---
name: "Empress Galina"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "ea2614bc-00ad-4859-98f5-689f33357fe6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/empress-galina-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Empress Galina
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
{U}{U}, {T}: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rootwater Matriarch](/printing/rootwater-matriarch-10e.md) — Creature — Merfolk
2. [Overtaker](/printing/overtaker-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk Spellshaper
3. [Beguiler of Wills](/printing/beguiler-of-wills-dka.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Old Man of the Sea](/printing/old-man-of-the-sea-me3.md) — Creature — Djinn
5. [Merieke Ri Berit](/printing/merieke-ri-berit-ice.md) — Legendary Creature — Human
6. [Legacy's Allure](/printing/legacys-allure-tpr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #54
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`