Ghalta My Precious by GhaltaIsMyFavorite

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This mono-green stompy deck harnesses high-stat, low-cost creatures to cast Ghalta, Primal Hunger as early as turn 3 or 4 for just two green mana. Once on the battlefield, Ghalta's 12 power acts as a massive resource multiplier, fueling huge burst draw spells like Greater Good, Rishkar's Expertise, and Last March of the Ents, or generating immense mana through Selvala, Heart of the Wilds. The deck translates this card and mana surplus into overwhelming combat steps using global trample and power multipliers such as Overwhelming Stampede, God-Eternal Rhonas, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and Finale of Devastation. Dense instant-speed protection including Heroic Intervention, Tamiyo's Safekeeping, and The Skullspore Nexus defends the board against conventional removal and sweepers. While vulnerable to mass exile effects and fast spell-based combo decks that ignore combat, the deck reliably establishes must-answer board states on turn 4 and delivers lethal damage to all opponents on turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boon of Boseiju
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cactus Preserve
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Colossal Rattlewurm
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 God-Eternal Rhonas
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Life's Legacy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Majestic Genesis
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Pendelhaven
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Pugnacious Hammerskull
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Scrapshooter
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Slumbering Trudge
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus