Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global Commander Stats

664 Wins

1478 Losses

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,142 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (664–1478) at an Elo of 1,631, ranking #299 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 747 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 30% win rate across 2142 recorded Playgroup games (664 wins, 1478 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

594 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 359 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

299

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1631

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 747

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 594

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 359

No. games played with this commander 2142

Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1667	Arak	16	11	69 %
2	1643	Leeckly	36	18	50 %
3	1610	Tahlato	65	24	37 %
4	1605	Wilcore	12	6	50 %
5	1591	Mac	12	7	58 %

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 58.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.58%

Commander Damage

34.1%

Non Combat Damage

2.3%

Poison

1.67%

Combo

1.46%

Alternative

1.26%

Mill

0.63%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 687 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 36.8% of games from position 1 and 20.93% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.8% n=625

Seat 2

30.19% n=593

Seat 3

27.9% n=491

Seat 4

24.4% n=336

Seat 5

20.93% n=43

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 30.6% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.6% n=1036

1 mulligan

31.96% n=363

2 mulligans

19.42% n=103

3 mulligans

10.34% n=29

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghalta, Primal Hunger 3.8/5 on average, across 1265 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.3% of the time across 685 tracked wins.

59.3 \%

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.