WATER
1Fishborg Launcher
Archetype:
Fishborg
ATK:
200
DEF:
100
View:
3320
If you have a monster(s) in your Graveyard other than "Fishborg Launcher", and all of them are WATER: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. If you do, banish it when it leaves the field. This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster, except for the Synchro Summon of a WATER monster. You can only use the effect of "Fishborg Launcher" once per turn.
Fishborg Launcher — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50.3 · Deck: 51.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Fishborg Launcher's value is a Level 1 WATER Tuner body that can return to the field from the Graveyard, but only while other WATER monsters are in the Graveyard and only once per turn, and it is banished when it leaves. Its Synchro-material use is limited to WATER Synchro summons, which caps material value below a generic Tuner. It is in every sampled deck (253 of 253), but with no recorded boards the score rests on text and deck co-occurrence, and its 200 ATK earns nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | The card is live in 253 of 253 sampled decks, but its Graveyard summon needs other WATER monsters in the Graveyard, and there is no searcher evidence (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No recorded boards exist, so conversion is text-only: it gives one 200-ATK body plus a Synchro route for WATER monsters (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | The Graveyard self-revival is a free body with no card advantage or refuel beyond returning itself, and there is no combo evidence of net gain (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | It has no negate, removal, or hand-trap effect of its own, so opponent interaction is effectively absent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 1 Tuner is a clean material for WATER Synchro summons, but the cannot-be-material clause excludes non-WATER Synchros (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The Graveyard effect is once per turn and depends on WATER monsters in the Graveyard, and it can be negated or stopped by a single response (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Only 1.19 copies per deck on average (max 3), no garnets, and a 1-cost body, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 50.3, Deck ≈ 51.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction (-2); Compactness (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 1 Tuner that is easy to fit in WATER decks
- Self-recursion from the Graveyard without needing a search
- Minimal deck-slot cost, with 1.19 average copies
Weaknesses
- Graveyard summon needs other WATER monsters in the Graveyard
- Synchro material use is limited to WATER Synchro summons
- No interaction, no card advantage, and no recorded combo conversion
Counters / choke points
- Negating its Graveyard special summon or its Synchro-material use (inferred)
Best use
Level 1 WATER Tuner and Graveyard recursion body for WATER Synchro lines. Decks: Mermail, Atlantean, Ice Barrier, Icejade, Ghoti. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 WATER Tuner, 200 ATK, Graveyard special summon with banish-when-leaves clause; Cannot be a Synchro Material except for WATER Synchro summons; Once-per-turn effect, no interaction effect on the card; No garnet or banlist restriction supplied (assumed 3 copies)
- Observed: Present in 253 of 253 sampled decks, mostly 1 copy (avg 1.19); Top partner co-occurrence up to 68.4% (deck-level only); 47 distinct archetypes in the sample
- Inferred: Material body role is the primary use, with Graveyard recursion secondary; Recursion is conditional on WATER monsters being in the Graveyard; Synchro restriction limits its value compared with a generic Tuner
- 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 inferred from the deck sample only no rulings checked for the Synchro restriction interaction with negation