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{"ops":[{"insert":"\"I see you're trying to summon eldritch horrors beyond your comprehension. Would you like some help with that?\"\n\nThe idea here is to use Codie to get additional value out of our spells, and to skirt his \"no permanents\" restriction via polymorph effects and late-game reanimation.\n\nCodie's ability isn't a true cascade and the new spell still needs to obey timing restrictions, so we're making sure all of our spells below 4 mana are instants. That way we can activate Codie on other people's turns to cast our interaction, and feel confident that we will be able to cast whatever we find.\n\nSimilarly, we're running mostly modal spells for a lot of our interaction, draw, and token generation, so that we have a better chance of getting something we want in the moment that we find it. We also run split cards that count as their total mana value so they dodge codie's ability and don't need to follow the same restrictions.\n\nThat being said, since the spells we get are random, Codie is only ever marginally more helpful than Clippy, so he's not THAT important to the deck. If we can't find tokens to polymorph, we can polymorph the book.\n\nThis is a work in progress, I'd like to sculpt the curve a bit so that I have a little more control over what I find with Codie's ability.\n\nFrom testing, this kind of ends up playing like a wonky token deck. \n\nI think the deck could use more self discard for when the big things get stuck in your hand. \n\nI have chosen mostly Phyrexians for my eldritch horrors because I like them and think they are cool, but you could easily swap them out for your favorite big monsters. I have added an \"Exam Prep\" package to substitue for the eldritch monstrosities. This package does less of creating a nightmare boardstate and more synergizing with the rest of the deck.\n\nAll of the playtests make this feel like a Bracket 3 deck. If the deck runs into a god-hand with no interaction from opponents, it could be too fast for bracket 3. But the deck is otherwise so clunky that it's hard to say it has any right hanging out in bracket 4. \n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFor those too young to get the reference, this is a play on Clippy, the Microsoft Office Assistant. \n\nGod, I'm getting old.\n"}]}
Codie, Vociferous Codex
You can't cast permanent spells.
, : Add . 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.
, : Add . 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.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Construct Book
Commander
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Draw
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Lorehold, the Historian
Flying, haste
Each instant and sorcery card in your hand has miracle . (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Each instant and sorcery card in your hand has miracle . (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Nissa, Leyline Tamer
Deathtouch, vigilance
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, draw a card. Then if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, draw a card. Then if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Elf
Quandrix, the Proof
Flying, trample
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast from your hand have cascade.
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast from your hand have cascade.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Silverquill, the Disputant
Flying, vigilance
Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has casualty 1. (As you cast that spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy the spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.)
Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has casualty 1. (As you cast that spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy the spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.)
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
The Dawning Archaic
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Reach
Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Reach
Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Velomachus Lorehold
Flying, vigilance, haste
Whenever Velomachus Lorehold attacks, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to Velomachus Lorehold's power from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever Velomachus Lorehold attacks, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to Velomachus Lorehold's power from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Exam Prep
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Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Land
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Chaos Mutation
Exile any number of target creatures controlled by different players. For each creature exiled this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Instant
Chaotic Transformation
Exile up to one target artifact, up to one target creature, up to one target enchantment, up to one target planeswalker, and/or up to one target land. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card that shares a card type with it, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles.
Sorcery
Divergent Transformations
Undaunted (This spell costs less to cast for each opponent.)
Exile two target creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.
Exile two target creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.
Instant
Reality Scramble
Put target permanent you own on the bottom of your library. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card that shares a card type with that permanent. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Sorcery
Reweave
Target permanent's controller sacrifices it. If the player does, they reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with the sacrificed permanent, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Synthetic Destiny
Exile all creatures you control. At the beginning of the next end step, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards, put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.
Instant
Polymorph
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Entish Restoration
Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Ramp
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Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Recursion
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Removal
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Charge of the Mites
Choose one —
• Charge of the Mites deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.
• Create two 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by them also get a poison counter.)
• Charge of the Mites deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.
• Create two 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by them also get a poison counter.)
Instant
Mardu Charm
Choose one —
• Mardu Charm deals 4 damage to target creature.
• Create two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens. They gain first strike until end of turn.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
• Mardu Charm deals 4 damage to target creature.
• Create two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens. They gain first strike until end of turn.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Instant
Rally the Monastery
This spell costs less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn.
Choose one —
• Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess.
• Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Choose one —
• Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess.
• Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Instant
Will of the Mardu
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls.
• Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.
• Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls.
• Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.
Instant
Tokens
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Elesh Norn
Vigilance
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you or a permanent you control, that source's controller loses 2 life unless they pay .
, Sacrifice three other creatures: Exile Elesh Norn, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you or a permanent you control, that source's controller loses 2 life unless they pay .
, Sacrifice three other creatures: Exile Elesh Norn, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Jin-Gitaxias
Ward
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.
: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.
: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred
Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Vorinclex
Reach, trample
When Vorinclex enters, search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
: Exile Vorinclex, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Vorinclex enters, search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
: Exile Vorinclex, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Eldritch Monstrosities
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{"ops":[{"insert":"\"I see you're trying to summon eldritch horrors beyond your comprehension. Would you like some help with that?\"\n\nThe idea here is to use Codie to get additional value out of our spells, and to skirt his \"no permanents\" restriction via polymorph effects and late-game reanimation.\n\nCodie's ability isn't a true cascade and the new spell still needs to obey timing restrictions, so we're making sure all of our spells below 4 mana are instants. That way we can activate Codie on other people's turns to cast our interaction, and feel confident that we will be able to cast whatever we find.\n\nSimilarly, we're running mostly modal spells for a lot of our interaction, draw, and token generation, so that we have a better chance of getting something we want in the moment that we find it. We also run split cards that count as their total mana value so they dodge codie's ability and don't need to follow the same restrictions.\n\nThat being said, since the spells we get are random, Codie is only ever marginally more helpful than Clippy, so he's not THAT important to the deck. If we can't find tokens to polymorph, we can polymorph the book.\n\nThis is a work in progress, I'd like to sculpt the curve a bit so that I have a little more control over what I find with Codie's ability.\n\nFrom testing, this kind of ends up playing like a wonky token deck. \n\nI think the deck could use more self discard for when the big things get stuck in your hand. \n\nI have chosen mostly Phyrexians for my eldritch horrors because I like them and think they are cool, but you could easily swap them out for your favorite big monsters. I have added an \"Exam Prep\" package to substitue for the eldritch monstrosities. This package does less of creating a nightmare boardstate and more synergizing with the rest of the deck.\n\nAll of the playtests make this feel like a Bracket 3 deck. If the deck runs into a god-hand with no interaction from opponents, it could be too fast for bracket 3. But the deck is otherwise so clunky that it's hard to say it has any right hanging out in bracket 4. \n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFor those too young to get the reference, this is a play on Clippy, the Microsoft Office Assistant. \n\nGod, I'm getting old.\n"}]}