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Vedalken Shacklesutility$6.11A classic mono-blue control piece that steals opposing creatures over time by leveraging Islands, similar to Galina’s repeatable permanent theft plan.Take PossessionutilityBudget$0.20A blue theft spell that permanently takes control of a permanent, matching the long-term control-changing role of Empress Galina.Cultural ExchangeutilityBudget$4.63A political blue sorcery that swaps control of creatures, useful in decks that want to gain strong opposing threats like Galina does.Domineering WillutilityBudget$0.74Provides temporary control-changing in blue and can function as a combat trick or setup for permanent theft strategies.Mind ControlutilityBudget$0.20Straightforward blue creature theft at a comparable mana value, serving the same 'steal their best permanent' game plan in a simpler form.Control MagicutilityBudget$0.77One of the most direct analogs for permanently taking an opposing creature, offering a stronger and cheaper theft effect than Galina's activated ability.Corrupted ConscienceutilityBudget$1.28Steals a creature outright and adds a win condition with infect, making it a direct blue control-theft alternative.Keiga, the Tide StarutilityBudget$2.24While not a theft effect on board, it converts a creature dying into control gain, which fits blue’s permanent-manipulation/control role.
