If you choose to pay the blitz cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell
Y'shtola only cares if a player lost four or more life in a turn, not that it was an opponent
Since Ghalta costs X less to cast, where X is the total power of Creatures you control, your normal Green game plan of playing mana dorks and cheap, oversized Creatures naturally brings this cost down early
Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn
Decklist: Ephara, God of the Polis in EDH Ephara, God of the Polis | Illustration by Eric Deschamps Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creatures (33) Abuelo, Ancestral Echo Agent of Treachery Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury Archaeomancer Brago, King Eternal Charming Prince Cloudblazer Deadeye Navigator Disruptor of Currents Dour Port-Mage Eldrazi Displacer Flickerwisp Glen Elendra Guardian Knight of the White Orchid Mulldrifter Loran of the Third Path Peregrine Drake Reflector Mage Restoration Angel Reveillark Saltskitter Solemn Simulacrum Solitude Soulherder Spirited Companion Starfield Vocalist Stonecloaker Sun Titan Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Wall of Omens Welcoming Vampire Witch Enchanter / Witch-Blessed Meadow Yorion, Sky Nomad Instants (12) Counterspell Cyclonic Rift Dovin's Veto Eerie Interlude Ephemerate Essence Flux Ghostly Flicker Momentary Blink Parting Gust Path to Exile Semester's End Swords to Plowshares Sorceries (4) Another Round Approach of the Second Sun Supreme Verdict Time Wipe Enchantments (4) Leyline of Anticipation Teferi's Ageless Insight Teleportation Circle Valkyrie's Call Artifacts (9) Arcane Signet Azorius Signet Conjurer's Closet Fellwar Stone Mind Stone Panharmonicon Sol Ring Talisman of Progress Thought Vessel Lands (35) Adarkar Wastes Azorius Chancery Command Tower Deserted Beach Evolving Wilds Glacial Fortress Hallowed Fountain Hengegate Pathway Irrigated Farmland Nimbus Maze Port Town Prairie Stream Reliquary Tower Sea of Clouds Temple of Enlightenment Plains x12 Island x8 Despite having come in towards the middle of the list, I decided to showcase a new Commander deck for you to try led by an older Commander, Ephara, God of the Polis
Goblin Morningstar pumps a target for +1/+0 and grants Trample but does not equip upon entering the battlefield
