Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
This spell costs X less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Combos with Ghalta, Primal Hunger
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Omnath, Locus of Mana Food Chain Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinitely large creature
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
- Defiler of Vigor Food Chain Infinite
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite storm count
- Vaultborn Tyrant Phyrexian Altar Defiler of Vigor Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite commander casts
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea Ascendant Packleader Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2018-01-19
To determine Ghalta's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. Ghalta's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- 2018-01-19
If a creature's power is somehow less than 0, it subtracts from the total power of your other creatures. If the total power of your creatures is 0 or less, Ghalta's cost remains 10.
- 2018-01-19
The total cost to cast Ghalta is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three 2/2 creatures, including one you can sacrifice to add , the total cost of Ghalta is 4. Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.
- 2018-01-19
Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below .
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Ghalta, Primal Hunger in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Ghalta, Primal Hunger in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
- Tramplesaurus Rex 0 games —
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ghalta, Primal Hunger, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantlaza, Sun-Favored | 3 | 16 | 31.3% |
| Bello, Bard of the Brambles | 2 | 0 | — |
| Surrak and Goreclaw | 2 | 0 | — |
| Eshki | 1 | 7 | 57.1% |
| Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers | 1 | 7 | 28.6% |
| Eshki, Temur's Roar | 1 | 0 | — |
| Forest | 1 | 0 | — |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Gruul 4 decks
- Naya 4 decks
- Mono-Green 3 decks
- Temur 1 deck
- Selesnya 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
Ghalta, Primal Hunger price history
The Foundations #222 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $1.32 | $1.47 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $1.32 | $1.47 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.30 | $1.47 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.45 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.47 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $1.29 | $1.53 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.63 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.27 | $1.63 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.17 | $1.64 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.18 | $1.65 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.65 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.24 | $1.71 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.69 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.69 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.68 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $1.24 | $1.67 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.24 | $1.69 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $1.23 | $1.69 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.69 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.65 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.27 | $1.69 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.68 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.71 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.18 | $1.65 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.66 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.33 | $1.66 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.36 | $1.80 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.18 | $2.08 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Ghalta, Primal Hunger
19 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
- Foil
- $1.89
- Normal
- $1.32
- Foil
- $1.47
Promo
Foundations Promos
- Foil
- $1.42
Inverted
- Normal
- $5.73
- Foil
- $11.82
Inverted
- Foil
- $61.09
- Normal
- $1.00
- Normal
- $1.39
Inverted
Special Guests
- Normal
- $15.17
- Foil
- $24.13
- Normal
- $2.04
- Foil
- $1.84
Etched
- Etched
- $5.17
- Normal
- $1.58
Borderless
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $16.51
- Foil
- $18.56
- Normal
- $1.15
Game Night 2019
- Normal
- $1.25
Game Night
- Normal
- $1.22
Rivals of Ixalan
- Normal
- $1.43
- Foil
- $4.23
Promo
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
- Foil
- $8.01
Promo
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
- Normal
- $5.36
- Foil
- $11.00
Promo
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
- Foil
- $4.85
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ghalta, Primal Hunger. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
