Lullmage Mentor + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization + Parallel Lives + Primal Vigor

Lullmage Mentor

Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization

Parallel Lives

Primal Vigor

How it works

1. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, activate Lullmage Mentor by tapping seven untapped Merfolk, countering that spell.
2. Lullmage Mentor triggers, creating a total of twelve 1/1 Merfolk creature tokens.
3. Repeat.

This loop turns Lullmage Mentor into an absolute defensive fortress by chaining its activated counter ability directly into its own token-generation trigger. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you pay the cost by tapping seven untapped Merfolk, which successfully counters their play. That act immediately triggers Lullmage Mentor to reward you with a token, but the presence of your replacement effect amplifiers—Parallel Lives, Primal Vigor, and Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation—exponentially multiplies that single token into a massive squad of twelve new Merfolk. With your newly expanded army ready to tap right back for the next counterspell, you completely lock opponents out of resolving any spells while flooding the board with near-infinite tapped creature tokens.