Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats

All Green commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

789 Wins

1688 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,501 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (789–1688) at an Elo of 1,507, ranking #1875 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 652 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 31% win rate across 2501 recorded Playgroup games (789 wins, 1688 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

711 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 428 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1875

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1507

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 652

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 711

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 428

No. games played with this commander 2501

Total hours played 24 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	1594	Tahlato	66	24	36 %
5	1591	Mac	12	7	58 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 57.65% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.65%

Commander Damage

35.2%

Non Combat Damage

2.55%

Combo

1.36%

Poison

1.36%

Alternative

1.19%

Mill

0.68%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 782 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.

+8.0 pp

Top card: Llanowar Elves

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Llanowar Elves 353 games	+8.0 pp	353
2	Boon of Boseiju Signature build 202 games · Signature build	+6.1 pp	202
3	Elvish Mystic 360 games	+5.9 pp	360
4	Llanowar Tribe 324 games	+5.3 pp	324
5	Unnatural Growth 303 games	+2.4 pp	303
6	Emerald Medallion 185 games	+2.2 pp	185
7	Runadi, Behemoth Caller Signature build 118 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	118
8	Silverback Elder 175 games	+1.9 pp	175
9	Rogue's Passage 343 games	+0.8 pp	343

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 37.74% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.74% n=726

Seat 2

30.81% n=688

Seat 3

26.42% n=564

Seat 4

24.12% n=369

Seat 5

22.22% n=45

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 31.26% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.26% n=1142

1 mulligan

32.47% n=425

2 mulligans

19.01% n=121

3 mulligans

15.15% n=33

4 mulligans

0.0% n=6

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 3.84/5 on average, across 1476 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.5% of the time across 811 tracked wins.

60.5 \%

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.