What to Do with Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on June 19, 2021, 3:48 p.m. by Guerric
So I pulled Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth in my MH2 prerelease kit. I haven't followed the discussion on the card much. I know Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is good in combination with Cabal Coffers . What are some degenerate or just cool things to do with Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth ?
1empyrean Nice! I am also just realizing that it makes all lands forests, including my opponents'. If nothing else, that enables forestwalk in my Ezuri, Renegade Leader deck.
June 19, 2021 4:23 p.m.
RNR_Gaming says... #4
Uh return Gaea's Cradle with a Quirion Ranger and replay it to tap it again. With more extra land drop cards like Exploration it gets nutty.
June 19, 2021 4:27 p.m.
That it does.
Also, Naked Singularity . Especially with that Mikaeus combo I listed above.
Edit: Nevermind. This doesn't really do anything.
June 19, 2021 4:33 p.m. Edited.
Guerric speaking of Forestwalk, Lumbering Satyr looks like fun.
June 19, 2021 5:01 p.m.
1empyrean Lumbering Satyr would certainly create some chaos. No blocking allowed!
June 19, 2021 8:35 p.m.
How about this?
Life and Limb , Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth , and Juntu Stakes .
June 19, 2021 9:22 p.m.
1empyrean That would be brutal! Mono-Green stax!
Metroid_Hybrid Veldrane of Sengir is clearly from the days where they knew how to design cards, lol. 7cmc for a 5/5, that gets weaker when you spend 3 mana to give him forestwalk. OP! Cool art and fun flavor text though.
June 19, 2021 10:50 p.m.
Metroid_Hybrid says... #11
On a more serious note, Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth can largely take the place of Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in my Legacy Eldrazi deck..
On one hand, it renders Dismember even worse, but it also pairs nicely with Elvish Spirit Guide in opening new Mainboard possibilities..
All of which intrigues me because I was actually considering dusting off & updating my old Eldrazi deck :)
June 19, 2021 11:30 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #12
Life and Limb and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite with it to lock your opponents off lands.
June 20, 2021 12:54 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves and Elvish Champion send their regards.
June 20, 2021 4:56 a.m.
plakjekaas says... #14
Untap your Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Gaea's Cradle with Nissa, Worldwaker . And with Nissa, Who Shakes the World you have some kind of Cabal Coffers mana doubling as well.
June 20, 2021 5:35 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi I do have those in my Ezuri deck, so if nothing else I have a great new evasion piece. And plakjekaas I can untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun with it and Arbor Elf , which are also in my Ezuri, Renegade Leader deck (Found here, haven't written a primer for it yet Little Green Men Unite!). Not quite Cabal Coffers , but pretty good still.
June 20, 2021 9:17 a.m.
Gidgetimer That is a truly evil use of the card, and one that I would definitely use! I'm not sure if that is more or less evil than playing Enchanted Evening in my Tuvasa deck, tapping all of my mana and then erasing the world with Calming Verse . It's probably less evil since Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite would then help us to put them out of their misery quickly.
June 20, 2021 9:21 a.m.
I was thinking last night of a Nemata, Grove Guardian deck with:
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Life and Limb for saprolings because of the commander's ability to pump each players' saprolings.
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Lumbering Satyr and Angel's Trumpet to encourage combat.
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Watchdog , Crawlspace , and Elephant Grass to defend yourself.
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Juntu Stakes and a saproling lord like Tendershoot Dryad
I really don't know if I want to build it with all the other decks im working on, though. If anyone wants to run with the idea, have at it.
June 20, 2021 11:39 a.m.
1empyrean I'd never heard of Elephant Grass before. That's the thing about those old cards- the modern color pie is meaningless. Green can do pillowfort too!
June 21, 2021 9:33 a.m.
Well, green has fogs for days, so it isn't that big a deal. Lost in the Woods exists as well and is a lot newer. You can also use the colorless pillow-forting options.
June 21, 2021 10:13 a.m.
Ungodlyfreak says... #20
Humility + Life and Limb shenanigans.
It's another option for Enduring Ideal decks.
June 25, 2021 8:21 a.m.
Arbor Elf can untap your transformed Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun . Nissa, Who Shakes the World doubles the mana for all your lands.
July 17, 2021 11:40 p.m.
RubyDreamer says... #22
Lifetap? Just let everyone fuel your life... Each land tapped = 1 extra life...
1empyrean says... #2
Tourach's Chant , Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth , and Kormus Bell in a Mikaeus, the Unhallowed deck. What you do with it is up to you.
Life and Limb stuff.
June 19, 2021 4:11 p.m.