Empress Galina (Commander) - Counterspells

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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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Snap
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Hydroelectric Specimen
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Negate
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Mana Leak
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Fumble
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Brainstorm
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Dispel
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Mana Drain
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Cancel
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Archmage's Charm
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Remove Soul
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Flow of Knowledge
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Rewind
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Fierce Guardianship
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Dramatic Reversal
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High Tide
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Desertion
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Echoing Truth
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We Say Thee Nay!
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Frantic Search
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Put Away
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Lose Focus
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Press the Enemy
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Elminster's Simulacrum
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Twiddle
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Swan Song
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Cryptic Command
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Didn't Say Please
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Bribery
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Ponder
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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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Sea Gate Restoration
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Mass Manipulation
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Personal Tutor
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Juxtapose
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Expropriate
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Acquire
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Rite of Replication
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Thousand-Year Elixir
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Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
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Swiftfoot Boots
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God-Pharaoh's Statue
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Rings of Brighthearth
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Tamiyo's Logbook
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Isochron Scepter
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Insight Engine
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Waterbending Scroll
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Void Mirror
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Sensei's Divining Top
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Glaring Spotlight
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Manifold Key
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Mirror Box
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Panoptic Mirror
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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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Magewright's Stone
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Neurok Stealthsuit
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The Water Crystal
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Mirrormind Crown
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Unstoppable Plan
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Control Magic
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Monastery Siege
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Shadow of the Second Sun
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Dissipation Field
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Meishin, the Mind Cage
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Steal Enchantment
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Mind Control
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Treachery
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Proft's Eidetic Memory
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Corrupted Conscience
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Equilibrium
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Telepathy
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Endless Evil
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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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Kiora Bests the Sea God
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Persuasion
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Opposition
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Steal Artifact
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Mind's Dilation
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Confiscate
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As Foretold
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Diplomatic Immunity
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Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
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Reliquary Tower
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1.3xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
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1.1xlift
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
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Rivendell
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Temple of the False God
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Halimar Depths
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Winding Canyons
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147xlift
War Room
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2.6xlift
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
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Mistrise Village
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1.4xlift
Riptide Laboratory
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1.2xlift
Mirrorpool
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Lonely Sandbar
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1.1xlift
Deserted Temple
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24xlift
Strip Mine
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Otawara, Soaring City
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Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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Patriar's Seal
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69xlift
Caged Sun
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5.6xlift
Gilded Lotus
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Nyx Lotus
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17xlift
Gauntlet of Power
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8.4xlift
Empowered Autogenerator
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73xlift
Thran Dynamo
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3.8xlift
Sonic Screwdriver
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65xlift
Extraplanar Lens
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3.9xlift
Bender's Waterskin
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1.8xlift
Arcane Signet
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0.3xlift
Sky Diamond
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0.7xlift
Throne of Eldraine
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Séance Board
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Thought Vessel
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Mind Stone
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Sceptre of Eternal Glory
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Island
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Sink into Stupor
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Snow-Covered Island
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Myriad Landscape
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Sea Gate Restoration
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Hydroelectric Specimen
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Silundi Vision
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Polluted Delta
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