Solemnity + Nine Lives

Solemnity

Nine Lives

How it works

1. If a source would deal damage to you, Nine Lives prevents that damage.
2. Solmenity prevents Nine Lives from putting an incarnation counter on itself.

This elegant lockdown relies on the quiet, static brilliance of Solemnity to completely shut down the ticking time bomb of Nine Lives. Because Solemnity prevents any counters from being put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands, you can cast Nine Lives with absolute immunity—whenever damage would be dealt to you, Nine Lives prevents it without ever accumulating that fatal ninth incarnation counter. You become entirely impervious to damage from any source, creating an unbreakable defensive barrier that avoids the game-losing penalty of Nine Lives ever leaving the battlefield.