Codie, Vociferous Codex | Big Mana / All Spells | Commander | EDH | Budget | Cut-Rate Commander

Cut-Rate Commander - Episode 9 - Featuring Codie, Vociferous Codex
Strixhaven's animated spellbook joins us today in a brew with no other permanents (apart from lands) focusing on beating our opponents with their own creatures - either by create copies of them, steal them, or reanimate them - or drowning them in tokens, with a few more potent spells thrown in for good measure.
Let me know if the comments below if you agree with my choices and/or what you would add to the deck instead. Also, let me know know who you would like to see next by voting on in the comments on the three choices of commander listed at the end of the video. .
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[@GrazzetMTG]

Be sure to Like, Comment and Subscribe if you liked the video and would like me to make content like this in the future. Also, make sure you stick around until the end of the video to see what commanders are up to vote for a future Cut-Rate Commander Video and let me know who you want to see in the comments.

[@regaleagle6533]

Came across this brewing Cody. Hmm this tech is pretty interesting I can't decide between big mana and dragons with Dragon's Approach. I feel like this would yield more different gameplay outcomes and be more fun. Irencrag Feat I feel is a must have you turn 4 mana into 7 and Codie turns red mana back into rainbow getting a bomb out early. Also Fevered Suspicion seems like a win here for sure (its new from precon). Im sad in these big mana things if I dont have apex of power seems to also work here. Mob Rule is also an excellent budget alternative to Insurrection its rare that the problem on the board isn't either all the big things or all the little things like a token deck.

[@TxarlesN]

I'm in love with this build. Really looks cool. I'm definitly going to build my own.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Good to hear you enjoyed it and I hope you have as much fun with it as I did during testing.

[@surpriseshoveit3514]

Thanks a lot. This was the best deck build video i’ve saw so far. Fast, on point and a good voice I subscribed 👍

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub!

[@surpriseshoveit3514]

@@GrazzetMTG you deserve it. 👍

[@pablocastillo5396]

This is fun! Great deck as always Mr. Grazzet; i'm a bit worried for the safety of Codie, since it's so crucial to untap with it, but it doesnt seem that difficult to go off either. I'm torn between Zimone and Gyome, but Zimone seems more like a "generic" simic commander, so my vote is for Gyome, expecting tasty results. Cheers!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Your not wrong, once our opponents figure out what your up to they'll want to tear Codie up page by page - hopefully you'll have accumulated enough for an advantage that it won't matter at that point. That's another Vote for the for the Iron Man Chef - what's he cooking in there? Looks like everyone wants a taste!

[@pablocastillo5396]

@@GrazzetMTG I'm sure even Gordon Ramsay will love it

[@blueblitzblaze]

Really great video on cody, I'm going to replace all the extra turn effects since I'm not a fan of those but otherwise this video was just the guide I needed to see an outline of the deck I want to build. Love it!

[@birdperson3376]

Gyome is my vote, also great video man! Subscribed, and liked!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for the kind works, sub and vote for Gyome - though at this point he doesn't need the help. That Troll really know how to pull the votes.

[@wearevenom81]

Just saying missed opportunity to drop the fairy odd parents meme. "And this is where we would go over creatures...IF WE HAD ANY!"

[@GrazzetMTG]

You are right - we'll save it for the next all spells deck we run I guess.

[@linkmaxwell]

Let's see what our Iron Chef contender can cook up! What secret ingredients will you give him to work with?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for Gyome. What will I give him to put in the food? Whatever he want for course, unless I want to end up as part of the meal. But he may be joined by other chefs to ensure that everyone gets fed to their hearts content. Maybe some big eater wills be joining us too... We'll see.

[@kaniggiast]

I loved your video ! So nice ! Thanks a lot !

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Pacmenace]

My vote is for Gyome. I think there are a lot of cool ways he can be built and it would be awesome to see your take.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for the vote of confidence and your vote for Gyome - looks like the line is going out the door to get a taste of what this Chef is cooking.

[@dmlayton1984]

I have a similar Codie deck that I built that got me 3 extra turns... on turn 3 lul. 1. Watery Grave + Sol Ring 2. Basic Land + Codie 3. Basic Land, tap sol ring + 2 basics, activate codie giving WUBRG, tap watery grave for blue and cast Time Warp. Codie trigger got me Fury Storm - of which I got one extra copy - both of which targeted my time warp on the stack.

