Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats

All Green commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

1232 Wins

2226 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,713 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (1232–2226) at an Elo of 1,591, ranking #667 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 525465 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 33% win rate across 3713 recorded Playgroup games (1232 wins, 2226 losses).

How long do winning games with Ghalta, Primal Hunger take?

Wins with Ghalta, Primal Hunger take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

1,596 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,027 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

667

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1591

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 525465

Average commander damage per game 1350209

Average poison counters given per game 10

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1596

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1027

No. games played with this commander 3713

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1674	Arak	18	12	67 %
2	1660	dd2259	13	12	92 %
3	1643	Leeckly	36	18	50 %
4	1619	Wilcore	14	7	50 %
5	1594	Tahlato	66	24	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 57.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.14%

Commander Damage

37.42%

Alternative

1.52%

Combo

1.39%

Non Combat Damage

1.26%

Poison

1.01%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1220 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ghalta, Primal Hunger decks that leave them out.

+5.7 pp

Top card: Tyrranax Rex

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tyrranax Rex Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	45
2	Vaultborn Tyrant 123 games	+5.1 pp	123
3	Silverback Elder 221 games	+3.7 pp	221
4	Boon of Boseiju 231 games	+3.3 pp	231
5	Unnatural Growth 724 games	+2.7 pp	724
6	Fanatic of Rhonas 273 games	+2.7 pp	273
7	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus 265 games	+2.5 pp	265
8	Tribute to the World Tree 157 games	+2.0 pp	157
9	Emerald Medallion 268 games	+1.8 pp	268
10	Devil Dinosaur Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	30

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Sunfrill Imitator 45 games	+1.1 pp	45
12	Runadi, Behemoth Caller 159 games	+1.1 pp	159
13	Llanowar Tribe 694 games	+0.7 pp	694
14	Llanowar Elves 744 games	+0.6 pp	744
15	Majestic Genesis 309 games	+0.1 pp	309

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 40.3% of games from position 1 and 20.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.3% n=1201

Seat 2

33.47% n=1131

Seat 3

26.6% n=750

Seat 4

21.9% n=443

Seat 5

20.63% n=63

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 32.65% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.65% n=1464

1 mulligan

34.95% n=598

2 mulligans

23.26% n=172

3 mulligans

24.44% n=45

4 mulligans

25.0% n=16

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghalta, Primal Hunger 3.87/5 on average, across 2074 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 22.2% of the time across 1246 tracked wins.

22.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ghalta, Primal Hunger. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.