First printed in Return to Ravnica (2012)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #790★, 2024
Commander Legends (CMR) #304, 2020
The List (PLST) #RTR-228, 2020
Return to Ravnica (RTR) #228, 2012

Codex Shredder

Artifact

tap : Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
5 generic , tap , Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 1.4% of Commander decks played it (89 of 6150). Most played in Zirda, the Dawnwaker.

Combos

18 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite colorless mana, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Codex Shredder + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Scrap Mastery
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Codex Shredder + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Second Sunrise
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Codex Shredder + Faith's Reward + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite lifegain…: Codex Shredder + Second Sunrise + Zuran Orb
Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite lifegain…: Codex Shredder + Faith's Reward + Zuran Orb
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Codex Shredder + Radiant Lotus + Second Sunrise
Infinite damage, Infinite landfall triggers…: Codex Shredder + Second Sunrise + Sunscorched Desert + Zuran Orb
Infinite turns, Lock: Codex Shredder + Mirror of Fate + Osgir, the Reconstructor + Ugin's Nexus
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Codex Shredder + Extruder + Foundry Inspector + Myr Retriever + Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
Infinite turns, Lock: Codex Shredder + Scrap Mastery + Time Sieve

See all 18 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 89 of 6150 decks (1.4%).

Share of decks

1.4%

▲ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

89 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

22%

14 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Zirda, the Dawnwaker	0.8%	2%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	0.6%	71%
Gwenom, Remorseless	0.3%	61%
Oswald Fiddlebender	0.2%	100%
Shorikai, Genesis Engine	0.2%	8%
Geist of Saint Thalia	0.2%	27%
Elsha of the Infinite	0.2%	50%
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff	0.1%	11%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lotus Petal	100%	1.1
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Mana Vault	97%	1.1
Mox Opal	94%	1.7
Mox Diamond	94%	1.1
Chrome Mox	94%	1.0
Ancient Tomb	93%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	93%	1.0
Grim Monolith	92%	3.1
Urza's Saga	88%	3.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Gwenom, Remorseless 🎀Melissa\|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️ in TITANS OF THE UNDERGROUND FNM LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER	3-2 60%
Gwenom, Remorseless Donna Pulley in The CEDH Witching Hour	3-4 43%
Marvin, Murderous Mimic Trent Heimler in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Oswald Fiddlebender Alejandro Méndez in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona	2-3 40%
Flamewar, Brash Veteran Ryley Ourada in October Event \| Dragon Parlor Games 2026 cEDH Season	2-3 40%
Gwenom, Remorseless 🎀Melissa\|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️ in Spells and Scares CEDH Tournament	2-4 33%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker Philip Marks in FOIL Gaea's Cradle cEDH 6k	2-4 33%
Gwenom, Remorseless 🎀Melissa\|Sparky’sGaming ⚡️ in BellsCon CEDH Tournament	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tameshi, Reality Architect Robert Jaramillo, 25 Oct	1 main	#19 0-4
Urza, Lord High Artificer Sit&Game by My-Tradingcards, 25 Oct	1 main	#6 1-2
Elsha of the Infinite The Lorax, 24 Oct	1 main	#5 1-0
Tameshi, Reality Architect Mitchell Bisel, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 1-2
Gwenom, Remorseless Tyler Cooley, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 1-2
Urza, Lord High Artificer Andrew Goger, 24 Oct	1 main	#68 0-5
Katara, Waterbending Master Vincenzo, 24 Oct	1 main	#46 0-2
Elsha of the Infinite Zachary Pauley, 24 Oct	1 main	#33 0-5

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.