WATER
4Hydrojet Shark
Archetype:
Shark
ATK:
1000
DEF:
0
View:
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If a WATER Xyz Monster is on the field, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand), but you cannot Special Summon "Hydrojet Shark" for the rest of this turn. You can only use 1 of the following effects of "Hydrojet Shark" per turn, and only once that turn. During your Main Phase: You can send 1 Fish "Shark" monster or 1 "Xyz" Spell/Trap from your Deck to the GY. You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 "Aqua Jet" card from your Deck or GY to your hand.
Hydrojet Shark — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Hydrojet Shark's value is its GY-banish effect, which returns Aqua Jet from the Deck or GY to hand, so it converts a card already spent into a search. Its hand Special Summon is gated on a WATER Xyz being on the field, and its Deck-to-GY effect is a setup cost rather than card advantage. The 1000 ATK earns nothing, and the 400-of-400 deck inclusion confirms accessibility and a clean one-copy slot, not raw power. The combo corpus is empty, so the conversion score rests on text inference and is held down accordingly.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.07 copies, and the GY-banish search stays live once it reaches the graveyard; the hand summon needs a WATER Xyz on the field (verified text, observed deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No recorded boards exist, so the conversion of Aqua Jet and Shark-material setup is text-only inference with no measured power index (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | Banishing itself from the GY to add Aqua Jet is a recursion-style +1 search, while the Deck-to-GY effect is a non-advantage cost (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 4 WATER Fish is a usable Xyz body for WATER Xyz monsters, and the Level 4 body remains even if the effects are negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | It has access from hand, Deck, and GY with separate once-per-turn effects, so it does not depend on one zone, though the hand summon can be shut off by a negate (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Average 1.07 copies with no garnet or lock requirement, so it is a low-cost slot (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- GY-banish search for Aqua Jet, a recursion-style +1 that works even after the card is spent
- Near-universal inclusion (400/400 decks) at 1 copy, so it is cheap to run
- Three zones of access (hand, Deck, GY) with separate once-per-turn effects
Weaknesses
- Hand Special Summon requires a WATER Xyz on the field
- No interaction of its own (no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect)
- The Deck-to-GY effect is a setup cost rather than advantage
- Its power depends on the Shark engine; it is not a standalone threat
Counters / choke points
- Negating the hand summon or the GY effect ends its contribution in that spot
- Hand disruption before the WATER Xyz is on the field
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (GY-banish Aqua Jet search) with Extender body for Shark / WATER Xyz lines. Decks: Shark, K9, Dominus, Seventh. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon is conditional on a WATER Xyz Monster being on the field (card text); Main Phase Deck-to-GY effect is once per turn and sends a Fish Shark monster or Xyz Spell/Trap (card text); GY banish adds Aqua Jet from Deck or GY to hand, once per turn (card text); Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.07 copies (deck data)
- Observed: Top partners include Abyss Shark (97.2%) and Aqua Jet Surface (90%) in deck co-occurrence (deck data); Usage statistics show 66.7% to 80% inclusion across 4 archetype homes (usage statistics)
- Inferred: The Level 4 WATER Fish body is a usable Xyz material for WATER Xyz lines (text and rules); Its GY recursion makes it a reusable search rather than a one-shot cost (text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) one guide mention only; role context is thin