Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Legendary Land
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Why is this card good?
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Second, and more importantly, synergy payoffs:
- Lands matter / Forest synergies: powers up cards like Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Mana Reflection, Nykthos, and dorks that ramp off Forests.
- Reki, Multani, Argothian Elder, and Forest-fetching effects all benefit.
The downside: making opponents' lands Forests can backfire—it enables their green effects and forestwalk. It also doesn't tap for any color you aren't already in.
Skip it in mono-color non-green decks or decks with no Forest/green payoffs—it's just a tapland-quality Forest then. Otherwise, in green, it's a near-free upgrade.Related cards
Mirror effect making all lands Swamps for fixing.
Makes your lands all basic types, fixing colors.
Lands tap for any color, similar fixing role.
Lets all lands tap for any color of mana.
Flexible mana that benefits from typed lands.
Pairs with Urborg-style effects for massive mana.
Makes lands every basic type plus extra land drops.
Recurs lands, supporting land-centric green strategies.
Printings (8)
Played by these commanders
Combos (8)
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Life and Limb + Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
→ Destroy all lands opponents control, Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control, Lock
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Living Lands + Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
→ Destroy all lands opponents control, Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control, Lock
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence + Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Life and Limb
→ Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control, Lock, Mass Land Denial
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence + Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Living Lands
→ Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control, Lock, Mass Land Denial
- Drana and Linvala + Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Life and Limb
→ Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control, Lock, Mass Land Denial
- Drana and Linvala + Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Living Lands
→ Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control, Lock, Mass Land Denial
Rulings (3)
- 2021-06-18
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth isn't a Forest while it's not on the battlefield.
- 2021-06-18
Land cards not on the battlefield aren't Forests while Yavimaya is on the battlefield.
- 2021-06-18
Yavimaya's ability causes each land on the battlefield to have the land type Forest. Any land that's a Forest has the ability "
: Add ." Nothing else changes about those lands, including their names, other subtypes, and whether they're legendary, basic, or snow.