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Thought Lash, art by Mark Tedin
Art by Mark Tedin · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$11.58
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Thought Lash

{2}{U}{U} · Enchantment

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.

Rulings (2)

Oct 4, 2004 · If you don’t pay Thought Lash’s cumulative upkeep, you’ll sacrifice Thought Lash as normal, then, when its triggered ability resolves, you’ll exile all cards in your library.

Oct 1, 2008 · If your library has no cards in it, you can’t activate the last ability.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernLegal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=2 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Glarb, Calamity's AugurcEDH100%1
Thought Lash comboLegacy100%1
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Thought Lash — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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