Ghalta, Primal Numbers

Commander / EDH* Battlecruiser Bracket 3 Casual Midrange Mono-Green Primer Trample

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Lands (39)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cactus Preserve
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 11x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kazandu Mammoth  ^Flip
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Memorial to Unity
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x The Hunter Maze
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x War Room
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Other (5)

• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Frenzied Baloth
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Control (16)

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

Ramp (11)

• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Raucous Audience
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Extra power (5)

• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Tangleweave Armor
• 1x Thunderous Velocipede

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

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

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Sideboard

Sad corner (1)

• 1x Elemental Resonance

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or, "How Fast Can I Get My Extremely High MV Commander Hit By Swords to Plowshares?

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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 want to sac Warping Wail's 1 power token for mana.) 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.

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.)

For Green Sun's Zenith candidates, click 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.

Cavern of Souls is primarily for Ghalta, but the deck has some 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.

As creatures seem to be consistently power crept year after year, I expect this deck to steadily improve.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 1 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.40
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, Plot, Treasure, Varmint 2/1 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	My (Mostly) Finished Stuff, Interesante EDH decks, EDH