WATER
5The Legendary Fisherman II
Archetype:
Umi
ATK:
2200
DEF:
1800
View:
4299
This card's name becomes "The Legendary Fisherman" while on the field or in the GY. While "Umi" is on the field, this card is unaffected by other monsters' effects. If this face-up card is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect while its owner controls it: You can add 1 Level 7 WATER monster from your Deck to your hand.
The Legendary Fisherman II — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52.8 · Deck: 54.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Boss/End-board, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The Legendary Fisherman II is a Umi-scaffolded Level 5 WATER body that converts into two modest things: a monster that is unaffected by other monsters' effects while "Umi" is on the field, and a reactive +1 search for a Level 7 WATER monster when it is destroyed by battle or removed by the opponent's card effect. It is not a starter or a combo piece — the combo sample contains zero appearances — so its score comes from reliable deck inclusion (140 sampled decks, 32.1% Umi / 18.6% Umi Control), a reusable name/Level/Attribute package, and a clean 1-3 copy slot cost. Its 2200 ATK and 1800 DEF earned it nothing here, and its lack of any negation, removal, or proactive line keeps combo and interaction scores low. Overall it is a solid role-player inside Umi decks and largely dead weight outside them.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 48 | Level 5 WATER Warrior with no self-search, but present in 140 sampled decks at an average 1.64 copies and co-decked with Umi enablers such as Sea Stealth II (95%), Sea Stealth Attack (92.9%) and A Legendary Ocean (90%) (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 42 | Zero combo appearances were recorded, so from a realistic start it is just a 2200-ATK body whose only payoff (a Level 7 WATER search) requires battle destruction or opponent-driven removal (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The leave-field trigger is a genuine +1 Deck-to-hand search, but it is conditional and reactive rather than a repeatable engine, and the body itself costs a Tribute outside Umi setups (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 28 | It offers no negation, no removal and no opponent disruption; the only defensive text is immunity to other monsters' effects while "Umi" is on the field (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | As a Level 5 WATER with the "The Legendary Fisherman" name on field and in GY it converts even when blanked, and it co-occurs with Rank-4 Xyz partners like Abyss Dweller (65.7%) and Number 4: Stealth Kragen (59.3%) (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Unaffected by other monsters' effects under "Umi" and it replaces itself with a search when it leaves, but both protections collapse the moment "Umi" is gone (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | No locks, no garnets and no summoning restrictions; 59.3% of builds run exactly one copy with 33 builds at three, and the card appears across 20 distinct archetypes in the sample (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 52.8, Deck ≈ 54.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Unaffected by other monsters' effects while "Umi" is on the field, making it a durable attacker/blocker in Umi Control shells
- Reactive +1: adds 1 Level 7 WATER monster from Deck to hand when destroyed by battle or removed by an opponent's card effect while its owner controls it
- Name becomes "The Legendary Fisherman" on the field and in the GY, giving it legacy name utility in two zones
- Level 5 WATER body that doubles as Xyz material in the Umi shell (Rank-4 partners Abyss Dweller 65.7%, Number 4: Stealth Kragen 59.3%)
- Cheap to slot: no locks, no garnets, 59.3% of builds run a single copy
Weaknesses
- No proactive effect: no negation, no removal, no board building — zero combo appearances recorded
- Protection and name utility are conditional on "Umi" being on the field; strip the Field Spell and it is a vanilla Level 5
- The search is reactive and opponent-dependent — the opponent chooses whether the trigger ever fires
- Modest 2200 ATK for a Level 5 Tribute monster; its stats contribute nothing to its score
- Only 140 sampled decks and 20 archetypes, almost all Umi-family; close to unplayable outside WATER/Umi shells
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation on the leave-field trigger (e.g. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring) blanks the search
- Removing or negating "Umi" strips its monster-effect immunity
- Non-destruction, non-opponent-effect removal keeps it off the board without giving value in some edge cases (its trigger wording is specific about battle destruction and opponent's card effects)
- Larger monsters and non-monster removal (Spell/Trap-based) bypass its immunity
Best use
Durable WATER mid-range body, name-provider and Rank-4 material with a reactive Level 7 WATER search. Decks: Umi, Umi Control, Fish. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: name becomes "The Legendary Fisherman" while on the field or in the GY; Card text: while "Umi" is on the field, this card is unaffected by other monsters' effects; Card text: if destroyed by battle or it leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect while its owner controls it, you can add 1 Level 7 WATER monster from the Deck to hand; Level 5 WATER Warrior, 2200 ATK / 1800 DEF, Umi archetype, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links
- Observed: 140 sampled decks run the card, all in the main deck, at an average 1.64 copies (83 builds at 1, 24 at 2, 33 at 3); Top archetypes: Umi 32.1%, Umi Control 18.6%, Fish 10.7%; 20 distinct archetypes total; Top partners: Sea Stealth II 95%, Sea Stealth Attack 92.9%, Ocean Dragon Lord - Kairyu-Shin 90%, A Legendary Ocean 90%, Fish Sonar 89.3%; Rank-4 Xyz partners present: Abyss Dweller 65.7%, Number 4: Stealth Kragen 59.3%; Zero combo appearances and zero guides supplied for this card
- Inferred: Because it is a Level 5 WATER body co-decked 90% with A Legendary Ocean and 59-66% with Rank-4 Xyz, it is being used as Xyz material rather than as a standalone win condition; Its value is heavily Umi-gated: without the Field Spell it is an effect-less 2200/1800 Level 5 body; The search trigger is reactive and opponent-controlled, so it cannot be counted as reliable card advantage
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no average starter count or power index for boards containing this card, limiting DeckResilience precision