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Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Card Name

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Mana Cost

10

Type

Legendary Creature – Elder Dinosaur

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

This spell costs
X
 less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.Trample

Flavor Text

Various cultures of Ixalan tell stories of the monsters of legend that ended up as gristle between Ghalta's teeth.

Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Pauper

Rulings

(1/19/2018)
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.
(1/19/2018)
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 , the total cost of Ghalta is
4
. Then you can sacrifice the creature when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost.
(1/19/2018)
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
1
0
.
(1/19/2018)
Ghalta's first ability can't reduce its cost below .