BOOK OF DOOM AND DESPAIR by user7523578

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color spellslinger build centered around Codie, Ravenous Codex and the prepare mechanic. Unlike traditional Codie builds that restrict permanent spells, this version leverages creatures with attached prepared spells, turning Codie into a mass-preparation engine and a spell copier. The early turns focus on ramping into five colors using dorks like Bloom Tender and efficient land ramp. Once Codie and a squad of prepare creatures are assembled, activating Codie primes the entire board. Casting prepared spells then triggers Codie's duplication ability, creating explosive card draw and mana bursts from cards like Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall and Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song. The deck converts this overwhelming resource advantage into a victory through engines like Jeskai Ascendancy or a lethal, doubled Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate. While somewhat light on defensive interaction, its engine velocity and card flow are formidable.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 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 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Infirmary Healer // Stream of Life
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Zagoth Triome