Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Global Commander Stats

635 Wins

1427 Losses

Summary

Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,062 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (635–1427) at an Elo of 1,528, ranking #1393 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 19 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ghalta, Primal Hunger's win rate?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger has a 30% win rate across 2062 recorded Playgroup games (635 wins, 1427 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: 20 days.

How many decks use Ghalta, Primal Hunger?

566 decks list Ghalta, Primal Hunger as their commander on Playgroup, of which 337 have played at least one recorded game.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1393

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1528

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 19

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 566

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 337

No. games played with this commander 2062

Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1667	Arak	16	11	69 %
2	1628	Leeckly	35	17	49 %
3	1621	Wilcore	11	6	55 %
4	1610	Tahlato	65	24	37 %
5	1591	Mac	12	7	58 %

How does this commander win?

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, 59.43% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.43%

Commander Damage

33.33%

Non Combat Damage

2.41%

Combo

1.54%

Poison

1.32%

Alternative

1.32%

Mill

0.66%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 658 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 35.93% of games from position 1 and 19.51% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.93% n=590

Seat 2

30.45% n=578

Seat 3

27.79% n=475

Seat 4

24.92% n=329

Seat 5

19.51% n=41

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins 30.37% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.37% n=1001

1 mulligan

31.5% n=346

2 mulligans

18.95% n=95

3 mulligans

0.0% n=25

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ghalta, Primal Hunger 3.79/5 on average, across 1221 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ghalta, Primal Hunger wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.6% of the time across 658 tracked wins.

59.6 \%

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.