Cradle of Vitality
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Shards of AlaraALA · #7
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.41 € · ★ 1.53 € · 0.53 $ · ★ 7.99 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
Whenever you gain life, you may pay . If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each 1 life you gained.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Trevor Hairsine
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
Naya's trees grow tall and sturdy. Their foliage intertwines to form dewcups, rainwater pools where the elves gather to celebrate life.
Rulings
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.
You choose a target when the ability triggers. You don’t choose whether to pay until the ability resolves.
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.
