Simple combo with anything Lifelinked. Serra Ascendant is one of my favorites.
Posted By:
Totema
(3/19/2012 10:47:41 AM)
This card was the main card in a combo that led to one of the strongest plays in Commander I've seen yet.
I was already on 156 life (wrong, I know). Had the Cradle in play, plus Blazing Archon and True Conviction. Dropped Beacon of Immortality, and for 2 mana put 156x +1/+1 counters on the Archon, then swung for lethal.
White has some of the most insane stuff out there, IMO.
Posted By:
benettfreeman
(3/28/2012 10:20:58 AM)
I devised a deck that revolved around this card and the interaction of it's lifegain trigger and First Strike. With this enchantment on the board a creature like Baneslayer Angel with both Lifelink and First Strike can take advantage of the trigger during combat. Attack with Baneslayer and Vampire Nighthawk, Baneslayer deals First Strike damage, Cradle of Vitality triggers, put counters on Nighthawk, then Nighthawk hits and Cradle triggers, put counters onto Baneslayer. You get exponentially growing creatures and sneaky combat tricks. Here was the deck I used to make it happen:
Creatures (18)
4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Felidar Sovereign
4 Perimeter Captain
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Wall of Omens
Other Spells (18)
2 Consuming Vapors
2 Cradle of Vitality
3 Day of Judgment
2 Gideon Jura
1 Grim Discovery
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
4 Survival Cache
Lands (24)
2 Bojuka Bog
4 Marsh Flats
6 Plains
5 Swamp
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Terramorph... (see all)
Posted By:
Agent1103
(8/24/2012 12:57:41 PM)
Perfect enchantment for my Trostani, Selesnya's Voice EDH deck!
I don´t like playing too many fatties, and pumping up my weenies just makes a hell lot of fun. The art and flavor on the card is very nice too, IMO. I just wonder why it`s not a green/white card? It just seems so greenish to me... However, I also feel like, that this is what makes this card kinda special and only more interesting, somehow.
I can understand that it´s not a card for every deck, but in the right deck it can be very effective. And it may not be an enchanment, as good as a Luminarch Ascension, for example, but I also always consider that this makes it only more less of a target for any removal spells. Plus it really has some great synergies.
It´s a preference thing, I guess, but I totally give this card a 4,5/5.
Posted By:
Sootoo
(10/11/2012 12:28:48 PM)
I'd like to add War Report to the suggested cards list... and Rhox Faithmender
Love how it makes the simple ligain instants and sorceries way more useful.
Posted By:
Dankirk
(11/4/2012 7:38:32 AM)
I use this in a combo with Rhox Faithmender and Elixir of Immortality Works great!
Posted By:
chaos1010
(4/16/2013 9:17:05 AM)