[@WE_ARE_KAIRD]

:0 is the deck poor ppl friendly

[@ChristianAlford-e7f]

definitely adding second sun to this

[@jarihusso1750]

Big brain deck for the Gyome, Master Chef. Lets make Gordon Ramsay scream!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Add another one to the pile - this Chef has one this one by a landslide.

[@ReneMadsen-ky3bh]

I got a codie spellstinger deck the biggest glass cannon deck ever but so fun

[@mofomiko]

I have build a very similiar list based on your Video, overall its pretty sweet and i like it. But i found by going with the Copy/Steal theme so much, its hard to get ahead, sinde you only end up getting as good as the best player on the board - and everyone loses their shit in the process. Plus everyone seems to see me as a free punching bag, even though it doesnt make much sense in the long run. You got any recomendations on how to smooth things up?

[@nicoloalbasini]

Nice one! Keep up the good work!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and thanks for the support!

[@Nourmand88]

Been playing this with some friends and I have to say it is quite fun, what are upgrades you would consider for this deck? Not turbo expensive stuff but things you think could help it out but are slightly out of budget range? I'm also curious as to why you didn't put in a couple more 1 cost spells with suspend spells for codie to flip. Thanks!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Apart from the cards in the upgrades section - Ezuri's Predation is a another good way to spawn in an instant army and wipe our most or all of our opponents creatures in the process &Praetor's Counsel lets us get all our used spells back to hand and remove's our maximum hand to give all our spells a second chance to be used. Hope that helps!

[@Nourmand88]

@@GrazzetMTG Thanks I'll look into it! By the way, for what it's worth this is the best budget/most fun codie deck I've tried yet, and I've looked at quite a few, good content!

[@EulogyfortheAngels]

Bonus Round, Doublecast, and/or Howl of the Horde would really be good for Codie.

[@GrazzetMTG]

The issue with these is that you would have to cast them from hand in order to get their benefit - since if Codie hits them with his ability, they would still need to follow timing restrictions, so the first spell would still resolve before we get the spells benefit, The forks we run bypass this since they are all instants and we can play immediately in response on the stack to copy the spell before it resolves.

[@doritodust0076]

Gyome, Master Chef has me wondering how you'd build him, so my vote is going to him.

[@GrazzetMTG]

That's one vote for the Chef - lets see if he can beat out the uncommons.

[@Mackeye_]

great video!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kartr4166]

My vote goes to the master chef, there isn't alot of commanders that i'm aware of that deal with food tokens so that would be an interesting build i think

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another reservation for Gyome's eatery then - I hope he has accommodations for all the folks that have voted for him.

[@ghostman263]

Don’t get me wrong I adore these budget decks but I would still love to see your take on $100+ decks

[@GrazzetMTG]

Maybe at some point down the line I can look into some more expensive builds. We'll just have to see how it goes.

[@cutetummyy]

Been looking at various budget Codie decks to build to play with some friends, this vid is great

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Malikaye90]

Gyome!

[@GrazzetMTG]

That's 2 for the Culinary Troll - looks like the voters skipped breakfast today.

[@YOURDEN1]

Who is the girl in the timestamp 3:11? I'd like this art for a desktop background!

[@GrazzetMTG]

That would be Symmetry Sage from the Strixhaven Set. Here's a link from where I got the image: www.artofmtg.com/art/symmetry-sage/

[@YOURDEN1]

@@GrazzetMTG Yesssss! Thank you so much.

[@XxTheWillxX]

Hey hey people, Grazzet here.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Imposter!

[@morkyness]

This is pretty good. Sub for you.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build!

[@morkyness]

@@GrazzetMTG im binge watching your entire channel. I have codie but don't exactly know how to build it and other online guides suggest i break the bank Thanks for the budget ideas. 😁

[@scn123169]

VUH-SIFF-UR-US!!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Damn it, I thought I had the pronunciation down for this one... Oh well, I can just blame the fact that English isn't my first language. I should probably use that whenever I mispronounce anything now that I think about it....

[@JuanDaOstos]

How do you win?

[@GrazzetMTG]

The wincons would either be using your own opponents stuff to beat them with, with a decent number of spells either taking their creatures outright from either the field (Blatant Thievery) or grave (Ghastly Conscription, Boneyard Parlay), or creating token copies of them (Clone Legion), while also running plenty of forks to ensure we get to double up on these effects. Otherwise, if our opponents don't have good targets we do have ways to flood the field with our own tokens (Army of the Damned) as a backup - though not as reliable.

[@JuanDaOstos]

Ty, awesome deck!!

[@bradengauthier]

Book tribal

[@GrazzetMTG]

That would be up there with chair tribal except probably even harder....