Kodama's Might
Instant — Arcane
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane 
(As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20348
Kodama's Might pumps a creature +2/+2 and grants Trample for a single green mana — efficient enough for combat tricks, but the effect doesn't persist beyond the turn. Outside of dedicated Voltron or stompy builds that exploit the Splice onto Arcane text, it's too narrow for most Commander slots.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kodama's Might is a bulk inclusion in Commander, where single-turn pump spells rarely justify a slot unless you're building around Voltron strategies or Arcane synergies. In Pauper it competes in green tempo and stompy lists as a combat trick, though Giant Growth variants are usually preferred for the cleaner rate. Legacy and Vintage have access to so many broken one-mana plays that Kodama's Might doesn't register. Its home, if it has one, is an Arcane-synergy shell where the Splice text generates incremental value across multiple spells in the same turn.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Kodama's Might is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. The price reflects exactly what it is: a narrow combat trick with a niche splice upside that most decks will never exploit.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.