Ghalta, SUPER SMASH BOI - under $90

Commander / EDH* Budget Counters Mono-Green Primer Voltron

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Creature (29)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Avatar of the Resolute
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Deeproot Champion
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Primeval Protector
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Vinelasher Kudzu
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Enter the Unknown
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Insist
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Roar of Challenge
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Emerald Charm
• 1x Fog
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Artifact (5)

• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Vernal Bloom

Land (35)

• 32x Forest
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Lure
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Retreat to Kazandu
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nature's Resurgence
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Artifact (3)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature (4)

• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Verdant Force

Instant (2)

• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Tower Defense

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** 2nd GHALTA DECK RN :( **

Ghalta?

Why you should play Ghalta

You like cursing people with creatures, you like voltron, and you like winning with a fat dino! (although who doesn't?)

Why you shouldn't play Ghalta

You like to be in control of the game, you don't like the vulnerability of a creature based deck, or you don't like winning.

Why I chose Ghalta

Ghalta is a huge creature with a unique ability. Not only can you get Ghalta out very quickly, especially considering it's size, but you can sacrifice it and recast it with ease, reaping the benefits of sacrificing such a huge creature.

Early Game

Ramp

Cultivate, Explosive Vegetation, Skyshroud Claim -- classic green ramp. Enter the Unknown -- new from rivals, it fits perfectly with either a land draw, card choice, or a +1/+1, and an extra land. Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Llanowar Elves -- classic 1 drop tap for 1 green. Gyre Sage -- works perfectly, generating counters and mana. Rishkar, Peema Renegade -- gets 1/1 counters out on multiple creatures, and allows for extra mana to be produced. works great in the deck. Growing Rites of Itlimoc -- why not play it? growing rites is fun and valuable in any creature deck.

Counters - lowering Ghalta's price

Forgotten Ancient -- so good in 1v1 and crazy in multiplayer. it generates a ton of tokens that can then be transferred to something like Gyre Sage for a ton of mana or to Ghalta for the kill. Renegade Krasis -- gives counters to creatures who already have counters- great addition since we can distribute counters pretty easily. Avatar of the Resolute -- can come in as a 3/2 for 2, but has a lot of potential to be huge. even with 1 1/1 counter it can participate in abilities that add on to creatures who have counters. Hardened Scales -- a must have in any green counters deck.

Mid and late game by card type

Creatures

Scute Mob is great and is pretty much guaranteed to become huge, as commander games last a while. Avenger of Zendikar is a classic, and provides a bunch of tokens and counters. Champion of Lambholt gets a bunch of counters from all the creatures we are playing, and is a great target for Forgotten Ancient. Unblockable creatures are dangerous. Scavenging Ooze allows for graveyard control, adding a layer of protection against black decks. It also gets us +1/+1 counters, so it is a win-win. Mycoloth can eat up a bunch of weenies and then spit out 2x that many next turn, and each turn after that. It provides a great token generating engine. Bloodspore Thrinax is a great target for anything that puts counters on other creatures. It essentially super beefs all other creatures coming into play, and can get out of control quickly. Gladehart Cavalry puts down +1/+1 counters on creatures that don't generate their own, and gives us life gain when our creatures die. Rampaging Baloths gets us 4/4 beasts to lower the cost of Ghalta.

Enchantments

Curse of Predation gets us +1/+1 counters, and can serve as a political piece to get multiplayer opponents to attack each other. Death's Presence lets us beef up other creatures whenever a creature we control dies. This is especially useful if we sacrifice Ghalta, because we can pretty much immediately recast him. Vernal Bloom gets us extra mana, and Beastmaster Ascension is self explanatory. Triumph of Ferocity gets us card advantage.

Artifacts

Animation Module gives us servos with our counters. Lifecrafter's Bestiary gives us card advantage. Thought Vessel and Sol Ring are self explanatory. (ill get into voltron stuff in wincons)

Instants and sorceries

Rishkar's Expertise and Soul's Majesty do the same thing, but rishkar's expertise also lets us cast a 5 drop for free. Life's Legacy is a sac outlet for Ghalta, letting us draw a bunch of cards. Harmonize is a classic card draw. Fungal Sprouting gets us a bunch of 1/1 tokens to work with. Roar of Challenge lets us kill a bunch of creatures that they won't block with.Momentous Fall provides another sac outlet for ghalta.

planeswalkers

Garruk, Primal Hunter gets us tokens and card draw. his -3 is Soul's Majesty. Nissa, Voice of Zendikar is great because her -2 puts +1/+1 counters on all of our creatures.

Winning

Voltron

A lot of the voltron stuff is self explanatory. Swiftfoot Boots gives protection, and Canopy Cover gives hexproof and (almost) unblockable, and Kusari-Gama will kill all of their creatures if they block, and works well with Roar of Challenge, because it will kill all of their creatures, whether they want to or not. Basilisk Collar gets us life

Non-Voltron

Overwhelm your opponents with creatures beefed up with +1/+1 counters- There are a lot of ways to get big creatures quickly

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Top Ranked	Achieved #61 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, City's Blessing, Clue, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	Ideas, decks to play with