If I use Clone on Gigantoplasm, does the clone also have the pay X ability? Also, if I’ve used the original Gigantoplasm ability to make it a 5/5 when it was originally a 2/2 and then clone it, will the clone be 5/5 or 2/2?
In general, if a Clone enters the battlefield as a copy of Gigantoplasm, it will acquire Gigantoplasm's copiable values (which in this case will include "X: This creature has base power and toughness X/X" if Gigantoplasm itself entered the battlefield as a creature due to its own ability) (C.R. 706.9a, 706.2). However, besides copy effects, most other effects, including effects that set a creature's base power and toughness, are not copied this way (C.R. 706.2).
Take the following scenario:
You control Grizzly Bears on the battlefield.
You cast Gigantoplasm, all players pass, then Gigantoplasm resolves. You choose to have Gigantoplasm enter the battlefield as a copy of Grizzly Bears. Gigantoplasm will thus be 2/2 (and include that power and toughness in its copiable values) and have the ability "X: This creature has base power and toughness X/X" (again part of Gigantoplasm's copiable values).
You activate the newly acquired ability, choosing 5 for X.
All players pass, then that ability resolves. Gigantoplasm now has base power and toughness 5/5.
You cast Clone, all players pass, then Clone resolves. You choose to have Clone enter the battlefield as a copy of Gigantoplasm. Clone will thus be 2/2 (not 5/5) and have the ability "X: This creature has base power and toughness X/X", which is part of Gigantoplasm's copiable values.
I figured that’s how it worked but sometimes clones can be janky so I wanted to double check. They’re especially janky when you’re copying other clones.
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Take the following scenario:
EDIT (Oct. 23): Correctness edit.