First printed in Rivals of Ixalan (2018)
All 20 prints
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Foundations Commander (FDC) #8, 2026
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Foundations (FDN) #222, 2024
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Foundations (FDN) #335, 2024
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Foundations (FDN) #397, 2024
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Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #77, 2024
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Foundations Promos (PFDN) #222s, 2024
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Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #220, 2024
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Special Guests (SPG) #11, 2023
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Commander Masters (CMM) #292, 2023
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Commander Masters (CMM) #561, 2023
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The List (PLST) #RIX-130, 2023
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Jumpstart (JMP) #399, 2020
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Game Night 2019 (GN2) #47, 2019
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MTG Arena Promos (PANA) #7, 2019 (digital)
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Game Night (GNT) #44, 2018
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #66896, 2018 (digital)
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Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #130, 2018
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Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #130p, 2018
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Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #130s, 2018
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Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #130, 2018
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.)
The earth walks, strongest of all.
12/12
- Illustrated by
- Chase Stone
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (4)
- 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
. - 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. - Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below .
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN), Premier Draft | 55.2% | +0.7 | +2.6 | 10904 |
| Foundations (FDN), Sealed | 55.5% | +0.3 | +1.9 | 1114 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
7 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control…: Defiler of Vigor + Food Chain + Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Infinite commander casts, Infinite creature ETB…: Food Chain + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Omnath, Locus of Mana
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Defiler of Vigor + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Phyrexian Altar + Vaultborn Tyrant
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ascendant Packleader + Ashnod's Altar + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts…: Ascendant Packleader + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Ascendant Packleader + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
- Infinite storm count, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Ascendant Packleader + Blasting Station + Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
