Cradle of Vitality
Enchantment
Whenever you gain life, you may pay 
. 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.
- Set
- Shards of Alara (ALA #7)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2008-10-03
- Artist
- Trevor Hairsine
- EDHREC rank
- #12,474
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 2
Format legality
Rulings
- 2008-10-01
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.
- 2008-10-01
You choose a target when the ability triggers. You don’t choose whether to pay
until the ability resolves. - 2014-02-01
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.