Gigadrowse
Instant
Replicate 
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Tap target permanent.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #10513
Gigadrowse taps down an entire board — lands included — for as many blue mana as you want to spend, and replicate means a single spell generates as many Orvar, the All-Form triggers as you can afford. The cost is that it does nothing permanent: everything untaps on your opponents' next upkeeps, so you need a kill condition ready the same turn or the window closes.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Orvar, the All-Form
Gigadrowse is the engine card in Orvar, the All-Form decks because each replicate copy triggers Orvar separately, generating a fleet of permanents from a single spell at instant speed. Half of all Orvar lists run it for exactly this reason.
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis wants instant and sorcery spells cast repeatedly, and Gigadrowse's replicate gives her multiple triggers off one card to turn creatures into 8/8s and lock opponents out of their mana in the same action.
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers whenever you tap an opponent's creature, and Gigadrowse can tap every creature on the board in one shot — each replicate copy counts independently, flooding the board with Hylda's token and draw triggers.
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 |
In Commander, Gigadrowse fills a specific role: it's a same-turn combo enabler or a blue player's answer to a board full of mana rocks and creatures when you need one free swing. Pauper is the other format where it sees real play, slotting into tempo and combo shells that can sink several blue mana into a single spell. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but rarely relevant — the formats move too fast and pay-off-per-mana is too low when countermagic and permanents do more. Gigadrowse is format-defined by Commander and Pauper; everywhere else it sits on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Gigadrowse is firmly bulk, which is accurate for a card that only fits specific blue combo shells. Bulk rares with narrow homes tend to stay cheap — no reason to expect movement unless a new replicate-synergy commander pushes demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.