BE PREPARED by ForgeandSwing

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive 5-color Spellslinger archetype centered on the Prepare mechanic and Magecraft synergies, helmed by Codie, Ravenous Codex. The game plan focuses on deploying multi-color mana dorks and cost-effective prepare creatures during the early turns, establishing 5-color mana fixing by Turn 4. Once Codie is active, it doubles every prepared spell cast from creatures. Casting copies of iconic effects—such as Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall, Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song, and Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor—fuels massive card advantage and mana velocity. These spells trigger engine staples like Storm-Kiln Artist, Archmage Emeritus, and Vega, the Watcher. The deck reaches critical onset on Turn 5, storming off in a single decisive turn by chaining prepared spells and Magecraft triggers to drain all opponents from 40 to 0 through Witherbloom Apprentice, Professor Onyx, or a copied Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate. While vulnerable to well-timed creature sweepers, its deep redundancy ensures rapid assembly and lethal finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 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 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 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 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Leech Collector // Bloodletting
  • 1 Leonin Lightscribe
  • 1 Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 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 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Zagoth Triome