Be Prepared by ShadowingBane

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck leverages Codie, Ravenous Codex to maximize the prepare mechanic, converting prepared spell copies into overwhelming resource advantage and game-ending storm sequences. The mana base and ramp suite provide smooth 5-color fixing using multi-color dorks like Bloom Tender and Faeburrow Elder. The primary win condition revolves around Displacer Kitten paired with cheap prepare creatures such as Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song or Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride: casting the prepared spell triggers the Kitten to blink the creature, returning it to the battlefield prepared while generating surplus mana or tokens. This infinite storm loop is funneled into life drain via Professor Onyx and Witherbloom Apprentice, or table-wide deck depletion via Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall. Even without the Kitten, Codie's ability to mass-prepare the board and copy spells powers explosive turns through Thousand-Year Storm and Rite of the Dragoncaller.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Training Post
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Crucible
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Encouraging Aviator // Jump
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic
  • 1 Maelstrom Artisan // Rocket Volley
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vraska's Final Mercy
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth