Zethi, Arcane Blademaster + Teferi's Protection
Produces: Permanents you control phase out during your opponents' turns, Your life total can't change during your opponents' turns, Lock
- Color identity
- WU
- Mana
- {2}{W} each turn
Steps
- Declare Zethi as an attacker, triggering its ability, copying Teferi's Protection and causing you to pay {2}{W} to cast the copy from exile.
- 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.
- Repeat during each of your turns.
How to execute this combo
The "Zethi, Arcane Blademaster + Teferi's Protection" combo takes 3 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Permanents you control phase out during your opponents' turns, Your life total can't change during your opponents' turns, Lock.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.