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Codie, Vociferous Codex

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Legendary Artifact Creature — Book Construct · from $0.33

You can't cast permanent spells. {4}, {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. When you next cast a spell this turn, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery card with lesser mana value. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put each other card exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 45 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

Curve of these staples

Most played with Codie, Vociferous Codex

The 25 most-played cards in 13 settled top-16 lists running Codie, Vociferous Codex at 16+ player events since Mar 14, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Ancient Tomb	100% · 13 of 13	5
2	Bloodstained Mire	100% · 13 of 13	5
3	Chrome Mox	100% · 13 of 13	5
4	Command Tower	100% · 13 of 13	5
5	Culling the Weak	100% · 13 of 13	5
6	Dark Ritual	100% · 13 of 13	5
7	Demonic Tutor	100% · 13 of 13	5
8	Elvish Spirit Guide	100% · 13 of 13	5
9	Flooded Strand	100% · 13 of 13	5
10	Gemstone Caverns	100% · 13 of 13	5
11	Lotus Petal	100% · 13 of 13	5
12	Mana Vault	100% · 13 of 13	5
13	Mental Misstep	100% · 13 of 13	5
14	Mox Diamond	100% · 13 of 13	5
15	Phyrexian Tower	100% · 13 of 13	5
16	Polluted Delta	100% · 13 of 13	5
17	Profane Tutor	100% · 13 of 13	5
18	Silence	100% · 13 of 13	5
19	Simian Spirit Guide	100% · 13 of 13	5
20	Sol Ring	100% · 13 of 13	5
21	Thassa's Oracle	100% · 13 of 13	5
22	Cabal Ritual	92% · 12 of 13	5
23	Chain of Vapor	92% · 12 of 13	4
24	City of Traitors	92% · 12 of 13	5
25	Crop Rotation	92% · 12 of 13	4

Combos with Codie, Vociferous Codex

The 10 most popular of 49 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Biomancer's Familiar + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Voltaic Construct
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
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Codie, Vociferous Codex + Training Grounds + Voltaic Construct
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
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Codie, Vociferous Codex + Training Grounds + Umbral Mantle
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Chain Stasis + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Training Grounds
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite magecraft triggers
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Biomancer's Familiar + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Umbral Mantle
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Biomancer's Familiar + Chain Stasis + Codie, Vociferous Codex
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite magecraft triggers
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Codie, Vociferous Codex + Filigree Sages + Training Grounds
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite black mana · Infinite green mana · Infinite red mana · Infinite white mana
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Biomancer's Familiar + Codie, Vociferous Codex + Filigree Sages
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite black mana · Infinite green mana · Infinite red mana · Infinite white mana
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Codie, Vociferous Codex + Heartstone + Voltaic Construct
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinite colored mana · Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
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Codie, Vociferous Codex + Heartstone + Umbral Mantle
Cast a subset of spells in your library · Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 13 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

10th of 58 — Pittsburgh 2026 - Sunday cEDH Super Scrubby Rebound and LandGo Qualifier on Topdeck.ggJul 12, 2026 · 2–3–0 · by Coty Salman
4th of 24 — Deutzer Dungeon Derby - CBG mini tournament series - p3 on Topdeck.ggJul 7, 2026 · 1–0–2 · by Markus Paul
5th of 25 — cEDH @ Sit&Game 04.07.26 Top 10-Cut (Circuit-Event Deutsche cEDH Meisterschaft) on Topdeck.ggJul 4, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Simon Knust
10th of 25 — 3. Onslaught - Invasion 2026 Event Series on Topdeck.ggJun 13, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Simon Knust
3rd of 45 — Duel for the Diamond on Topdeck.ggJun 6, 2026 · 3–1–2 · by Riley Holmgren
6th of 38 — 4. TQ1 cEDH 2026 / Qualifier cEDH Nationals Germany/ Qualifier European Campionship on Topdeck.ggMay 30, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Markus Paul
4th of 49 — Cards 'n' Boards Commander Cup 2026 Nationals Qualifier on Topdeck.ggMay 23, 2026 · 3–3–1 · by Simon Knust
8th of 22 — Disc Heroes Monthly cEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggMay 9, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by Glesty Waters

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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