"Rite of Replication" is a blue sorcery printed as a rare for the Magic the Gathering expansion set known as "Zendikar." This is perhaps one of the best blue cards let alone sorcery spells printed in the Zendikar expansion set. The beauty of Rite of Replication is that it can be used in any deck that is using blue. This is the type of spell that you want to play in order to swipe the smirk off an opponent or to get the last laugh. If you are playing a blue deck, you may get some use out of Rite of Replication.
The converted mana cost for Rite of Replication is two. You are going to need two blue mana and two colorless mana to play Rite of Replication. For what Rite of Replication can do, the converted mana cost is well worth it. There is an additional but optional kicker cost of five colorless mana. You can pay the kicker cost if you want. Since Rite of Replication is a sorcery spell, you can only do this during your turn.
What does Rite of Replication do in the first place?
When Rite of Replication is cast, you get to put a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of a target creature. Make sure the creature neither has Shroud nor Protection from Blue. Other than that, the other creatures are fair game. However, do not try it on legendary creatures unless you have no other way to get rid of them. In a sense, Rite or Replication is the sorcery version of "Clone." Clone is a creature card that is a "clone" of a target creature. However, there is more to Rite of Replication than making a token that is a copy of a target creature.
If you have paid the optional Kicker cost, you can put five tokens instead of one. Due to the nature of the cards in Zendikar, one is encouraged to pay the Kicker cost. Five copies of a creature are better than one copy. In Zendikar, there are plenty of creatures worth copying.
A friend played "Hedron Crab" and used Rite of Replication on it. With six Hedron Crabs on the battlefield, he was able to decimate an opponent's library just by dropping a land or two. This is one example on how Rite of Replication goes good in a mono-blue control deck. When you use Rite of Replication on creatures with Landfall, you can pretty much do a lot of damage. Another good example in a mono-blue deck would be picking the "Roil Elemental." By simply dropping a land, you can take over virtually all of your opponent's creatures. If your opponent does not have anything such as "Day of Judgment" or "Wrath of God," then s/he probably has no choice.
If you are playing with blue and green, you can combine Rite of Replication with "Oracle of Mul Daya." In this respect, you have a good sense of mana acceleration. Doing so allows you to play lands faster. Doing so allows you to cast spells faster. You can even combine this with "Rampaging Baloths."
In a limited and standard format, Rite of Replication is a great card to have if one is using blue cards. In an extended format, Rite of Replication can be used to ones advantage due to plenty of great creatures to target. Overall, Rite of Replication is a very impressive blue card to have.