Ghalta by DABarrows

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghalta the Immovable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-white deck converts high-toughness defender creatures into an overwhelming offensive force. Led by Ghalta the Immovable, the deck rapidly casts low-cost walls like Fortified Rampart and Wall of Junk on the opening turns. These oversized bodies drastically reduce Ghalta's casting cost, allowing the commander to enter play as early as turn 3 or 4. Once assembled, Ghalta enables all defenders to attack and assign combat damage equal to their toughness. Asymmetric sweepers like Slaughter the Strong and Wave of Reckoning annihilate opposing boards while leaving your high-toughness army completely intact. Disruptive artifacts like Meekstone and enchantments like Solemnity slow down opponent development without hindering your low-power creatures. Supported by flexible protection spells and explosive finishers like Akroma's Will and Solidarity, the deck delivers decisive combat damage to eliminate the table across turns 5 through 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aegis of the Heavens
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Aurification
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Cathar's Shield
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Clockwork Drawbridge
  • 1 Conclave's Blessing
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dragon's Eye Sentry
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Eland Umbra
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Forbidding Watchtower
  • 1 Fortified Rampart
  • 1 Gelid Shackles
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Guardian Zendikon
  • 1 Guardians of Meletis
  • 1 Harnessed Snubhorn
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Karoo
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Oathsworn Giant
  • 1 Oketra the True
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 28 Plains
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rasaad yn Bashir
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Resolute Watchdog
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skeleton Key
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Solidarity
  • 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Wall of Junk
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Yoked Ox
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn