Teferi's Protection + Obliterate

2-card combo · RW

Verdict

Yes — this 2-card setup phases out your board before Obliterate resolves, leaving opponents with no lands, no creatures, and no artifacts while you untap with everything intact.

Cards required
2
Cheapest stack total
$3.48
Color identity
RW
Popularity
2,084 decks
Format
Commander
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Teferi's Protection phases out all your permanents before Obliterate wipes the table clean; because phased-out permanents are treated as nonexistent, they survive the destruction entirely and phase back in at your next upkeep. This line sees play in Boros and Naya chaos or stax shells that can generate 11 mana across two spells in one turn — Zirda, the Dawnwaker cuts that cost, and Smothering Tithe bankrolls the float.

Recipe

How it works

01

Prerequisites

02

Steps

  1. Float at least {8}{W}{R}{R}.
  2. Cast Teferi's Protection for {2}{W}, phasing out all of your permanents.
  3. Cast Obliterate for {6}{R}{R}, destroying all lands, artifacts and creatures.
  4. At the beginning of your next upkeep, your permanents phase back in.

03

Result

Destroy all lands, creatures, and artifacts your opponents control; Mass Land Denial

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Jokulhaups is the direct Obliterate substitute, hitting the same permanent types at the same mana cost in red. Decree of Annihilation sweeps harder by also exiling hands and graveyards, but costs two more; if the meta runs Underworld Breach recursion, it is the right call over Obliterate.

Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID obliterate-teferis-protection

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Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.