WATER
5Depth Shark
ATK:
1400
DEF:
0
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If you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. Once per turn, during your opponent's Standby Phase: This card's ATK becomes double its current ATK until the end of this turn.
Depth Shark — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 41 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43.3 · Deck: 39.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Depth Shark's 1400 ATK and its opponent-Standby ATK doubling earn little here: the doubling is a single late-turn pressure effect with no negation, removal, recursion or card advantage behind it. Its score comes mainly from being a plain Level 5 WATER Fish body that can be used as material and from being run at 1 to 3 copies in all 8 sampled Shark decks. The empty-field Normal Summon condition is a real restriction, and the absence of any combo or guide evidence keeps confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | The empty-field Normal Summon condition limits when it comes down, and there is no searcher or starter stat for it (verified text, plus no as_starter/as_searched data; tier: verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Its text converts nothing into a board on its own, and no combo boards are supplied (verified text; no combo observation). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | It is a one-card body with no refuel, draw, or search clause, so it produces no card advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Its only effect is an ATK-doubling on the opponent's Standby Phase, with no negate, removal, or hand-trap reach (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 5 WATER Fish is a generic material fit, but no material-usage stats exist and the Xyz partners are co-occurrence only (inferred from level/attribute; observed co-occurrence). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single body with no recursion or multi-zone presence, so one removal or negate ends it (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It runs at 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock, but the empty-field summon condition is a mild restriction (observed copies distribution; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary weights only; no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 43.3, Deck ≈ 39.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: empty-field Normal Summon condition (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Plain Level 5 WATER Fish body that works as material without needing a specific partner (inferred)
- Present in all 8 sampled decks at 1 to 3 copies with a 100% Shark-archetype link (observed)
- The Standby-Phase ATK doubling gives a late attack threat on the opponent's turn (verified text)
Weaknesses
- Normal Summon requires an empty monster zone (verified text)
- No negation, removal, recursion, or card advantage (verified text)
- No combo, guide, or usage-statistics evidence, so the role rests on text and deck co-occurrence (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- Any monster removal or negate that resolves before the opponent's Standby Phase, ending the ATK doubling (inferred from text)
- Opponent plays that just leave the body on board, since its only effect is a single Standby-Phase doubling (inferred)
Best use
Level 5 WATER Fish material body and opening or post-clear Normal Summon. Decks: Shark archetype decks.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Normal Summon without Tribute only if you control no monsters; Text: once per turn, during the opponent's Standby Phase, ATK doubles until end of that turn; Level 5, WATER, Fish, 1400 ATK, Effect Monster; Present in 8 of 8 sampled decks, all Shark archetype, all gameplay type 3
- Observed: Average 1.5 copies per deck (distribution 1 copy in 6 decks, 3 copies in 2); Co-occurs at 100% with Shark cards and Xyz/CXyz partners in the sampled decks
- Inferred: Level 5 WATER Fish is a generic material fit for Xyz/Link lines; The Standby-Phase doubling is a pressure tool that seldom decides a game on its own; A single removal or negate ends the card's value
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % is from the 8-deck sample only deck sample is a single archetype, so cross-archetype portability is unknown