Codex of "What are we doing?" by BAR_none

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity spellslinger storm archetype centered around Codie, Ravenous Codex and a dense suite of split creatures featuring the prepare mechanic. The core game plan involves establishing early mana fixing to deploy Codie on Turn 3, followed by unlocking explosive prepared spells. Because Codie copies any prepared spell cast, normally fair effects become overwhelming: Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song generates ten red mana, Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall draws six cards for a single mana, and Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor fetches two combo pieces simultaneously. The deck converts this immense resource velocity into immediate table-wide lethality by Turn 5 using Storm-Kiln Artist, Vivi Ornitier, and Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate. While the deck generates massive velocity, it relies heavily on creature permanents remaining intact, making well-timed board wipes its main vulnerability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Diviner of Victory // Unwind History
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 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 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hallway Heckler // Vicious Verse
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Patron Wizard
  • 1 Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
  • 1 Song of Creation
  • 1 Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth