WATER
4Metabo-Shark
ATK:
1800
DEF:
500
View:
3436
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 2 Fish-Type monsters in your Graveyard; shuffle those targets into your Deck.
Metabo-Shark — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 28 ± 6 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 34 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Utility, Material body
Why it scores here
Metabo-Shark is a Fish-Type recursion effect that shuffles 2 Fish monsters from the Graveyard back into the deck. While the effect is reliable and prevents deck-out in self-mill strategies, it offers no card advantage, no board development, and no disruption value. The card is archetype-restricted to Fish-Type with no visible current support, requires a Normal Summon as an opportunity cost, and lacks any practical route to mainstream play. Without a Fish archetype ecosystem, this card scores as a niche, low-impact piece.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | Requires a Normal Summon and dedicated Fish archetype deck to be functional; zero deck appearances in evidence suggest no mainstream routes exist (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | The effect does not build boards or advance combos; it merely recycles Fish monsters already in the graveyard, creating no new advantage without existing synergy (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Shuffling 2 cards from GY to deck is neutral card advantage but prevents milling out; minimal value without self-mill or dedicated Fish grind strategies (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No disruption, negation, removal, or opponent-facing effect; pure self-utility with no interaction value (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Generic Level-4 WATER/Fish body with 1800 ATK/500 DEF; usable as Rank-4 XYZ material or Synchro material, but nothing exceptional (inferred from mechanics). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | One-time Normal Summon effect with no recovery path; fragile, immobile, and dependent on graveyard setup (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 25 | Heavy archetype restriction to Fish-Type only with no observed archetype support in current meta; takes a Normal Summon slot without advancing typical game plans (observed from zero deck evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Recovery / Recursion role applied. Intrinsic ≈ 34, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: archetype_restriction (-4); normal_summon_cost (-2). Final formula: No decks AND no combos (no context): Final = Intrinsic
Strengths
- Reliably recycles 2 Fish-Type monsters from GY back to deck when Normal Summoned
- Generic Level-4 WATER body viable for Rank-4 XYZ Summon if needed
- Clear, straightforward effect with no complex timing issues
- Prevents deck-out in self-mill or long-grind Fish strategies
Weaknesses
- Archetype-restricted to Fish-Type with no apparent current support
- Normal Summon trigger is an opportunity cost that competes with more impactful plays
- Generates no card advantage on its own
- Requires 2 Fish-Type monsters in GY to activate (setup dependency)
- Mediocre 1800 ATK / 500 DEF stats offer no combat pressure
- Provides no disruption, negation, or opponent interaction
- No recovery if removed before effect resolves
Counters / choke points
- Effects that lock Normal Summon (blocks activation condition)
- Banish effects that remove Fish monsters from GY (prevents material)
- Skill drain or effect negation (stops the shuffle effect)
Best use
Graveyard recursion engine in Fish mill strategies. Decks: Fish archetype decks (if supported; currently unverified).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger effect confirmed by card description; Targets 2 Fish-Type monsters in Graveyard (card text); Shuffles targets back to deck (card text); Effect is optional (you can) per card text; Zero deck appearances in evidence (deck data.total decks = 0)
- Observed: Not in top-card rankings (top-card status: false); No usage statistics available (usage statistics.available: false)
- Inferred: Primary role is Recovery/Recursion based on effect mechanics; Accessibility limited to dedicated Fish archetype with no observed mainstream support; Generic Level-4 WATER body viable for Rank-4 XYZ material; Card is niche and archetype-dependent; not currently played at scale
- Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied — no human context on role/synergy no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % unknown no Fish archetype support evident in current evidence; archetype viability unverified