Cradle of Vitality

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Cradle of Vitality: Enchantment, Jumpstart. Whenever you gain life, you may pay 1W. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Jumpstart (JMP)
Released
2020-07-17
Collector number
98
Artist
Trevor Hairsine
Commander rank
12,306 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Cradle of Vitality

Cradle of Vitality is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment from Jumpstart (JMP), a draft-focused set released in July 2020. It is collector number 98 in that set, with art by Trevor Hairsine. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shards of Alara (2008) to Jumpstart (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.60 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.60 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Cradle of Vitality by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Cradle of Vitality

Cradle of Vitality has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2013 (C13) #7Rare2013
Shards of Alara (ALA) #7Rare2008

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Cradle of Vitality, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.

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