Cradle of Vitality
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Shards of Alara #7 (rare)
- Price
- $0.53 USD
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}{W}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each 1 life you gained.
Cradle of Vitality has 3 printings, first in Shards of Alara (2008). EDHREC ranks it #12,643 among Commander cards. It appears most in Evra, Halcyon Witness decks (511 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Cradle of Vitality
- Eternal Bargain - Commander 2013, led by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Commanders that run Cradle of Vitality most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Evra, Halcyon Witness: 511 decks
- Licia, Sanguine Tribune: 194 decks
- Treva, the Renewer: 64 decks
- Rashida Scalebane: 40 decks
- Qala, Ajani's Pridemate: 37 decks
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: 24 decks
- Gerrard Capashen: 16 decks
- Atalya, Samite Master: 14 decks
Often played with Cradle of Vitality
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose a target when the ability triggers. You don’t choose whether to pay {1}{W} until the ability resolves.
- : Cradle of Vitality triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it’s 1 life from Deathgreeter or 8 life from Soul’s Grace. You pay the cost just once, but the targeted creature will get a number of counters equal to the amount of life you gained.
- : If multiple creatures you control with lifelink deal damage simultaneously, each instance is a single life-gain event and the ability will trigger separately for each of them.