Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats

All Green commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

1201 Wins

2224 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,654 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1201–2224) at an Elo of 1,643, ranking #261 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 101475 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 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 3654 recorded Playgroup games (1201 wins, 2224 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 1 month.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

1,491 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 944 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

261

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1643

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 101475

Average commander damage per game 1397207

Average poison counters given per game 10

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1491

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 944

No. games played with this commander 3654

Total hours played about 1 month

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, 57.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.56%

Commander Damage

36.21%

Non Combat Damage

2.16%

Combo

1.27%

Alternative

1.27%

Poison

1.02%

Mill

0.51%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1182 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.

+8.9 pp

Top card: Tyrranax Rex

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Tyrranax Rex Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+8.9 pp	41
2	Vaultborn Tyrant 118 games	+5.6 pp	118
3	Boon of Boseiju 226 games	+3.8 pp	226
4	Silverback Elder 214 games	+3.5 pp	214
5	Emerald Medallion 255 games	+3.2 pp	255
6	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus 254 games	+2.6 pp	254
7	Runadi, Behemoth Caller 152 games	+2.6 pp	152
8	Fanatic of Rhonas 260 games	+2.2 pp	260
9	Llanowar Elves 661 games	+1.8 pp	661
10	Unnatural Growth 632 games	+1.6 pp	632

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Tribute to the World Tree 150 games	+1.5 pp		150
12	Majestic Genesis 299 games	+0.3 pp		299

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 39.88% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.88% n=1166

Seat 2

33.04% n=1070

Seat 3

26.56% n=770

Seat 4

22.17% n=451

Seat 5

21.43% n=56

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 32.2% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.2% n=1475

1 mulligan

34.13% n=624

2 mulligans

21.56% n=167

3 mulligans

24.44% n=45

4 mulligans

23.08% n=13

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 1958 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 22.1% of the time across 1202 tracked wins.

22.1 \%

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.