For a Hardened Scales type of deck, Kodama of the West Tree is a sleeper compared to the more obviously powerful Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, but it can really take over a game with its trample ability and its ramp
They just did fun things like this
Put a black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield with power equal to that cards power and toughness equal to that cards toughness
Crashing Headbutt does 200 damage and mills the top three cards of your opponents deck
Its just trying to help
Unfortunately, retaining this card and many others wasnt enough for me to maintain interest in the Pokemon TCG throughout my teenage years, during which time Pokemon was stupid, for kids, and something I maybe played when nobody was looking but would never dream of telling anyone about - football, football, football. Ah, the joys of youth