The new Standard 2022 metagame is a really fun place. There’s a lot of diversity in the decks that you’ll see on the ladder, and there’s a good amount of decks represented in Tournament finishes. New decks are constantly popping up all the time, and today, we’re going to look at 2 really spicy ones that utilize a very unlikely card from Strixhaven.
Both of these decks have hit Mythic on the ladder, and the card that’s being used here is
Codie, Vociferous Codex
Codie, Vociferous Codex
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.
. The Strixhaven artifact creature hasn’t seen any play in nearly any format except commander, but this new standard format is opening the door for this card to see some love! The first deck that we have is Mardu Codie, by Daniel Bitel
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This deck looks to play a midrange style game with cards like
Goldspan Dragon
Goldspan Dragon
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
, Starheim Unleashed and
Lorehold Command
Lorehold Command
Choose two —
• Create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible and haste until end of turn.
• Lorehold Command deals 3 damage to any target. Target player gains 3 life.
• Sacrifice a permanent, then draw two cards.
. It then closes the game out using
Velomachus Lorehold
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.
. Codie comes in with the Learn board, where we can find Mascot Exhibition, cast that and spin into some other great spells. One thing to note here, is that the deck plays 1
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.
and
Return Upon the Tide
Return Upon the Tide
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's an Elf, create two 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
Foretell {3}{B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
to reanimate it. I’d imagine that this is a really cheeky strategy. Yes it can help us continue our game plan by not allowing our opponents to respond to what we’re doing, but we have to untap with it. I think this more so opens up additional lines of play with
Burning-Rune Demon
Burning-Rune Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.
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Daniel ended up getting top 100 with this list, so definitely give this one a try!
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The second list here is Jeskai Codie by ZeroisEven over on Twitter. This deck is a bit more on the control side of decks. Some of the same cards that were in the Mardu deck are here, Lorehold Command, Velomachus Lorehold, Starheim Unleashed. Where this differs is that we get to play some more control elements, like
Rip Apart
Rip Apart
Choose one —
• Rip Apart deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
and
Prismari Command
Prismari Command
Choose two —
• Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target.
• Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
• Target player creates a Treasure token.
• Destroy target artifact.
. Our finish here is definitely more focused on Velomachus and [/tooltips]Alrund’s Epiphany[/tooltips].
This is also another deck that’s Mythic viable, and if you look through the Twitter thread, Zero shows some of the screenshots from their games to show what the deck is capable of.
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If you’re looking for a new spicy deck to play in the Standard 2022 queues, definitely look at these and give them a shot. They’re both super fun to play and feel pretty powerful.