WATER
5Terrorking Salmon
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1000
View:
3146
A feared salmon, master of the Sea of Darkness. Its roe is the best delicacy in the World of Darkness.
44± 7/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
45
Deck
46
Terrorking Salmon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45 · Deck: 46 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Terrorking Salmon is a vanilla Level-5 WATER Fish body, so every point it earns comes from the size and consistency of the decks that field it, not from its effect text, and its 2400 ATK earns nothing by itself. Evidence shows it is a real, repeatable 1-of body in Umi/Umi Control, Monarch, Shark and other WATER shells (115 decks, 24 archetypes, 100 decks at exactly 1 copy), where it converts into a Normal-Summon beater or, alongside A Legendary Ocean, into Rank-4 Xyz material. It converts nothing on its own (0 recorded combo appearances), offers zero interaction, and is a dead draw in multiples, which caps it in the mid-40s despite its healthy inclusion record.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Played as a 1-of in 100 of 115 decks (avg 1.18 copies) with no dedicated searcher anywhere in the evidence, so it is live only when naturally drawn or when a tribute/Level-reducer line is already assembled (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 24 | Combos evidence is empty (0 appearances, 0 as starter, material or payoff), so it builds nothing on its own; at best it contributes one Rank-4 Xyz material once a Level-reducing field is up (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 28 | The card text is flavour only, so it searches nothing, draws nothing and recurs nothing while consuming a Normal Summon — a neutral-to-negative exchange in card economy (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 6 | The description contains no effect clause at all: no removal, no negation, no disruption of any kind (verified). |
| Material Utility | 56 | A Level-5 WATER Fish Normal monster; Rank-4 Xyz partners such as Number 101 (47%), Abyss Dweller (45.2%), Bahamut Shark (41.7%) and Number 4: Stealth Kragen (42.6%) co-appear with it, implying it is used as material once its Level is reduced (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 34 | A single body with no self-protection, no GY function and no second role in hand; it dies to ordinary removal and must be re-drawn or re-summoned (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 48 | No locks, no archetype clause and no extra-deck tax make it cheap to slot, but 87% of lists run exactly one copy because surplus Level-5 vanilla draws are bricks (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body / Normal + 0.3 Boss / End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 45, Deck ≈ 46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Level-5 vanilla brick risk (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Consistently observed in real lists: 115 decks across 24 distinct archetypes, main deck only, averaging 1.18 copies.
- Cheap slot: no locks, no archetype restriction, no extra-deck or combo-garnet requirement.
- WATER Fish body that fits Umi / A Legendary Ocean shells and can convert into Rank-4 Xyz material once its Level is reduced.
- Maximally simple rules profile — no timing, cost or once-per-turn text to misplay.
Weaknesses
- No effect at all: no search, no card advantage, no recursion and no interaction.
- Level 5 means a tribute is needed unless a Level-reducing field spell is already active.
- Dead in multiples; 87% of recorded lists play exactly one copy.
- Zero recorded combo appearances — it is a filler body, not a line piece or payoff.
Counters / choke points
- Any generic monster removal — the card text grants it no protection whatsoever.
- Decks or openings without Umi / A Legendary Ocean, where the Level-5 tribute cost is a pure loss of tempo.
- Floodgates that stop the Special Summon or Xyz line leave it as a bare 2400-ATK vanilla that can be run over or removed.
- Hand traps and back-row interaction aimed at the field spell line blank its only real function as a protected beater.
Best use
Low-count Normal-Summon body / Rank-4 Xyz material under a Level-reducing field. Decks: Umi Control, Umi, Monarch, Shark. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is flavour only: Level 5, WATER, Fish, 2400 ATK / 1000 DEF, Normal Monster with no effect clause.; 115 recorded decks run the card, all 115 in the main deck and 0 in the side; average 1.18 copies (100 lists at 1 copy).; It appears across 24 distinct archetypes, led by Umi 26.1%, Monarch 22.6%, Umi Control 12.2% and Shark 7.8%.; Top partners include Sea Stealth Attack 61.7%, A Legendary Ocean 60.9%, Ocean Dragon Lord - Kairyu-Shin 60%, Fish Sonar 60%, Number 101 47% and Abyss Dweller 45.2%.; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion with 1 typical copy in Umi Control.; Combos evidence contains 0 combos and 0 appearances for this card.
- Observed: It is played as a low-count body (1.18 average, max 3) rather than a stacked combo piece.; Its deck spread is broad (24 archetypes) but shallow: only four archetypes reach double-digit deck counts.; Recorded deck dates span 2022-10-14 to 2026-08-20, so the inclusion pattern is current, not historical residue.
- Inferred: Because A Legendary Ocean co-appears in 60.9% of its decks and Rank-4 Xyz partners appear in 41-47%, the body is most likely used tribute-free and as Rank-4 material once its Level is reduced.; With no searcher identified in the evidence, accessibility depends on natural draws or generic WATER support such as Fish Sonar.; The 2400 ATK line is a fair Normal-Summon body but contributes nothing to the score by itself.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no effect text exists beyond flavour text, so no costs, once-per-turn clauses or interactions can be evaluated the Level-reduction / Rank-4 Xyz usage line is inferred from co-deck statistics rather than stated in any card text in the evidence