WATER
3Left-Hand Shark
ATK:
1300
DEF:
1500
View:
4955
If this card is Special Summoned from the GY: This card's Level becomes 4. You can only use each of the following effects of "Left-Hand Shark" once per turn. If you control "Right-Hand Shark", and this card is in your hand or GY: You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. An Xyz Monster that was Summoned using only WATER monsters as material, including this card on the field, gains this effect. ● This card cannot be destroyed by card effects.
Left-Hand Shark — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Starter/Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Left-Hand Shark's value is mainly as a WATER body: it is Level 3, becomes Level 4 when Special Summoned from the GY, and in the one recorded board it appears only as material. Its hand/GY Special Summon depends on Right-Hand Shark, which co-occurs in 93.8% of decks, so reliability is good in practice but conditional on that partner. The card's 389-deck presence is mostly the Shark archetype and is treated as confirmation of access, not as evidence of raw power. Its high ATK/DEF and deck count did not earn points on their own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Hand/GY Special Summon with Right-Hand Shark, which co-occurs in 93.8% of 389 decks (verified text, observed partner stat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Only one recorded board (power index 52), with the card used as material and no starter or payoff role (observed, thin sample). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, or card advantage; the banish-on-leave clause is a cost, with no refuel (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | No negation or removal; only indestructibility by card effects, which is a soft defensive clause (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 3 WATER body that becomes Level 4 from the GY and grants Xyz material value; 100% of its recorded combo appearances are as material (verified text, observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Usable from hand and GY, and its effect-indestructibility helps it survive some interaction; the partner dependency limits this (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs an average of 2.12 copies with 3-copy use in 187 decks and no garnet or lock; the partner requirement is a mild restriction (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand and GY Special Summon routes make it live in many spots
- Becomes Level 4 from the GY, adding material flexibility
- Clean material body for WATER Xyz lines
- Low copy and deckbuilding cost; runs 1 to 3 copies
Weaknesses
- Hand summon requires Right-Hand Shark on the field
- Little card advantage or interaction of its own
- Its one recorded combo is only a material appearance, so the sample is thin
Counters / choke points
- Effect-based negation or banish that removes it before its Special Summon resolves (inferred)
Best use
WATER material body and hand/GY extender alongside Right-Hand Shark. Decks: Shark (archetype 1818), Shark (archetype 842). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 WATER Fish effect monster, 1300/1500, with the GY Level-4 change, hand/GY summon conditional on Right-Hand Shark, banish-on-leave, Xyz material grant, and effect-indestructibility (card text)
- Observed: Right-Hand Shark co-occurs in 93.8% of 389 decks; Average 2.12 copies per deck; 3-copy distribution 187; Combo appearance is 100% as material, power index 52 (single sample)
- Inferred: The partner dependency is a mild restriction on reliability; Material value is generic within WATER Xyz lines
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion % inferred from deck sample only combo data has a single appearance, so combo conversion is weakly evidenced no rulings data