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◇ Catalog #397

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

fdn·#397·rare·borderless

Illus. Justin Gerard

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$49.16+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $51 · low $46

NM$49.2

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$45–$52modeled

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90-dayhigh $49low $0.02range 245700.0%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #474 · Popular pick

Variants

Borderless$49

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur

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.)

She is the predator's appetite, the hunter's ferocity, the primordial progenitor of claws and fangs.

12/12

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2018-01-19wotc

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.

2018-01-19wotc

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}.

2018-01-19wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $49.16. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $49.16 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from FDN — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #397 of *Foundations*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {10}{G}{G} (12 converted). Keyword abilities: Trample.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #474 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Justin Gerard. Rarix catalogs 64 other cards credited to this artist.