Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Game Night (GNT) #44 · Rare · Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Mana cost: {10}{G}{G}
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
The earth walks, strongest of all.
Power/toughness 12/12 · Illustrated by Chase Stone · Released November 16, 2018
Prices
- Nonfoil: $1.22 USD · €1.26 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.05 USD (3.9%) to $1.22 USD; low $1.22 USD, high $1.29 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Commander #8 (FDC) · Mythic · 2026 · $2.23 USD foil
- Foundations #222 (FDN) · Rare · 2024 · $1.25 USD
- Foundations #335 (FDN) · Rare · 2024 · $7.34 USD
- Foundations #397 (FDN) · Rare · 2024 · $59.55 USD foil
- Foundations Jumpstart #77 (J25) · Rare · 2024 · $0.93 USD
- Foundations Promos #222s (PFDN) · Rare · 2024 · $1.38 USD foil
- Bloomburrow Commander #220 (BLC) · Rare · 2024 · $1.42 USD
- Special Guests #11 (SPG) · Rare · 2023 · $14.35 USD
- Commander Masters #292 (CMM) · Rare · 2023 · $2.09 USD
- Commander Masters #561 (CMM) · Rare · 2023 · $5.07 USD etched
- The List #RIX-130 (PLST) · Rare · 2023 · $1.58 USD
- Jumpstart #399 (JMP) · Rare · 2020 · $1.18 USD
- Game Night 2019 #47 (GN2) · Rare · 2019 · $1.21 USD
- MTG Arena Promos #7 (PANA) · Rare · 2019
- Game Night #44 (this printing) · Rare · 2018 · $1.22 USD
- Magic Online Promos #66896 (PRM) · Rare · 2018
- Rivals of Ixalan Promos #130 (PRIX) · Rare · 2018 · $7.92 USD foil
- Rivals of Ixalan Promos #130p (PRIX) · Rare · 2018 · $5.36 USD
- Rivals of Ixalan Promos #130s (PRIX) · Rare · 2018 · $3.88 USD foil
- Rivals of Ixalan #130 (RIX) · Rare · 2018 · $1.44 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — To determine Ghalta's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. Ghalta's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — If a creature's power is somehow less than 0, it subtracts from the total power of your other creatures. If the total power of your creatures is 0 or less, Ghalta's cost remains {10}{G}{G}.
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — The total cost to cast Ghalta is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three 2/2 creatures, including one you can sacrifice to add {C}, the total cost of Ghalta is {4}{G}{G}. Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.
- 2018-01-19 · wotc — Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below {G}{G}.
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