- **Idol of Oblivion** Repeatable draw in a token deck
Swamp was the worst card in the deck by far, and it was not worth having two of them to be able to make it easier to cast Patriarchs Bidding with already having four Siege-Gang Commanders at casting cost five
Deploy your setup pieces, run out your threats, and finish with Tiamat to draw a new hand of dragons
Here is the Standard Jeskai version of a Codie deck I played right here earlier this week for my video article to give you some ideas: Codie's Book Club | STX Standard | Jim Davis Companion (1) 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker Creatures (4) 4 Codie, Vociferous Codex Instants (19) 1 Opt 2 Behold the Multiverse 2 Prismari Command 2 Shock 4 Curate 4 Lorehold Command 4 Scorching Dragonfire Sorceries (11) 3 Experimental Overload 4 Alrund's Epiphany 4 Starnheim Unleashed Lands (26) 2 Island 2 Mountain 2 Plains 4 Fabled Passage 4 Hengegate Pathway 4 Needleverge Pathway 4 Raugrin Triome 4 Riverglide Pathway Sideboard (15) 4 Sprite Dragon 2 Negate 2 Shock 1 Disdainful Stroke 2 Mystical Dispute 3 Mythos of Vadrok 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker While this is a Standard deck, you can really apply all of these principles to any format you want to play Codie in
Theyre both excellent, for sure, but its not enough
Upgrade 3 Author of Shadows is a great value card