Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger: Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur, Foundations Jumpstart. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {10}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 12
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 12/12
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 77
- Artist
- Kemonomichi
- Keywords
- Trample
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green legendary creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Kemonomichi. It costs {10}{G}{G} (ten generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 12. It is a 12/12 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 16 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.)
Various cultures of Ixalan tell stories of the monsters of legend that ended up as gristle between Ghalta's teeth.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.22 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ghalta, Primal Hunger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger has been printed in 16 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander (FDC) #8 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Foundations (FDN) #222 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #335 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #397 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #222s | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #220 | Rare | 2024 |
| Special Guests (SPG) #11 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #292 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #561 | Rare | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #RIX-130 | Rare | 2023 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #399 | Rare | 2020 |
| Game Night 2019 (GN2) #47 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Ghalta, Primal Hunger, newest first.
- 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.
- 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}.
- 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.
- Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below {G}{G}.
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