Ghalta, Primal Hunger : Foundations
Type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Rarity: Rare
Color:
Number: 222
Finishes: nonfoil, foil
Reprint: Yes
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.)
Printings: Bloomburrow Commander (BLC), Commander Masters (CMM), Foundations (FDN), Game Night 2019 (GN2), Game Night (GNT), Foundations Jumpstart (J25), Jumpstart (JMP), MTG Arena Promos (PANA), Foundations Promos (PFDN), The List (PLST), Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX), Magic Online Promos (PRM), Rivals of Ixalan (RIX), Secret Lair Drop (SLD), Special Guests (SPG)
Legality
Alchemy | Brawl | ||
Commander | Duel | ||
Explorer | Gladiator | ||
Historic | Legacy | ||
Modern | Oathbreaker | ||
Pauper | Pauper Commander | ||
Penny | Pioneer | ||
Standard | Timeless |
Rulings
01/19/2018
Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below {G}{G}.
01/19/2018
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}.
01/19/2018
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.
01/19/2018
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.