WATER
2Performapal Sword Fish
Archetype:
Performapal
ATK:
600
DEF:
600
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If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: All monsters your opponent currently controls lose 600 ATK and DEF. If you Special Summon a monster(s) while you control this card: All monsters your opponent currently controls lose 600 ATK and DEF.
Performapal Sword Fish — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Performapal Sword Fish provides a stackable ATK/DEF debuff with no once-per-turn restriction: each Special Summon while it remains on field triggers an additional 600-point reduction across all opponent's monsters, which can accumulate to meaningful levels in Special Summon-heavy strategies such as Marincess. However, the base 600 reduction is modest by modern standards, the card provides zero card advantage, no hard interaction, and its combo role is entirely text-inferred since zero combo appearances are recorded in this dataset. High ATK/DEF stats did not earn any points; the score reflects conditional stacking utility in linear Special Summon chains and confirmed multi-archetype presence across 9 distinct homes in the deck sample.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 38 | Level 2 Effect Monster that can be Normal Summoned freely; likely searchable within its Performapal home, but no confirmed searcher route appears in combo evidence — no combo appearances to corroborate. (inferred) |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Zero recorded combo appearances; the card contributes no standalone combo extension — its only conversion pathway is stacking debuffs during a chain of Special Summons, which is entirely text-inferred. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No card advantage on summon or from GY; the ATK/DEF reduction generates board pressure rather than resources, leaving the card roughly card-neutral with no refuel mechanism. (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 38 | Each Special Summon while this card is on field reduces all opponent's monsters by 600 ATK/DEF with no once-per-turn restriction; stacking 4-5 Special Summons yields a cumulative -2400 to -3000 reduction enabling attacks through larger bodies. (inferred) |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 2 WATER Fish is usable as generic Link or Rank 2 Xyz material; no Tuner status and Fish typing limits fit in some archetypes such as Marincess, which primarily uses Sea Serpent monsters. (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 28 | No GY effect, no protection, and no recovery on removal; the entire stacking value is lost if the card is destroyed or removed before or during the Special Summon chain. (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 52 | Averaged 2.1 copies across 20 decks spanning 9 archetypes; no lock or restriction clause, though dedicating 2-3 main-deck slots for a soft debuff carries opportunity cost in competitive builds. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility/no clear role (default). Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Repeating ATK/DEF debuff stacks with every Special Summon while on field — no once-per-turn restriction allows large cumulative reductions in Special Summon-heavy chains
- Appears in 9 distinct archetypes confirming broad utility as a going-second support piece across multiple strategies
- Level 2 body provides access to Rank 2 Xyz plays and serves as generic Link material fodder
Weaknesses
- Base 600 ATK/DEF reduction per trigger is modest by modern standards; single-trigger contribution is marginal
- No card advantage, no GY effect, and no recovery on removal — purely a one-directional debuff
- Effect requires surviving on field to generate value; destruction or removal before the Special Summon chain negates all stacking potential
- Zero recorded combo appearances — practical integration in competitive lines is entirely inferred from card text
Counters / choke points
- Destroying or banishing Sword Fish before the Special Summon chain removes all stacking value
- Effect negation (Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler) on the card itself cuts the debuff chain entirely
- Floodgates restricting Special Summons (e.g., Vanity's Emptiness) eliminate the card's entire value proposition
Best use
Going-second ATK/DEF reduction support — summon before a large Special Summon chain to accumulate stat debuffs that enable attacks through otherwise larger opponent monsters. Decks: Marincess, Performapal, Pendulum Magician, Odd-Eyes. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: On Normal or Special Summon, all opponent's monsters lose 600 ATK and DEF; Each time a monster is Special Summoned while this card is on field, all opponent's monsters lose 600 ATK and DEF again (no once-per-turn clause in card text); Level 2, WATER attribute, Fish type, Performapal archetype member; 20 decks in the sample run it in main deck only; 0 side deck appearances
- Observed: Appears across 9 distinct archetypes; Marincess is the largest single home at 30% of sampled decks; Average 2.1 copies per deck; distribution splits between 1-copy (9 decks) and 3-copy (11 decks) builds; Top co-played cards include Performapal Silver Claw, Performapal Whip Snake, and Pendulum Call
- Inferred: In Special Summon-heavy Marincess lines, the second effect can trigger 4-6 times in a single turn yielding -2400 to -3600 cumulative ATK/DEF reduction across all opponent monsters; Likely searchable within a full Performapal engine by archetype-support cards (no confirmed searcher present in evidence); Can be used as Level 2 generic Link or Rank 2 Xyz material in various strategies
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion and material utility are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) across all formats no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion percentages inferred from 20-deck sample only