Codie, Vociferous Codex
Codie, Vociferous Codex: Legendary Artifact Creature - Book Construct, Strixhaven: School of Mages. You can't cast permanent spells. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Artifact Creature - Book Construct
- Colour identity
- White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Collector number
- 253
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Codie, Vociferous Codex
Codie, Vociferous Codex is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, blue, black, red and green legendary artifact creature from Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX), an expansion set released in April 2021. It is collector number 253 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Special Guests (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Codie, Vociferous Codex by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Codie, Vociferous Codex
Codie, Vociferous Codex has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Special Guests (SPG) #157 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90330 | Rare | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #253p | Rare | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #253s | Rare | 2021 |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #357 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Codie, Vociferous Codex, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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