Gaea's Cradle

Legendary Land

{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.

Combos

• Gaea's Cradle + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Young Wolf

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

hyalopterouslemur on Thinking about how we evaluate …

2 weeks ago

So, I've been thinking a lot about how cards are evaluated. Specifically it comes down to two cards: Regrowth and Eternal Witness.

I've also been watching a lot of Magic YouTUbe, and there's a hipster movement to hate on Eternal Witness, among other EDH mainstays. Supposedly Regrowth is better, and I want to talk about that, and the two ways to evaluate cards.

First, Regrowth. In a vacuum, Regrowth is better. It costs {1}{G}, in contrast to Eternal Witness's {1}{G}{G}. That's one mana less. The 2/1 body is unimpressive in combat. This is all true.

But then you look at Eternal Witness. She's a creature, meaning Cryptolith Rite or Earthcraft turns her into a mana dork. Meaning you get two cards back with Panharmonicon. Meaning you get to trigger Cathars' Crusade or Aura ShardsGC. Meaning her death triggers Dictate of Erebos. Meaning she can be blinked or bounced. Meaning cards that count creatures (e.g., Shamanic Revelation, Pennon Blade, Gaea's CradleGC) count her. Meaning she can attack, triggering Hellrider, even if she's likely to just be blocked and killed. Meaning her entering triggers Purphoros, God of the Forge and Warleader's Call and related cards. Meaning Yeva, Nature's Herald gives her flash, which opens up other forms of abuse. (Seedborn MuseGC, anyone?) Meaning you can bring her 2/1 self back with Smile at Death. And no one's playing either card on turn 2 anyway.

Which one you pick says a lot about your personality, though neither choice takes away your Spike card, and there is no wrong answer. I tend to favor instants over creatures where applicable, for instance. And this doesn't make, e.g., Silverglade Elemental, good in most decks; mana cost still matters.

In reality, both are good cards, and you should probably play both if you can. but it depends on what you're trying to do. But which card you choose if you must choose one is far more complicated than simple rox/sux arguments.

SufferFromEDHD on Shisato! Whispering! Hunter!

1 month ago

Profet93 the prophet of profitable ideas! Thanks for stopping in again. Your constructive criticism, questions and kind words are always welcome on my decks.

Castle Garenbrig not a huge fan of this card. Gaea's CradleGC perhaps?

It's not sufficient but it's close. The 2 playsets of snakes with the other toys previously mentioned can guarantee Shisato a turn or 2. Formless Genesis is the newest addition to the card pool that will be added immediately once I find it.

Crop Rotation = Blinkmoth Well ;) joke aside Access Tunnel and Hall of the Bandit Lord are the main targets.

Urza's Saga was added simply because it is an artifact tutor in a color that is anti-artifact. Has a playset of unique targets.

Mortlocke on The Song of Phyresis

1 month ago

jdog1109,

I think that having many ramp (or in this case rock) options in the deck is important, especially when they also fit one of the primary themes - poison counters. I've found that players are more willing to accept a poison counter or two if it could mean the disruption of my board, or the elimination of a big threat. Venerated Rotpriest would more likely than not serve as a mild inconvenience than a genuine deterrent. Adding the Zagoth Triome seems like a solid move, one i'm also considering myself. Strip Mine also seems to make sense as well, as I too have seen my fair share of Glacial ChasmGCs and Gaea's CradleGCs. You've given me a good bit to think about. Thanks for posting!

jethstriker on Unbalanced Cycles in MtG

2 months ago

The original boon cycle was designed by Richard Garfield himself, and he was aware that Ancestral Recall was significantly more powerful than the rest. That's why he put it at rare while the rest are at common. So right from the beginning the creator of the game himself already set the tone that cycles aren't meant to be created equal. What I don't like in cycles is almost always red gets the short end:

The color-aligned legendary lands of Urza's Saga. Tolarian Academy is broken, followed by powerhouses Gaea's CradleGC and Serra's SanctumGC, followed far down the line is the decent Phyrexian Tower, then at the very bottom is Shivan Gorge.

In more recent times they created another "force" cycle in Modern Horizons. Again blue is on top with Force of Negation, followed by Force of Vigor and Force of Despair. Then once again red is at the bottom with white with Force of Rage and Force of Virtue.

The worst I can remember is they omitted red entirely in a cycle. In Mirage they printed 3 tutors: Enlightened TutorGC, Mystical TutorGC, and Worldly TutorGC. The following set came Vampiric TutorGC. Then Weatherlight came and there was no red tutor on it. I just personally imagine that GambleGC is the unofficial red member of the tutor cycle to clear my mind on this.

Balaam__ on The (mono) Green Revolution

2 months ago

I’m not too familiar with the format, but can I presume Gaea's CradleGC is absent either for power level/tier reasons or that it’s a super expensive card? It seems a good fit unless I’m mistaken in some way.

Jbl9 on Ugh, Elves

3 months ago

I've taken into consideration several of those cards and did a bit of testing with Priest of Titania and a fetchable Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip. They seem to be more reliant and the disciple can be used during the massive amount of mana being gained to sacrifice Atraxa, Grand Unifier thus giving more cards and almost guaranteeing more combo cards or a Green Sun's Zenith to fetch Craterhoof Behemoth or Shaman of the Pack if they have not been drawn. This is in the spirit of combo elves more than any midrange option. Elvish Warmaster is nice, but that ability of triggering only once is not as impressive as Eladamri, Korvecdal being used as a card draw for top deck creature spells. I can still do more testing with Leaf-Crowned Visionary, but Rite of Harmony does give an almost similar effect to Glimpse of Nature with the downside of it needing to EtB. Both Rite and Leaf-Crown would be hit by Spell Snare but I can see an argument for the Crown if more Cavern of Souls are added.

I removed Evendo, Waking Haven since I was hoping they could be quickly turned into Gaea's CradleGC, but they are way too slow and having the restrictions of stationing at sorcery speed is a big hinder in case one needs to toss an elf in front of a creature.

The trickiest part of this has been messing with sideboards to combat weaknesses but for the most part the main is done minus a few cards I either missed when researching or an addition or removal of numbers of copies.

Mortlocke on Derek the Dino, and Jesus [Primer]

5 months ago

Crop RotationGC is powerful. At worst it gets you a utility land at instant speed allowing you to respond to destroy or combat damage using the previously suggested Yavimaya Hollow which I would also suggest.

At best it ensures you net positive mana on if you target Ancient TombGC, Three Tree City, or Gaea's CradleGC.

Speaking of which, what're your thoughts on Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth? Is it just in for Color fixing? If so, I urge you to reconsider it's inclusion as more often than not it'll fix your opponent's manabase for free.

theNeroTurtle on Derek the Dino, and Jesus [Primer]

5 months ago

Profet93,

I agree with your thoughts on Crop RotationGC and the need to add in Urza's Incubator. So, I switched those two out. As for what land Crop Rotation would target, I feel like Gaea's CradleGC would have been the consistent grab 98% of the time.

When it comes to Grim MonolithGC and Mana VaultGC you are going to need to explain why you think Grim Monolith is weaker. I feel like they are practically equal.

You are right about Archdruid's Charm. The only time it gets used I am just fetching Hunting Velociraptor. It seems like Worldly TutorGC would be a better replacement. Going to change those out as well.

As for playing the deck, I got to play it quite a bit but found that it was way too slow early game. Mortlocke threw out so many good suggestions that I ended up cutting 12 cards to add in more ramp and mana. I haven’t played it yet since then because I am still waiting on those cards to arrive in the mail.