How it works
Prerequisites
- Codie does not have summoning sickness.You have at least two opponents.
- Opponents have lost at least 3 life this turn plus an additional 2 life for each time you've cast Codie from the command zone this game, minus 1 life for each opponent you have beyond the second.
Steps
- 1Activate Codie by paying and tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Lampad of Death's Vigil by paying and sacrificing Codie.
- 3Choose to return Codie to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 4Resolve the Lampad of Death's Vigil trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 5Cast Codie from the command zone by paying due to Rakdos.
- 6Repeat.
- 7NOTE: This combo ends once you have one opponent remaining, as the lifeloss from Lampad of Death's Vigil no longer covers Codie's increased commander tax.
- 8However, you may be able to get more iterations if you started the combo with three or more opponents, as Rakdos will decrease Codie's cost by , outpacing the from commander tax, until you have two or less opponents.
- 9Once you have a large number of Codie triggers, you may cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- 10Codie triggers for each time you activated its ability.
- 11Resolve the first trigger, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery spell with lesser mana value, and allowing you to cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
- 12Repeat step 11 for each remaining trigger.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?