Empress Galina (Commander) - Upgraded Control

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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Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
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145xlift
Council of Reeds
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Sower of Temptation
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Fatespinner
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Roil Elemental
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Mind Flayer
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Dominating Licid
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210xlift
Clever Impersonator
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Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
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Volatile Stormdrake
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Cemetery Illuminator
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66xlift
Beguiler of Wills
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131xlift
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
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21xlift
Consecrated Sphinx
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2.7xlift
Phyrexian Metamorph
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2.1xlift
Fear of Failed Tests
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175xlift
Mocking Doppelganger
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25xlift
Agent of Treachery
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Rangers of Ithilien
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262xlift
Diversion Unit
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Keiga, the Tide Star
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Hydroelectric Specimen
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1.4xlift
Alluring Siren
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525xlift
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
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Wandering Archaic
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Drift of Phantasms
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18xlift
Harbinger of the Seas
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Aphetto Alchemist
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Spark Double
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2.7xlift
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
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5.6xlift
Stunt Double
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19xlift
Faerie Mastermind
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1.8xlift
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
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28xlift
Ioreth of the Healing House
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Thalakos Deceiver
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Aura Thief
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44xlift
Riptide Entrancer
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87xlift
Hullbreaker Horror
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1.2xlift
Daggermaw Megalodon
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262xlift
Callous Oppressor
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Spellskite
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3.5xlift
Cryptoplasm
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44xlift
Thieving Skydiver
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12xlift
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
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4.4xlift
Instants
Counterspell
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1.4xlift
An Offer You Can't Refuse
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1.4xlift
Negate
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1.8xlift
Opt
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2.6xlift
Commandeer
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6.7xlift
High Tide
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1.2xlift
Desertion
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26xlift
Pongify
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0.8xlift
Rapid Hybridization
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0.8xlift
Muddle the Mixture
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1.7xlift
Three Steps Ahead
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1.9xlift
Press the Enemy
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
15xlift
Brainstorm
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0.7xlift
Twist Reality
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52xlift
Dispel
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4.6xlift
Mana Drain
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1.1xlift
Archmage's Charm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Flusterstorm
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.2xlift
Disallow
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.6xlift
Filter Out
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
8.2xlift
Swan Song
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Arcane Denial
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.8xlift
Snap
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1.1xlift
Rewind
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.5xlift
Mana Leak
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.8xlift
Cyclonic Rift
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.8xlift
Don't Make a Sound
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31xlift
Mystical Tutor
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.7xlift
Sorceries
Blue Sun's Twilight
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18xlift
Mass Manipulation
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25xlift
Bribery
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13xlift
Acquire
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66xlift
Ponder
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Strategic Planning
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33xlift
Sleight of Hand
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11xlift
Windfall
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1.7xlift
Lórien Revealed
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2.1xlift
Clone Legion
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Invoke the Winds
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Expropriate
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10xlift
Inevitable Betrayal
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28xlift
Subjugate the Hobbits
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
66xlift
Compulsive Research
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
23xlift
Entrancing Melody
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
131xlift
Rite of Replication
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.2xlift
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
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5.0xlift
Illusionist's Bracers
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
35xlift
Swiftfoot Boots
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
3.1xlift
Sapphire Medallion
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
Mirror Box
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16xlift
Cryptolith Fragment
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262xlift
Mirage Mirror
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14xlift
Whispersilk Cloak
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13xlift
Mindslaver
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40xlift
Neurok Stealthsuit
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23xlift
Isochron Scepter
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2.5xlift
Vedalken Shackles
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8.3xlift
Enchantments
Control Magic
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58xlift
Legacy's Allure
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
262xlift
Steal Enchantment
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87xlift
Mind Control
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175xlift
Copy Enchantment
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37xlift
Mystic Remora
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
2.2xlift
Leyline of Anticipation
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
6.4xlift
Leyline of Singularity
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
262xlift
Propaganda
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1.8xlift
Curse of Inertia
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
175xlift
Take Possession
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
525xlift
Second Wind
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105xlift
Metamorphic Alteration
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
131xlift
In Too Deep
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40xlift
Frogify
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31xlift
Imprisoned in the Moon
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.6xlift
Dissipation Field
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
7.5xlift
Unable to Scream
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
17xlift
Curse of Surveillance
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
175xlift
Followed Footsteps
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
66xlift
Energy Flux
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
131xlift
Curse of Unbinding
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
105xlift
Copy Artifact
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26xlift
Stasis Field
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
58xlift
Treachery
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20xlift
Betrayal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
105xlift
Kitnap
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
87xlift
Amphibian Downpour
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.4xlift
Exchange of Words
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
131xlift
Kasmina's Transmutation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
35xlift
Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
175xlift
Mind Harness
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
75xlift
Corrupted Conscience
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25xlift
Curse of Verbosity
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31xlift
Curse of Echoes
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
131xlift
Mind's Dilation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
26xlift
As Foretold
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
7.6xlift
Grafted Identity
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
262xlift
Planeswalkers
Narset, Parter of Veils
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.1xlift
Utility Lands
Mystic Sanctuary
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.0xlift
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Detection Tower
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
29xlift
Reliquary Tower
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.0xlift
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.9xlift
Rivendell
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.4xlift
Arcane Lighthouse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.1xlift
Tyrite Sanctum
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29xlift
Tolaria West
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.6xlift
Blighted Cataract
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
52xlift
Crystal Vein
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
25xlift
War Room
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.7xlift
Thespian's Stage
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
9.2xlift
Dark Depths
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28xlift
Castle Vantress
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.4xlift
Temple of the False God
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.2xlift
The Surgical Bay
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28xlift
Otawara, Soaring City
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.0xlift
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
1.2xlift
Fellwar Stone
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Bender's Waterskin
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
2.3xlift
Caged Sun
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Everflowing Chalice
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.6xlift
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
5.0xlift
Arcane Signet
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.5xlift
Gauntlet of Power
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
7.2xlift
Sky Diamond
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.5xlift
Mox Amber
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
8.2xlift
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.6xlift
Gilded Lotus
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Worn Powerstone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
5.4xlift
Mind Stone
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
4.8xlift
Nyx Lotus
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
7.9xlift
Extraplanar Lens
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.9xlift
Misleading Signpost
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
5.1xlift
Lands
Island
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
0.7xlift
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
11xlift
Myriad Landscape
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.2xlift
Hydroelectric Specimen
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.4xlift
Snow-Covered Island
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.5xlift
Cavern of Souls
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.4xlift
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