Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats

All Green commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

929 Wins

1848 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,872 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (929–1848) at an Elo of 1,641, ranking #256 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 16 damage dealt and 0.7 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 32% win rate across 2872 recorded Playgroup games (929 wins, 1848 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: 28 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

1,037 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 626 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

256

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1641

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 16

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.7

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1037

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 626

No. games played with this commander 2872

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1650	Arak	17	11	65 %
2	1643	Leeckly	36	18	50 %
3	1619	Wilcore	14	7	50 %
4	1599	dd2259	8	7	88 %
5	1594	Tahlato	66	24	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 56.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.94%

Commander Damage

36.04%

Non Combat Damage

2.5%

Combo

1.4%

Poison

1.25%

Alternative

1.25%

Mill

0.62%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 913 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.

+5.1 pp

Top card: Llanowar Elves

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Llanowar Elves 445 games	+5.1 pp	445
2	Unnatural Growth 406 games	+3.1 pp	406
3	Emerald Medallion 207 games	+2.1 pp	207
4	Silverback Elder 197 games	+1.7 pp	197
5	Elvish Mystic 445 games	+1.6 pp	445
6	Llanowar Tribe 400 games	+1.0 pp	400
7	Boon of Boseiju 209 games	+0.4 pp	209
8	Sol Ring 427 games	+0.4 pp	427

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 38.86% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.86% n=862

Seat 2

31.66% n=818

Seat 3

27.08% n=624

Seat 4

23.53% n=391

Seat 5

20.41% n=49

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 31.77% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.77% n=1259

1 mulligan

33.27% n=493

2 mulligans

18.25% n=137

3 mulligans

20.51% n=39

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

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 3.85/5 on average, across 1618 self-reports.

3.85 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.4% of the time across 933 tracked wins.

64.4 \%

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.