Board
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51xlift
Fellwar Stone
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Thought Vessel
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Sceptre of Eternal Glory
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5.5xlift
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Island
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0.8xlift
Sink into Stupor
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
1.9xlift
Snow-Covered Island
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
3.7xlift
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0.6xlift
Sea Gate Restoration
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0.9xlift
Hydroelectric Specimen
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1.1xlift
Silundi Vision
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2.0xlift
Polluted Delta
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2.2xlift
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