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◇ Catalog #7

Cradle of Vitality

ala·#7·rare·foil

Illus. Trevor Hairsine

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Oct '08

18 yr ago

Value

$5.35+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $5.54 · low $5.04

NM$5.35

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.94–$5.65modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.35low $0.02range 26650.0%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,055 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$5.35

Nonfoil$0.60

Gameplay

Enchantment

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.

Naya's trees grow tall and sturdy. Their foliage intertwines to form dewcups, rainwater pools where the elves gather to celebrate life.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2014-02-01wotc

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.

2008-10-01wotc

You choose a target when the ability triggers. You don’t choose whether to pay {1}{W} until the ability resolves.

2008-10-01wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.35. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $5.35 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #7 of *Shards of Alara*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2008 Shards of Alara release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{W} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,055 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Trevor Hairsine. Rarix catalogs 104 other cards credited to this artist.