Turn that Gaeas Cradle into a Forest, or, ramp yourself by blowing up your Flagstones of Trokair to find two Plains
As weve used a relatively crude way of pricing the cards, it may just be that lower-condition versions are currently listed on TCGplayer
Once it starts the initiative doesnt leave the game until its resolved
Elves decks leverage Gaea's Cradle well, but any deck capable of flooding the battlefield with small creatures utilizes this great green land to excellent results
Ledger Shredder will see spells cast before it was on the battlefield
The evasion boosts it up a bit, but its the recursion thats going to be what makes this a feature of at least Standard, creature-based, red, aggro decks