Codie - You are Not Prepared by DWNav

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Spellslinger combo engine built around Codie, Ravenous Codex and the prepare mechanic. Rather than playing typical instant/sorcery-only restriction lines, it uses 24 dual-faced prepare creatures whose spell halves can be cast and copied by Codie. The primary strategy focuses on ramping into 5-color fixing during the opening turns, deploying Codie, and activating its {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} ability on Turn 5-6 to prepare the entire board simultaneously. Once prepared, spells like Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song provide massive mana bursts when doubled, while Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder untaps Codie to repeatedly prepare the team. Supported by Storm-Kiln Artist and Archmage Emeritus, the deck generates deterministic infinite mana, draws its library, and burns out all three opponents in a single turn using doubled Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt or Fiery Inscription. Robust 1-2 CMC counterspells and protection equipment ensure safe execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karolina Dean, Runaway
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast