Be Prepared! by sunfactory216

Format: Commander

Commander: Codie, Ravenous Codex

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This five-color spellslinger deck leverages Codie, Ravenous Codex to double the impact of Prepare spell cards. Because casting a prepared spell creates a spell copy that is cast from outside the hand, the deck triggers powerful synergies with Vega, the Watcher, Kellan, the Kid, and standard Magecraft engines. Storm-Kiln Artist and Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song provide explosive mana generation, while Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall refuels the hand with massive card advantage. The deck aims to assemble Codie alongside a key payoff on Turn 4, then initiate a decisive storm sequence on Turn 5. The primary route to victory concludes with Professor Onyx Magecraft life drain or an overwhelming doubled Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate. While the deck possesses explosive velocity and high redundancy among its creature-spell split cards, its reliance on taplands and minimal countermagic leaves it vulnerable to well-timed spot removal against Codie.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Poet Laureate // Heroic Stanza
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chulane, Teller of Tales
  • 1 Codie, Ravenous Codex
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 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 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 Eshki Dragonclaw
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fatehold Chronologist // Peer Review
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kellan, the Kid
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Quandrix Apprentice
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Quill-Blade Laureate // Twofold Intent
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Striding Shotcaller // Run the Play
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vigorbloom Vanguard // Seed Suture
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Young Pyromancer