Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur

This spell costs 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.)

12 / 12

Set

Secret Lair Drop (SLD #1124)

Rarity

Rare

Mana value

—

Released

2022-12-02

Artist

Mike Burns

EDHREC rank

#455

Colour identity

Finishes

Nonfoil, Foil

Served from

Local database

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Rulings

• 2018-01-19

  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

  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 , the total cost of Ghalta is . Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.

• 2018-01-19

  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 .

• 2018-01-19

  Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below .