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.
Codie, Vociferous Codex
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.93. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.69 and $0.93 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PSTX — the lineup includes Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #253s of *Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven: School of Mages release.
Card type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Book Construct, color identity black/green/red/blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,460 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren. Rarix catalogs 792 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Daniel Ljunggren
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