The phrase "Deep Sea Quarterly" mentioned in his description may be a reference to Great Ocean Quarterly or Paper Sea Quarterly, both being titles for ocean-related magazines in real life.
Statistics
Class: Beastly
Tribes: Monster Gargantuar Zombie
Trait: Amphibious, Hunt
Abilities: When any Zombie enters any lane, that Zombie gets +1/+1.
Set - Rarity: Premium - Super-Rare
Card description
Has every single issue of Deep Sea Quarterly, but rarely has time to read them.
Update history
Update 1.16.10
▲ Strength change: 6 → 7
▲ Health change: 6 → 7
Rarity change: Rare → Super-Rare
Update 1.30.4
▲ Health change: 7 → 8
Update 1.60.79
▼ Strength change: 7 → 6
▼ Health change: 8 → 6
▲ Trait added: Hunt
Ability added: "When any Zombie enters a lane, that Zombie gets +1/+1."
Bug: Actual ability is "When moved: This gets +1/+1."
Card Hotfix #1 (Dec. 17th, 2024)
▼ Trait removed: Hunt
Actual ability changed to "When a Zombie is moved, this and that Zombie get +1/+1. When a Zombie that is not Deep Sea Gargantuar is played, this and that Zombie get +1/+1."
This means when a Deep Sea Gargantuar is moved, it gives itself +2/+2.
Card Hotfix #2 (Dec. 19th, 2024)
▲ Trait added: Hunt
Actual ability changed to "When a Zombie that is not Deep Sea Gargantuar is played or moved, this and that Zombie get +1/+1. When played and When moved: This gets +1/+1."
Card Hotfix #3 (May 29th, 2025)
Bug fix: No longer buffs other Deep Sea Gargantuars that enter lanes.
Strategies
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With
With a massive 7/8 for just 6, Deep Sea Gargantuar may seem like a reasonable gargantuar to add to decks, but the major problem with him is that he is just has huge stats going for him, and not any good trait or even ability that other Gargantuars have going for them (Gargantuar-Throwing Gargantuar, Supernova Gargantuar). The Amphibious doesn't help matters either, as by the time you played him, the match is most likely drawing to a close, so the final lane is irrelevant.
What doesn’t help is that Gargantuars aren’t viable because of the fast pace of the game in the current meta, and by then, your opponent can also use powerful cards to deal with Deep Sea Gargantuar, even Solar Flare, Chompzilla and Captain Combustible, the three heroes with no Amphibious plants, have their ways to counter him. While you could play Gargologist to play him at least two turns earlier, this combo can primarily only be played with The Smash, a hero that starts their matches sluggishly, and there is better options anyway.
Against
This zombie is one of the strongest Amphibious zombies and should be removed quickly. However, using plants to one-shot him is not recommended because the options are extremely limited (Guacodile and Gardening Gloves/Bubble Up + non-Amphibious plant combo), and those that can do the job cannot survive an attack from Deep Sea Gargantuar. Instead, the best strat against him is just to try and finish the game by this point - luckily, turn 6 is the turn most matches end at, so this shouldn’t be a problem, unless he’s brought out earlier by Gargologist.
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Beastly class. He costs 6
to play and has 6
/6
. He has the Amphibious and the Hunt traits and his ability gives a zombie +1
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