Ghalta, Tramplesaurus Rex by user9345658

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mono-Green Stompy list that turns undercosted high-power creatures into massive mana discounts for its commander, Ghalta, Primal Hunger. The game plan accelerates in the opening turns using 1-drop mana elves to cast 5-power 3-drops such as Steel Leaf Champion and Pugnacious Hammerskull. With 10 or more power on the board by Turn 3 or 4, Ghalta enters the battlefield for just two green mana as a 12/12 trampler. The deck sustains its momentum through card draw engines that trigger whenever large creatures enter, including Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond. Combat finishers like Overwhelming Stampede and Unnatural Growth convert high base stats into lethal table-wide damage by Turn 7. While the deck possesses strong threat redundancy and fast recovery, it remains vulnerable to mass creature removal and lacks stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Carnage Tyrant
  • 1 Challenger Troll
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Dungrove Elder
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 32 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Monstrous Onslaught
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Pugnacious Hammerskull
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Rhonas the Indomitable
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Scrapshooter
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Leaf Champion
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tangleweave Armor
  • 1 Terrian, World Tyrant
  • 1 Thickest in the Thicket
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whiptongue Hydra
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald