Ghalta, Primal Numbers

Commander / EDH* Battlecruiser Casual Midrange Mono-Green Primer Trample

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Lands (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cactus Preserve
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 13x Forest
• 1x Kazandu Mammoth  ^Flip
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Memorial to Unity
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x The Hunter Maze
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x War Room

Advantage/Tutor (10)

• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
• 1x Outcaster Trailblazer
• 1x Reckoner Bankbuster
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Werewolf Pack Leader
• 1x Whisperwood Elemental

Control (16)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bushwhack
• 1x Cankerbloom
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Outland Liberator  ^Flip
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Tormod's Cryptkeeper
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Warping Wail

Ramp (13)

• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Misc (6)

• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang

Commander (1)

Power (or MV) matters (13)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Runadi, Behemoth Caller
• 1x Scepter of Celebration
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Tanuki Transplanter
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Extra power (6)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Sylvan Awakening
• 1x Tangleweave Armor

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Sideboard

Sad corner (1)

• 1x Elemental Resonance

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Maybeboard

Ramp (18)

• 1x Centaur Omenreader
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Defiler of Vigor
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Food Chain
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Jugan Defends the Temple  ^Flip
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Rhonas's Monument
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Dryad

Lands (6)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Forest
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Vastwood Fortification  ^Flip

Extra power (14)

• 1x Aspect of Hydra
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Fight Rigging
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Invasion of Ixalan  ^Flip
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Natural Affinity
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog

Control (7)

• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Prizefight
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Tail Swipe
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon

Advantage/Tutor (10)

• 1x Daredevil Dragster
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x The First Iroan Games

Misc (8)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Power (or MV) matters (3)

• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Nantuko Mentor

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Try to get out Ghalta in OK time with ulity creatures (and crewable Vehicles) that have decent power-to-MV-ratio, then take advantage of Ghalta for more purposes than just commander beatdown. (Turn 5 or earlier is pretty good IMO.)

• Omnath, Locus of Mana effectively doubles your green mana for the purpose of casting Ghalta. (You first declare the (reduced) cost of a spell, then you actually pay for casting it. This is also relevant if you got Urza's Saga Karnstruct tokens and want to sac Jeweled Lotus.) Do note that use-restriction mana from e.g. Cavern of Souls don't lose their restriction from turn to turn while preserved by Omnath, so make sure to keep track of that.
• Sylvan Awakening basically works as a ritual, giving you {C}{C} per land for Ghalta. It can also works fine as a finisher, esp. with Overwhelming Stampede & Dragon Throne of Tarkir. (It lasts until your NEXT turn though, so try not to cry when someone casts Merciless Eviction.)
• Be mindful with Collector Ouphe; while it has an OK power-to-MV ratio, it can in some cases hamper your rock-based ramp too much, and also stop you from crewing Vehicles so that they can contribute with their power.
• Attacking with Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma makes her contribute a whole {7} to Ghalta's casting.

Keep in mind that you don't need to cast your g(h)al for just {G}{G} every time. (Get good at subtracting from 12.)

While you probably already know it, deathtouch + trample means that you can just assign 1 damage per blocker and let the rest go trough.

For Green Sun's Zenith candidates, check here and select "Creatures" on the deck's pie (Dryad Arbor is also present and accessible at X=0). Note that Zenith can't get Tormod's Cryptkeeper or Steel Hellkite.

Cavern of Souls is primarily for Ghalta, but the deck has other Dinosaurs too. (Among those, Apex Altisaur is probably the most likely to get countered.)

The deck's average MV is a bit deceptive, as it got Ghalta, The Great Henge, and Not of this World, none of which you are likely to ever hardcast, plus four MDFC lands.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 1 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Citizen 1/1 GW, City's Blessing, Construct 0/0 C, Day, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Fungus Dinosaur, Manifest 2/2 C, Night, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Pilot 1/1 C, Treasure, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	My (Mostly) Finished Stuff, Interesante EDH decks, EDH