Code Review by maro_dex

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color control deck built around the Empower Jace mechanic and planeswalker synergies, commanded by Codie, Ravenous Codex. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Jace planeswalkers and recurring Jace tokens, then rapidly accumulating loyalty counters through dense empower spells such as Protege's Awakening, Jace's Machinations, and the enchantment suite of Way of the Cryomancer, Way of the Mind Sculptor, and Way of the Paradox. Once the loyalty count across controlled Jaces reaches twenty-five, the deck executes its win condition with Jace, Reality Sculptor, whose zero loyalty ability exiles all but the bottom card of each opponent's library. Opponents are then forced to lose on their subsequent draw steps. If the planeswalker route is disrupted, the deck pivots into an artifact token combat plan, converting Heartwood and Thopter tokens into an aerial army with Draconic Visitor or closing games with a lethal trample swing via Craterclaw Colossus.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Archive Arbiter
  • 1 Arni, Humble Scribe
  • 1 Awaken the Inferno
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Clash of Elements
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Compel Brutality
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Dedicated Commons
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Ferocity of the Hunt
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Commons
  • 1 Fulminous Forte
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Greenhouse Propagator
  • 1 Hapatra, the Desert Frost
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Icy Reception
  • 1 Infinite Coursework
  • 1 Innovative Commons
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jace's Machinations
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Kiora of Fire and Ashes
  • 1 Kiora of Salt and Sand
  • 1 Konstrari Annex
  • 1 Konstrari Charm
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Marwyn, the Clearcutter
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Mindseeker Oculus
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 No Admittance
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Paradox Shaper // Omit Variables
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Plan for All Outcomes
  • 1 Proft, Consulting Detective
  • 1 Protege's Awakening
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Restore with Empathy
  • 1 Room of Refuge
  • 1 Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Seasoned Cryomancer
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Sphinx of False Conclusions
  • 1 Sphinx's Approach
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Stingerquill Annex
  • 1 Stingerquill Voxmancer // Vicious Verse
  • 1 Tam's Resistance
  • 1 Tenured Tethermage
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Theorist's Proxy
  • 1 Theorix Annex
  • 1 Transformative Commons
  • 1 Twinned Vision
  • 1 Undulating Witness
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Vigorbloom Annex
  • 1 Violent Echoes
  • 1 Way of the Cryomancer
  • 1 Way of the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Way of the Paradox
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Wrath of the Bloodmane