---
name: "Elephant Grass"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "VIS-104"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tony Roberts"
oracle_id: "53cc4b93-538d-4193-8bbb-5b73d3ce9d79"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elephant-grass-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elephant Grass
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Black creatures can't attack you.
Nonblack creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

> *"How have I angered nature that she would imprison me in a labyrinth of grass?"
—Kasib ibn Naji, Letters*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Halls of Mist](/printing/halls-of-mist-ice.md) — Land
2. [Reclamation](/printing/reclamation-ice.md) — Enchantment
3. [Koskun Falls](/printing/koskun-falls-hml.md) — World Enchantment
4. [Ghostly Prison](/printing/ghostly-prison-onc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Heat Wave](/printing/heat-wave-vis.md) — Enchantment
6. [Sheltering Ancient](/printing/sheltering-ancient-plst.md) — Creature — Treefolk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #VIS-104
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tony Roberts
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`