---
name: "Kodama of the West Tree"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "NEO"
set_name: "Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty"
collector_number: "199"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "d69b1e68-8d8e-460b-9eb4-6a68be886197"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kodama-of-the-west-tree-neo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kodama of the West Tree
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach
Modified creatures you control have trample. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Whenever a modified creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kodama of the South Tree](/printing/kodama-of-the-south-tree-chk.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
2. [Kodama of the North Tree](/printing/kodama-of-the-north-tree-chk.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
3. [Kamahl, Fist of Krosa](/printing/kamahl-fist-of-krosa-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Druid
4. [Heartwood Shard](/printing/heartwood-shard-mrd.md) — Artifact
5. [Ashroot Animist](/printing/ashroot-animist-fdn.md) — Creature — Lizard Druid
6. [Kazandu Stomper](/printing/kazandu-stomper-znr.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #199
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Daarken

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-02-18)* A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
- *(2022-02-18)* A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
- *(2022-02-18)* An Aura controlled by an opponent does not cause a creature you control to be modified.