WATER
5Deepsea Shark
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1600
View:
3365
"Bottom Dweller" + "Tongyo"
Deepsea Shark — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 38 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 39 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Deepsea Shark's card text is only a two-monster Fusion recipe with no effect, so its 1900 ATK and body earn almost nothing under the rubric. It is still run in 52 recent decks across 27 archetypes, but it is mostly paired with generic staples (Pot of Extravagance, Maxx "C", Instant Fusion), so deck presence confirms access rather than strength. With no combo or guide evidence, combo conversion and the score rest on text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Fusion Summon needs two named materials plus a Fusion enabler; Instant Fusion and Ready Fusion are frequent partners and it appears in 52 decks, but it is never a starter in the evidence (observed deck data plus inference). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The text converts into a single 1900/1600 body with no follow-up effect, and there are zero recorded combo boards (inferred from text only). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Two materials become one body with no card advantage or refuel, a roughly -1 exchange (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no effect text, so it offers no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 20 | No text says it can be used as material, so this is inferred as limited; no combo evidence shows it as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | With no effect there is nothing to negate, but the Fusion Summon itself is stoppable and there is no redundancy in the evidence (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It sits in the Extra Deck and 43 of 52 decks run a single copy, with no garnet or lock restriction in the text (observed deck stats plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 39, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Named fusion-material dependency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 52 recent decks across 27 archetypes, so it is easy to home in many shells
- Cheap to run: sits in the Extra Deck and 43 of 52 decks run one copy
- Simple, unambiguous fusion recipe with no timing risk
Weaknesses
- No effect text, so no interaction, no card advantage and no refuel
- Needs two specific named materials to be Fusion Summoned
- Board value is a plain 1900/1600 body with no follow-up
Counters / choke points
- Anything that stops the Fusion Summon or its Fusion Spell (inferred from the summoning requirement; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Extra Deck Fusion body. Decks: P.U.N.K., Flamvell, Toon, Umi Control, Blue-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is only the Fusion recipe "Bottom Dweller" + "Tongyo", with no effect text; ATK 1900, DEF 1600, Level 5 Fusion Monster, formats TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks; Appears in 52 recent decks across 27 archetypes; Top partners are generic staples (Pot of Extravagance 34.6%, Maxx "C" 32.7%, Instant Fusion 28.8%)
- Observed: Average 1.27 copies per deck; 43 of 52 decks run one copy; Gameplay split 48.1% type 7 and 44.2% type 4; Zero combo appearances in recorded boards
- Inferred: Access depends on Fusion enablers and two specific materials; Material utility is limited because no text or combo evidence supports material use; Partner frequency reflects generic staples, not intrinsic power (guardrail 3)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited), legal_copies empty for all formats effect text is only the Fusion recipe, so there is no effect text to decompose no counter or hand-trap data supplied