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Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur · from $0.94

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.)

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
15	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
16	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
17	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
18	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
19	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
20	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
21	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
22	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
23	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
24	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
25	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
26	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
27	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
28	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
29	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
30	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
31	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
32	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
33	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
34	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
35	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
36	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
37	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
38	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
39	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
40	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
41	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
42	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
43	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
44	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
45	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
46	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
47	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
48	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
49	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
50	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
51	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
52	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
53	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
54	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
55	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
56	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
57	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
58	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
59	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
60	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
61	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
62	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
63	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
64	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
65	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
66	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
67	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
68	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
69	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
70	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
71	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
72	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
73	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
74	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
75	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
76	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
77	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
78	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
79	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
80	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
81	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
82	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
83	Beast Whisperer	Creature	4	$4.27
84	Wild Growth	Enchantment	1	$0.40
85	Crop Rotation	Instant	1	$3.60
86	Fyndhorn Elves	Creature	1	$0.96
87	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
88	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35
89	The Great Henge	Artifact	9	$63.38
90	Sensei's Divining Top	Artifact	1	$36.48
91	Sword of the Animist	Artifact	2	$2.79
92	Explore	Sorcery	2	$0.15
93	Mithril Coat	Artifact	3	$27.09
94	Scute Swarm	Creature	3	$8.51
95	Rishkar's Expertise	Sorcery	6	$1.72
96	Mox Opal	Artifact	0	$229.58
97	Unclaimed Territory	Land	0	$0.30
98	Mox Diamond	Artifact	0	$1108.66
99	Harrow	Instant	3	$0.33
100	Foundry Inspector	Creature	3	$0.28

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Combos with Ghalta, Primal Hunger

7 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Defiler of Vigor + Food Chain + Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana that can only be used to cast creature spells · Infinite commander casts · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Food Chain + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Omnath, Locus of Mana
Infinite colored mana that can only be used to cast creature spells · Infinite commander casts · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Defiler of Vigor + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Phyrexian Altar + Vaultborn Tyrant
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
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ascendant Packleader + Ashnod's Altar + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
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
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Altar of Dementia + Ascendant Packleader + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite commander casts · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ascendant Packleader + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana · Infinite commander casts · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ascendant Packleader + Blasting Station + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite commander casts · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

5 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

15th of 34 — Nocturno commander deck on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Jordi
8th of 25 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggSep 28, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Aleix Gonzalez Marquez
10th of 23 — PRECON BATTLE on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Eric
1st of 19 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggSep 18, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by Joan dalmau
14th of 26 — June GG Commander Clash on Topdeck.ggJun 26, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Blake Bricknell

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Precons led by Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Official preconstructed decks with Ghalta, Primal Hunger at the helm.

Tramplesaurus Rex
PreconCommander· Released Oct 2026

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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