Cradle of the Accursed
Land — Desert
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, , Sacrifice this land: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #8547
Cradle of the Accursed enters the battlefield, makes a 1/1 Sand Warrior token, and then taps for colorless mana — all from a single land slot. Hazezon, Shaper of Sand turns every Sand token into a scaling threat, which makes this free body on a land worth the tempo cost of it entering tapped.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
Hazezon, Shaper of Sand cares about the number of Deserts you control and pumps Sand Warriors accordingly, so Cradle of the Accursed pulls double duty: it counts as a Desert for Hazezon's anthem and drops a warrior onto the battlefield the moment it lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cradle of the Accursed is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. In competitive 60-card formats the floor of a tapped colorless land is too low — you can't afford that tempo in Legacy or Modern, and Pioneer has enough better Desert options that this sits on the bench. Pauper is technically an option, but Desert synergies aren't a real archetype there. Commander is the correct home: singleton rules mean you run every Desert you can find, the token on entry is a legitimate bonus, and the tapped drawback barely registers across a 100-card, multiplayer game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
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Sources
Mentioned
- Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.