Commander

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global commander stats {G} All Green commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks
Win Rate 35%
1513 Wins
2584 Losses
Overview

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,224 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1513–2584) at an Elo of 1,545, ranking #1232 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 704848 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?
Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 35% win rate across 4224 recorded Playgroup games (1513 wins, 2584 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?
1,865 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,192 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1232
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1545
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 704848
Average commander damage per game 1190416
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.64
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1865
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1192
No. games played with this commander 4224
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1674 dd2259 14 13
2 1674 Arak 18 12
3 1643 Leeckly 36 18
4 1619 Wilcore 14 7
5 1597 TropicalJuice 7 6
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 58.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
58.01%
Commander Damage
36.96%
Combo
1.37%
Alternative
1.37%
Non Combat Damage
1.14%
Poison
0.92%
Mill
0.23%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1386 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.

+10.4 pp
Top card: Tyrranax Rex
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Unnatural Growth
Unnatural Growth 951 games
+2.3 pp
12
Majestic Genesis
Majestic Genesis 351 games
+1.9 pp
13
The Earth King
The Earth King 130 games
+1.0 pp
14
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds 381 games
+1.0 pp
15
Runadi, Behemoth Caller
Runadi, Behemoth Caller 157 games
+0.8 pp

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 40.51% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.51% n=1380
2
Seat 2
33.45% n=1314
3
Seat 3
26.86% n=849
4
Seat 4
20.8% n=500
5
Seat 5
21.21% n=66
6
Seat 6
16.67% n=6
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 32.75% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.75% n=1623
1
1 mulligan
34.31% n=685
2
2 mulligans
24.61% n=191
3
3 mulligans
26.92% n=52
4
4 mulligans
23.53% n=17
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 3.86/5 on average, across 2286 self-reports.

3.86 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 20.5% of the time across 1428 tracked wins.

20.5 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups

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