Codie, Vociferous Codex

{3}

Legendary Artifact Creature — Book Construct

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Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 80
Illustrator
Daniel Ljunggren
Found in
Strixhaven School of Mages Prerelease Pack Quandrix · Strixhaven School of Mages Prerelease Pack Prismari · 3 more
Printings6CombosIn 50
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
1/4

Plays as: Cast From Exile · Color Matters · Mana Fixer · Mill Finisher · Mana Rock

Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Foil+0.0%
$0.95
$0.45 low$0.09 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.34· across 6 printings

Rulings

11 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    A permanent spell is an artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker spell. You may still play lands and cast instant and sorcery spells. Other effects can still put permanents onto the battlefield.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    Codie’s activated ability is a mana ability. It can’t be countered or responded to, and you can activate it while casting a spell. If you do, that spell is “the next spell” you cast this turn.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    If you exile your entire library without exiling an instant or sorcery card with a lesser mana value, you will randomize the exiled cards and they again become your library, ending the effect. You will not continue to exile and shuffle your library forever.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The delayed triggered ability created by Codie’s second ability will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger. That ability will resolve even if the spell is countered or otherwise doesn’t resolve.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The last card exiled is not cast immediately. You may cast it until the end of the current turn. If you do not cast it, that card will remain in exile.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The mana value of the spell that caused the ability to trigger is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    The types and mana value of a double-faced card in exile are determined by the characteristics of its front face. The mana value of a split card is the total mana value of both halves of the split card added together.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    While you control Codie (as much as anyone can really “control” Codie), you may cast any face of a modal double-faced card that’s an instant or sorcery face, even if the other face is a permanent face.

  • WotCApr 16, 2021

    You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.