Premodern Cradle Control
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Cradle Control has held steady around 0.3% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 0.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Typical Premodern Cradle Control maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 17 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Deranged Hermit | 2.2 | 100% |
| Forest | 7.6 | 100% |
| Gaea's Cradle | 3.8 | 100% |
| Genesis | 1.0 | 100% |
| Llanowar Elves | 2.8 | 100% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 1.5 | 100% |
| Squee, Goblin Nabob | 1.0 | 100% |
| Survival of the Fittest | 4.0 | 100% |
| Wall of Roots | 2.5 | 100% |
| Quirion Ranger | 1.4 | 94% |
| Fyndhorn Elves | 2.5 | 88% |
| Birds of Paradise | 4.0 | 76% |
| Masticore | 1.0 | 76% |
| Wall of Blossoms | 2.2 | 76% |
| Anger | 1.0 | 71% |
| Mountain | 1.2 | 71% |
| Priest of Titania | 1.6 | 71% |
| Wirewood Symbiote | 2.5 | 71% |
| Wooded Foothills | 4.0 | 71% |
| Yavimaya Granger | 1.0 | 71% |
| Karplusan Forest | 2.8 | 65% |
| Multani's Acolyte | 2.7 | 59% |
| Thornscape Battlemage | 1.0 | 59% |
| Goblin Bombardment | 1.6 | 47% |
| Sylvan Library | 1.5 | 47% |
| Basking Rootwalla | 2.3 | 35% |
| Skyshroud Poacher | 1.0 | 35% |
| City of Brass | 2.8 | 29% |
| Natural Order | 2.2 | 29% |
| Opposition | 3.0 | 29% |
| Orcish Settlers | 1.0 | 29% |
| Phantom Nishoba | 1.0 | 29% |
| Tradewind Rider | 2.0 | 29% |
| Yavimaya Coast | 4.0 | 29% |
| Avalanche Riders | 3.0 | 24% |
| Caller of the Claw | 1.8 | 24% |
| Gilded Drake | 1.0 | 24% |
| Goblin Sharpshooter | 1.0 | 24% |
| Island | 1.8 | 24% |
| Mystic Snake | 1.0 | 24% |
Typical Premodern Cradle Control sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 17 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 17 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Naturalize | 2.9 | 100% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 2.9 | 100% |
| Tranquil Domain | 1.0 | 65% |
| Winter Orb | 1.8 | 47% |
| Pyroclasm | 3.0 | 35% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.2 | 29% |
| Spike Feeder | 1.0 | 29% |
| Uktabi Orangutan | 1.0 | 29% |
| Wall of Blossoms | 2.0 | 29% |
| Xantid Swarm | 2.6 | 29% |
| Caller of the Claw | 1.0 | 24% |
| Masticore | 1.0 | 24% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 1.0 | 24% |
| Flametongue Kavu | 1.0 | 18% |
| Goblin Sharpshooter | 1.0 | 18% |
| Hydroblast | 2.3 | 18% |
| Natural Order | 1.3 | 18% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 1.0 | 18% |
| Plow Under | 3.0 | 18% |
| Druid Lyrist | 1.0 | 12% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 3.0 | 12% |
| Annul | 3.0 | 6% |
| Avalanche Riders | 1.0 | 6% |
| Call of the Herd | 2.0 | 6% |
| Calming Verse | 2.0 | 6% |
| Chill | 2.0 | 6% |
| Essence Flare | 2.0 | 6% |
| Fire/Ice | 2.0 | 6% |
| Meddling Mage | 1.0 | 6% |
| Monk Realist | 1.0 | 6% |
| Phantom Nishoba | 1.0 | 6% |
| Ravenous Baloth | 1.0 | 6% |
| Sylvan Safekeeper | 1.0 | 6% |
| Symbiotic Wurm | 1.0 | 6% |
| Tranquility | 4.0 | 6% |
| Tsabo's Web | 2.0 | 6% |
Cradle Control Premodern FAQ
Is Cradle Control good in Premodern right now?
Cradle Control is 0.3% of Premodern decklists in the last two weeks.
What are the key cards in Premodern Cradle Control?
Nearly every list runs Deranged Hermit, Gaea's Cradle, Genesis, and Llanowar Elves (99%+ of Premodern Cradle Control decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 7 Gruul vs 4 Simic lists.
What's a typical Premodern Cradle Control sideboard?
The most common Premodern Cradle Control sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Naturalize (100% of lists), Tormod's Crypt (100% of lists), Tranquil Domain (65% of lists), and Winter Orb (47% of lists).
Are there different builds of Premodern Cradle Control?
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Premodern Cradle Control decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 61 Premodern Cradle Control decklists all-time (1 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Cradle Control result Jul 16, 2026.