green but good by lagunalagger

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power mono-green storm and combo list built around Ghalta, Primal Hunger. It accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 using dense mana dorks and cost-reducers, then establishes 10 power on board by Turn 3. On Turn 4, Ghalta is cast from the command zone for just {G}{G}. The deck converts Ghalta's massive 12 power into overwhelming resource surplus using burst draw spells like Greater Good, Life's Legacy, and Rishkar's Expertise, or explosive mana through Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Metamorphosis. Once the burst resolves, the deck chains untap effects, mana engines, and tutors to assemble the infinite mana combo of Selvala and Staff of Domination. It draws its library and closes the game on the same turn using Walking Ballista to deal lethal direct damage to all three opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Benefactor's Draught
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 33 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Life's Legacy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Mobilize
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roiling Canopy
  • 1 Scryb Ranger
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth