Spell
NormalAqua Jet Surface
Archetype:
Aqua Jet
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Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Fish, Sea Serpent, or Aqua monster from your hand or GY, but you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except Xyz Monsters, while you control that face-up monster. If your opponent controls an Attack Position monster: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Fish, Sea Serpent, or Aqua monster you control; it gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Aqua Jet Surface" once per turn.
Aqua Jet Surface — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46.4 · Deck: 47.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Aqua Jet Surface is scored as a support Extender: its text lets it put one Level 4 or lower Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster from hand or GY onto the field while you control a face-up monster, and it can be banished from the GY to give a Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster +1000 ATK. It is live in a dense Shark core, with 96-97% co-occurrence with core cards, but the pack has zero recorded boards, so conversion stays modest and is not rewarded from popularity or inclusion rate. Its self-restriction on Extra Deck Special Summons and its single-copy, non-interactive profile hold the score below the midpoint.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | The card sits in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.06 average copies, with no starter role or searched-for role evidence and a GY-live effect, so access is real but unproven outside its Shark home (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text yields one extra Level 4 or lower body plus a +1000 ATK pump, a fair board with help but no recorded combo boards, so this is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The GY banish cost is a self-cost for a +1000 ATK pump and the hand/GY summon is a body recycle rather than card advantage, so the score sits near even (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach appears in the text, so opponent interaction is effectively absent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 20 | As a Spell it provides no material body itself; its value is that the Level 4 or lower bodies it summons are generic Xyz material, which is inferred from text and the Shark Xyz decks (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It is usable from both hand and GY, but the summon needs a face-up monster and any spell or monster removal cuts off the main effect (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It runs as a single copy in a 26-archetype sample and 88% of decks use gameplay type 7, so the slot cost is low but tied to the Shark/Aqua shell (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 46.4, Deck ≈ 47.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking Extra Deck restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand/GY access to a Level 4 or lower Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua body
- GY-live effect that gives +1000 ATK to a Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster
- Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about one copy, with 96-97% co-occurrence with core Shark cards
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only inference
- Summon requires controlling a face-up monster
- Self-restriction on non-Xyz Extra Deck Special Summons
- Type and text are inconsistent in the evidence, so the activation timing is unclear
Counters / choke points
- No counter-specific evidence in the pack
- Generic removal of the controlled face-up monster would shut off the summon effect (inferred)
Best use
Extender: a Level 4 or lower body from hand/GY plus a GY-banish ATK pump for Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monsters. Decks: Shark, K9, Dominus, Icejade. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: summon of a Level 4 or lower Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster from hand or GY, restricted while you control the face-up monster; Card text: GY banish gives +1000 ATK to a Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster; Card text: each effect is once per turn; Card text: Extra Deck Special Summon restriction except Xyz; Deck stat: 400 of 400 sampled decks run the card, average 1.06 copies
- Observed: Deck stat: 61.5% of decks in the Shark archetype (842) and 96-97% co-occurrence with core Shark cards; Usage stat: 84.6% inclusion in Shark (794, gameplay 4) and 72.2% in Shark (842, gameplay 7)
- Inferred: Extender role from text (hand/GY summon of one body); Level 4 or lower bodies act as generic Xyz material; Removal of the controlled monster turns off the summon
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference Card type Spell Card conflicts with the continuous-style 'while you control' wording; confirm the frame and timing No banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Guide coverage is a single Shark guide mention with no card-specific section text No counter evidence supplied