This card is like Twiddle on steroids. In a deck
with lots of Islands, this card can allow you to
tap an opponent out of creatures or land
resources whenever you like for just one card.
Gigadrowse makes the most of the Replicate
ability because it costs only one blue to play
and only one blue to Replicate. Because this
versatile card can tap any kind of permanent, it
can be very useful in limited decks. I don't
think this card will be popular in constructed
decks generally speaking, but I just know that
SOMEONE is cooking up a mono blue deck that uses
some kind of infinite mana engine and uses
Gigadrowse to tap every permanent the opponent
controls before producing the deck's ultimate
threat.
This card is overrated and underrated at the
same time. In limited, this card is AMAZING. In
constructed play, it's only OK. But, it's likely
that casual players will stay away from this
card.
This is probably the most simple of all the
replicate spells. It's certainly the cheapest.
And it's an effect that blue decks often like to
have - the ability to stop a bunch of attackers
and leave your opponent open for a
counterstrike. However, I often find myself not
playing this in my Izzet decks. There are so
many effective spells in red/blue drafting that
Gigadrowse just won't make the cut. One of the
exceptions to this rule is if you manage to get
a couple of Wee Dragonauts. The Wee ones are
well established as a strong path to victory for
Izzet decks, and a cheap spell that can remove
blockers is always nice to work with that
strategy. I will usually play any bounce spell
ahead of this, but I'm not afraid to use it.
Don't look for it to show up in any constructed
formats though.
Almost always one of the last cards left in the
draft pack. I never see it played, though it's
not completely horrible, I suppose. Blue just
isn't strongly played, and is often using other
tricks and evasion to push damage through, which
makes Gigadrowse a bit of a gratuitous card.
It's not like Blue has this mighty army just
waiting for the chance to punish you with on big
whomp...Blue instead uses a lot of finesse and
trickery to get past your defenses slowly but
surely. Gigadrowse doesn't fit.
Constructed - 1.5
Casual - 2
Limited - 1
BMoor
Gigadrowse
This is a prime example of a replicate card that
really wants to be replicated. At only one copy,
this stops a blocker for a turn, or an attacker,
or maybe just forces that Viashino Fangtail to
ping something now, instead of later. But later
on, when the board gets clogged up, you can pay
lots of blue mana to tap down all your
opponent's blockers, and swing for the win. Of
course, Blue isn't really good at clogging up
the board with creatures, but Gigadrowse can
still be put to good use.
