Is Ghalta and Mavren good in Commander?

Ghalta and Mavren in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Ghalta and Mavren hits the board and immediately forks your combat step — one attack creates a token army or a massive trampler depending on what you swung with, making every swing a two-for-one before anything else resolves. The ceiling is absurd when you pair it with Breath of Fury, turning a single attack into infinite combat steps, and even Gishath, Sun's Avatar runs it in over 63% of lists because the raw board presence justifies the seven-mana ask.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Gishath, Sun's Avatar

63.2% of decks · synergy 0.49

Gishath, Sun's Avatar demands Ghalta and Mavren because the token generation compounds every Gishath trigger — swing with the Dinosaur horde you've cheated into play, and Ghalta and Mavren rewards you with either a massive token or more power on board to fuel the next attack.

02

Peter Parker

49.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Peter Parker pairs with Ghalta and Mavren because both cards reward going wide and attacking, letting Peter's combat-oriented ability stack cleanly on top of the token or trample output Ghalta and Mavren produces each swing.

03

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

55.7% of decks · synergy 0.42

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored and Ghalta and Mavren share the same Dinosaur tribe, so every discover trigger that cheats a creature into play feeds the token engine — you're not just getting free spells, you're building the army that makes Ghalta and Mavren's second mode relevant.

04

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists

45.1% of decks · synergy 0.42

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists run a Dinosaur-dense package where Ghalta and Mavren's triggers fire consistently, and the sheer power-to-mana ratio of a seven-mana 12/12 with this kind of upside fits squarely in a deck that wants the biggest Dinosaurs on the table.

05

Atla Palani, Nest Tender

49.3% of decks · synergy 0.35

Atla Palani, Nest Tender cheats fatties into play off egg deaths, and Ghalta and Mavren is exactly the kind of high-power payoff that makes the egg plan worth executing — land it off an Atla trigger and you're immediately threatening to bury opponents in tokens on the next attack.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Ghalta and Mavren lives — the triggered ability is built for a multiplayer board where you're attacking one opponent with a non-Dinosaur creature to generate a Dinosaur token, then swinging the Dinosaur into someone else to get the trample effect, all in the same turn. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's theoretically legal but functionally too slow and parasitic without a Dinosaur-tribal shell to support it, so you won't see it competitively there. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have zero reason to run a seven-mana creature when those formats end games on turns one through three. Oathbreaker is the only other format where Ghalta and Mavren has a plausible home, specifically as a signature spell target or in a green-white stompy shell that can hit seven mana at a reasonable pace.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

82 decks

Ghalta and MavrenBreath of Fury Regisaur Alpha

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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64 decks

Ghalta and MavrenBreath of Fury Otepec Huntmaster

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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39 decks

Ghalta and MavrenAggravated Assault Phyrexian Altar

Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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14 decks

Breath of Fury Fires of YavimayaGhalta and Mavren

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste

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13 decks

Breath of Fury Rising of the DayGhalta and Mavren

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite creature tokens with haste

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Ghalta and Mavren isn't currently available in our index, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest market price before buying. As a mythic rare from a high-demand set with strong Commander adoption across multiple Dinosaur commanders, expect it to carry a premium — verify current prices before trading or purchasing.