Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

731 Wins

1594 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,330 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (731–1594) at an Elo of 1,540, ranking #1274 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 689 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 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 2330 recorded Playgroup games (731 wins, 1594 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

668 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 401 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1274

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1540

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 689

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 9

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 668

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 401

No. games played with this commander 2330

Total hours played 23 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	1631	Wilcore	13	7	54 %
4	1616	Nurax	61	27	44 %
5	1610	Tahlato	65	24	37 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 57.99% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.99%

Commander Damage

35.13%

Non Combat Damage

2.23%

Poison

1.49%

Combo

1.3%

Alternative

1.3%

Mill

0.56%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 750 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: Boon of Boseiju

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Boon of Boseiju Signature build 175 games · Signature build	+5.7 pp	175
2	Majestic Genesis 227 games	+4.2 pp	227
3	Llanowar Tribe 296 games	+3.8 pp	296
4	Llanowar Elves 310 games	+3.7 pp	310
5	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus 207 games	+1.6 pp	207
6	Silverback Elder 168 games	+1.5 pp	168
7	Elvish Mystic 317 games	+1.0 pp	317
8	Fanatic of Rhonas 160 games	+0.1 pp	160

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 37.0% of games from position 1 and 20.45% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.0% n=646

Seat 2

30.77% n=611

Seat 3

26.99% n=515

Seat 4

24.14% n=348

Seat 5

20.45% n=44

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 31.46% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.46% n=1106

1 mulligan

31.91% n=398

2 mulligans

18.42% n=114

3 mulligans

13.33% n=30

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

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 1406 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.3% of the time across 754 tracked wins.

61.3 \%

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.