Upgrading Tramplesaurus Rex: Ghalta, Primal Hunger
The Tramplesaurus Rex precon from Foundations Commander is a mono-green Dinosaurs deck led by Ghalta, Primal Hunger, whose cost is reduced by the total power of your creatures so it can arrive far earlier than its 12 mana.
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How the Deck Wants to Play
Before choosing upgrades, it helps to know what the deck cares about:
- Power on board - The bigger your creatures, the cheaper Ghalta gets.
- Ramp - Mana creatures and land ramp get you to big plays quickly.
- Trample finish - Pump effects and trample turn a single big attack into a win.
Budget Upgrades (~$14 total)
Budget Upgrades for this deck. The price shown is the cheapest paper printing found today.
Cards to Add
- Cultivate (~$0.38) - Two lands from one card. Essential smoothing and ramp.
- Kodama's Reach (~$1.51) - The same effect as Cultivate, but the lands arrive in different slots. A second reliable ramp spell.
- Nature's Lore (~$1.07) - Cheap ramp that fetches a Forest untapped.
- Heroic Intervention (~$9.06) - Protects your board from sweepers and removal at instant speed.
- Return of the Wildspeaker (~$1.50) - Draw cards or pump your whole team +3/+3 for a lethal swing.
- Rampant Growth (~$0.41) - A simple one-for-one ramp spell for the early game.
Cards to Cut
These are the lowest-impact slots in the precon for this plan, so they are the first to go:
- Thickest in the Thicket
- Collective Resistance
- Garruk's Uprising
- Tamiyo's Safekeeping
- Monstrous Onslaught
- Scrapshooter
Premium Upgrades (~$154 total)
Premium Upgrades for this deck. The price shown is the cheapest paper printing found today.
Cards to Add
- Craterhoof Behemoth (~$23.03) - Gives your team +X/+X and trample. The ultimate finisher for a wide board.
- The Great Henge (~$62.88) - Costs less with a big creature, taps for mana and draws cards. Powerful in this deck.
- Natural Order (~$14.70) - Sacrifice a green creature to put a big threat onto the battlefield.
- Avenger of Zendikar (~$0.50) - Makes a huge army of Plant tokens and grows them with landfall.
- Worldly Tutor (~$26.42) - Puts your best creature on top for a single green mana.
- Sylvan Library (~$26.68) - Card selection every turn and extra draws if you pay life.
Cards to Cut
These are the lowest-impact slots in the precon for this plan, so they are the first to go:
- Whiptongue Hydra
- Elemental Bond
- Clifftop Lookout
- Tangleweave Armor
- Colossal Majesty
- Witch's Clinic
Swap one tier at a time and keep the land count intact. Each upgrade list below has a ManaPool buy list so you can pick everything up in one order.