Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 30%
550 Wins
1235 Losses

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,785 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (5501235) at an Elo of 1,538, ranking #1243 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 19 damage dealt and 0.77 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 30% win rate across 1785 recorded Playgroup games (550 wins, 1235 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: 18 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

539 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 313 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1243
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1538

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 19
Average commander damage per game 15
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.77
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 539
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 313
No. games played with this commander 1785
Total hours played 18 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1647 Arak 15 10
2 1639 Tahlato 64 24
3 1628 Leeckly 35 17
4 1621 Wilcore 11 6
5 1591 Mac 12 7

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 57.55% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
57.55%
Commander Damage
36.98%
Combo
1.82%
Alternative
1.56%
Poison
1.04%
Non Combat Damage
0.78%
Mill
0.26%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 571 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 36.89% of games from position 1 and 17.95% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.89% n=515
2
Seat 2
30.51% n=508
3
Seat 3
26.14% n=394
4
Seat 4
24.91% n=277
5
Seat 5
17.95% n=39
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 30.05% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.05% n=882
1
1 mulligan
31.78% n=258
2
2 mulligans
16.67% n=72
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=21
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghalta, Primal Hunger 3.82/5 on average, across 1135 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.6% of the time across 571 tracked wins.

63.6 \%

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

Satoru Umezawa commander art
Satoru Umezawa 11 games
54.55%
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary commander art
53.85%
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos commander art
50.0%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
46.15%

Top 5 worst matchups

Tifa Lockhart commander art
Tifa Lockhart 11 games
0.0%
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice commander art
7.69%
Breena, the Demagogue commander art
7.69%
Urza, Chief Artificer commander art
7.69%
Eshki, Temur's Roar commander art
9.09%