Reach of Branches
Kindred Instant — Treefolk
Create a 2/5 green Treefolk Shaman creature token.
Whenever a Forest you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #14121
Reach of Branches puts a 2/2 Treefolk onto the battlefield every time a Forest enters under your control — that's free board presence stapled to your land drops. The kicker is the buyback clause: for five mana you can return it from the graveyard to your hand and do it again, which means Fangorn, Tree Shepherd decks treat it as a renewable token engine rather than a one-shot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd cares deeply about Treefolk entering the battlefield, and Reach of Branches generates one every time you play a Forest — meaning each land drop is also a trigger for Fangorn's ability. The buyback clause makes it recursive enough that a single copy does real work across the entire game.
Doran, the Siege Tower
Doran, the Siege Tower turns every Treefolk token from Reach of Branches into a 2/2 that attacks for 2, which is unremarkable on its own — but the token count scales with how many Forests you're running and how often you can rebuy the spell, making it a reliable go-wide threat in Doran's toughness-matters shell.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Reach of Branches consistently earns its slot — the 100-card singleton environment means you're running enough Forests that the token generation adds up, and the five-mana buyback is sustainable across a longer game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but not viable; competitive decks in those formats aren't interested in five-mana recursion for 2/2 tokens. Modern is where it occasionally shows up in casual Treefolk tribal builds, though it rarely makes the cut in anything tuned. For most players, Reach of Branches is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Reach of Branches sits firmly in bulk territory — it's cheap enough to throw into any Treefolk or Forests-matter build without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal appeal don't tend to spike, so don't expect the price to move unless Treefolk tribal gets a serious competitive push.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.