Gitrog is a solid body, that provides insane draw, and places all drawn lands on the field, making it so that your next turn is just, if not much more, dangerous than the turn you played Gitrog
If you're an aggro deck it's likely to hurt your opponent more than it hurts you, and the stat-line is passable
in this case, they remain on the field after activation
Years later, they would actually add vehicles as a separate card type with its own interactions, leading the 'ship' race to be retconned away and this old card is now considered a 'Human Pirate', cheekily representing the crew instead of the ship
If this card is in your control deck, and youre in a matchup where counterspells are weak, instead of dying with this card in your hand, you can pay three, pitch it, and sculpt the rest of your hand
A rare box of Pokmon cards has gone under the hammer for an eye-watering 13,000