Zethi, Arcane Blademaster + Teferi's Protection

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Teferi's Protection

How it works

1. Declare Zethi as an attacker, triggering its ability, copying Teferi's Protection and causing you to pay 2 to cast the copy from exile.
2. Resolve the Teferi's Protection copy, causing your life total to be unable to change until your next turn and causing all permanents you control to phase out.
3. Repeat during each of your turns.

This ingenious lock relies on Zethi, Arcane Blademaster's attack trigger to repeatedly cast a devastating defensive spell every single turn. By exiling Teferi's Protection underneath Zethi beforehand, you ensure that every combat step gives you the option to copy and cast it. Resolving the copy phases out all your permanents and locks down your life total, creating an impenetrable defensive shell that keeps you entirely safe through your opponents' turns before quietly phasing everything back in just in time for your next untap.