Locked Kodas: the one-in-six that cannot trade yet
There are 10,000 Kodas, but only 8,317 currently exist as standalone, tradable Koda NFTs. The other 1,683 are still attached to original Otherdeeds. These Kodas aren't missing, burned or inactive — they exist in the collection and their traits are known. They simply haven't been separated from their land. That distinction matters because virtually every Koda market statistic — listings, floors, available Megas, trait supply for sale — operates on the tradable population, not all 10,000.
Why some Kodas are still inside deeds
Kodas originally appeared as traits attached to Otherdeeds. In 2023, Yuga introduced the migration to Otherdeed Expanded: owners of an original deed could migrate it, separating the land and its Koda. After migration, the owner held the new Otherdeed Expanded and the Koda as its own standalone NFT (the same story from the land side). Most Koda-bearing deeds were migrated. Some were not. Those remaining Kodas are what Mr. Deeds calls locked Kodas.
How a locked Koda becomes tradable
There is only one path: the owner of the original deed migrates it. That releases the Koda as a standalone asset and adds it to tradable supply. The process is one-way — once a Koda has been separated from its land, it does not get fused back into the deed. So the locked population can only decline over time, while standalone supply can only rise.
The current supply
As of the latest nightly sync: 10,000 total Kodas · 1,683 locked inside deeds · 8,317 standalone and tradable — these two numbers update as deeds migrate. Roughly one-sixth of all Kodas still sits outside the standalone market. And the locked population isn't just ordinary traits. It includes 11 of the 99 Mega Kodas, 19 of the 110 regulars carrying all three Mega-associated traits, and — a striking absence — zero KodaPendant carriers. Some genuinely scarce Koda combinations still exist behind the migration wall.
Why this matters when reading the market
Suppose 400 Kodas are listed. 400 out of 10,000 suggests 4% of the collection is for sale. But the locked Kodas cannot be listed in the first place. Against the 8,317 tradable Kodas, those same 400 listings represent closer to 5% of the assets that could actually reach the market. That's why Mr. Deeds calculates Koda listing percentages against tradable supply, not nominal collection supply — it is the more useful denominator.
Locked Megas are especially important
The effect is most obvious at the top of the collection. There are 99 Megas, but 11 remain locked, so the current standalone Mega population is only 88. If the owner of a locked-Mega deed migrates, the total number of Megas does not change — it is still one of the 99. But the tradable Mega supply increases from 88 to 89. That's a genuine supply event for a very small cohort, and the same principle applies to every other scarce locked Koda.
What happens when a fused deed is sold
Before migration, the Koda remains part of the original deed — a marketplace listing for that deed is effectively transferring the land and the still-attached Koda together. That is one reason Mr. Deeds keeps the two concepts visible separately: on the deed side, the site identifies that a Koda is attached; on the Koda side, it identifies which deed currently contains it. The deed estimate itself remains an estimate of the land, rather than silently assigning an estimated Koda value.
How to identify a locked Koda
Locked Kodas remain fully visible in the Mr. Deeds database. Their pages carry a 🔒 badge and identify the original deed that contains them, so you can inspect a locked Koda exactly as you would any other — traits, trait scarcity, Mega-associated traits, Mega status, Abilities, and the deed currently holding it. The only thing you cannot do is buy it separately. Not until the deed migrates. If you hold a fused deed, the My Otherside view shows both halves of what you own in one place.
The key distinction
A locked Koda is not a different type of Koda. It is the same asset in a different supply state. That sounds small, but it changes how the entire Koda market should be read: 10,000 Kodas exist, and only 8,317 can currently trade on their own. Mr. Deeds keeps both numbers visible because each answers a different question.
Related reading: Kodas: the creatures that came with the land — the same story from the deed side · OG vs. Expanded — what the burn actually does · Buying your first Koda.
Sources
- Locked and tradable counts: the August 2026 on-chain audit against the Koda contract — every latent Koda checked directly rather than trusted from cached metadata; published at the supply audit trail.
- Locked Megas and locked triples: the same audit, cross-counted against this site's Koda trait dataset.
- Decoupling mechanics: NFT Culture — Guide to Koda Decoupling.