"Ghalta , Primal Hunger: Power Affinity!"

"Ghalta , Primal Hunger: Power Affinity!"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

The first cards for the Rivals of Ixalan expansion have been spoiled for the Halloween period and one of them in particular fits into one of my definition of horror.

Imagine a gigantic creature biting into your flesh with a hunger that cannot be sated and you have Ghalta , Primal Hunger.

Look at it's jaws , full of razor sharp teeth and please ignore the small arms that probably do nothing. It's jaw is probably all it needs to inspire terror in you or your opponents. 

Ghalta comes in with a hefty mana cost of 12. 10 colorless and 2 Green which might as well be just 2 green. At least that is all I am saying since Ghalta will be an auto include in my existing Gishath Naya Dino EDH deck and with the amount of power in that deck the cost reduction will be often be fast. 

Ghalta cost X less to cast where X is the total power of creatures you control. I mean just have a Rampaging Ferocidon and Gishata out and Good ol Ghalta becomes just a 2 Green mana costed 12/12 Legendary trample. Power Affinity is now a thing and I am excited to know how many other creatures will have this in the new set.

Yes a doomblade can take care of him but come on. He is surely worth the addition and risk not only to dinosaur decks but other decks that also feature a lot of powerful creatures. Who doesn't want a 12/12 for 2 mana right? 

Now all I need is to wait for January 2018 to roll over and hopefully get him in my pre-release kit. Dino Gods be kind to me.