Essex, Secluded Utopia

During each player's upkeep, that player adds culmative 1 life. Effects that redirect, counter, or would otherwise prevent players from gaining life cannot prevent this effect.
{t}: Exile Essex, Secluded Utopia: target permanent you control gains protections from everything until your next turn. Put Essex, Secluded Utopia from exile into your graveyard at the beginning of your next upkeep.
{x}{1}: distribute x +1/+1 counters among creatures you control, where x is your current life total.