Legendary Creature — Spirit

Kodama of the East Tree

Mana value6EDHREC#943PartnerYes

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The Commander

Reach

Whenever another permanent you control enters, if it wasn't put onto the battlefield with this ability, you may put a permanent card with equal or lesser mana value from your hand onto the battlefield.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Guide

Gameplan

Drop permanents to trigger Kodama, then chain progressively cheaper permanents from your hand onto the battlefield for free, snowballing your board until you out-resource and out-size the table. Each landfall, token, or creature ETB cascades into another permanent, letting you dump your hand explosively in a single turn. You close games with a flood of bodies, oversized threats, or value engines that opponents can't keep up with.

Strengths

Explosive single-turn board development that turns one drop into a chain of free permanents
Extreme value engine that empties your hand cheaply and refills via green card advantage
Pairs with any Partner commander to splash a second color and broaden strategy
Reach plus big green bodies makes it a resilient combat presence

Weaknesses

Triggers only on equal-or-lesser MV, so chains stall on top-heavy hands
Mono-green (without a Partner) lacks interaction and removal
Six-mana commander that does nothing the turn it lands
Board wipes punish the go-wide overcommitment Kodama encourages
Wants a specific curve of permanents; clogs on too many high-cost cards

Key Cards

Scapeshift — Sacrifices lands to fetch a pile of lands, each landfall ETB chaining permanents from hand.
Tireless Provisioner — Makes Treasure or Food on every landfall, fueling extra triggers and ramping the chain.
Crucible of Worlds — Replays fetched/sacrificed lands every turn for repeatable cheap ETB triggers.
Realmwalker — Lets you keep casting creatures off the top, feeding a hand of permanents to chain.
Cultivate — Cheap ramp that puts a land into play, triggering Kodama while smoothing mana.
Avenger of Zendikar — Floods the board with Plant tokens and pairs with landfall to dominate the table.

Upgrade Path

Pick a Partner like Tana, the Bloodsower, Ishai, or Reyhan to add color, removal, and a focused win angle. Tighten the curve toward cheap permanents (mana dorks, Treasure makers, ETB creatures) so chains never fizzle, and add land-recursion engines like Crucible of Worlds plus fetch effects to maximize triggers. Cap it with a haymaker finisher such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Devastation to convert your board into lethal.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Overwhelming the table with a wide board of creatures and tokens via combat
▸Cheating out huge payoffs like Craterhoof Behemoth or Avenger of Zendikar
▸Infinite ETB loops with cheap permanents, a bounce/sac outlet, and free mana
▸Grinding insurmountable card and board advantage until opponents run out of answers

Archetypes

Landfall/Ramp — Every land drop triggers Kodama, so fetching and replaying lands generates relentless chains.
Tokens/Go-Wide — Token producers each enter as permanents, snowballing the board and feeding triggers.
Value/Midrange — Kodama turns each permanent into a cascade of more permanents, out-grinding opponents.
Combo — Loops with self-bouncing permanents and free mana can create near-infinite enter triggers.