WATER
6Cranium Fish
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1000
View:
2916
You can Special Summon this card by Tributing 1 "Ocean's Keeper". You can discard 1 WATER monster to the Graveyard to destroy 1 face-down card.
Cranium Fish — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 10 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
Cranium Fish's power is a face-down destroy effect that costs two cards: a Tribute of 1 Ocean's Keeper to Special Summon it, and a discard of a WATER monster to activate. It converts into a one-for-one removal of a face-down card, which is a real but situational form of interaction. The 2400 ATK earns no points; the Tribute restriction and the discard cost drag the score down. With no decks, combos, or guides supplied, the score is provisional and rests on text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | The Special Summon requires tributing a named card, Ocean's Keeper, and the card text does not state a summon zone, so access depends on a specific partner (inferred from text; no deck evidence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The card does one thing on its own: destroy 1 face-down card; it adds no extra body or follow-up beyond that (verified from card text; no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Costs are a Tribute of Ocean's Keeper plus a discard of a WATER monster, against one destroy, so the card runs at a net card loss (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Destroys 1 face-down card, which hits set backrow and face-down monsters, but it is a single-target, cost-heavy interaction (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 6 WATER Fish with 2400 ATK is a usable material body, but no combo or deck evidence confirms a material role (inferred from card stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The effect is a single activation that can be negated, and its summon depends on one named partner, so it has little redundancy (inferred from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Running it needs Ocean's Keeper plus WATER monsters for discard, which is a moderate restriction on the deck; no deck data confirms how costly this is (inferred from card text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal/Negation; no secondary role. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Final = Intrinsic (provisional; no decks and no combos supplied, Deck = null)
Strengths
- Destroys a face-down card, reaching set backrow and face-down monsters
- Level 6 WATER Fish body that remains a material body if its effect is negated
Weaknesses
- Special Summon requires tributing a named partner, Ocean's Keeper
- Discard cost of a WATER monster makes each activation a two-card cost
- Single-target removal that trades one-for-one at best
- 2400 ATK gives no scoring value under this rubric
Counters / choke points
- Any negation of the activated effect, since the card has no redundancy in its text
Best use
Situational removal for face-down backrow in WATER decks that already run Ocean's Keeper. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Special Summon by tributing 1 Ocean's Keeper (card text); Discard 1 WATER monster to the Graveyard as a cost (card text); Destroy 1 face-down card (card text); Level 6, WATER, Fish, 2400 ATK / 1000 DEF (card stats)
- Inferred: Removal is the primary role, from the destroy effect alone; Summon zone is not stated in the text, which is a gap that lowers accessibility
- Data gaps: no decks supplied, so deck and synergy signals are unavailable no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion unknown card text does not state the Special Summon zone or timing Ocean's Keeper pool presence and legality not confirmed in evidence no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)