---
name: "Thought Lash"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "ALL"
set_name: "Alliances"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "81fe7c5e-503e-488c-b06c-1615ed38e5a3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thought-lash-all"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Thought Lash
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Cumulative upkeep—Exile the top card of your library. (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.)
When a player doesn't pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, that player exiles all cards from their library.
Exile the top card of your library: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ancestral Knowledge](/printing/ancestral-knowledge-wth.md) — Enchantment
2. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Lost in Thought](/printing/lost-in-thought-jud.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Elkin Lair](/printing/elkin-lair-vis.md) — World Enchantment
5. [Count on Luck](/printing/count-on-luck-pdft.md) — Enchantment
6. [Survivor of the Unseen](/printing/survivor-of-the-unseen-csp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alliances (ALL) #39
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`