---
name: "Elephant Ambush"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ODY-240"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "09386931-59bd-481f-bccc-32e8a8abc0f9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elephant-ambush-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elephant Ambush
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call of the Herd](/printing/call-of-the-herd-wc02.md) — Sorcery
2. [Beast Attack](/printing/beast-attack-dds.md) — Instant
3. [Trumpeting Herd](/printing/trumpeting-herd-j21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Elephant Resurgence](/printing/elephant-resurgence-pcy.md) — Sorcery
5. [Shadowbeast Sighting](/printing/shadowbeast-sighting-mid.md) — Sorcery
6. [Roar of the Wurm](/printing/roar-of-the-wurm-f07.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ODY-240
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`