Sharks

[JadenxAtemYAOI]

I was wanting your thoughts on their potential as a Tier 1 or 2 deck. Double-Fin Shark, XYZ  Remora, Silent Angler, Saber Shark, Wind-Up Shark, Hammer Shark, etc along with Coelcanth. Overall they are pretty fast and have a decent amount of draw power. Coelcanth thinning out the deck and providing ammo for Fish Depth Charge I'm surprised the deck doesn't see usage with its fantastic synergy.

[evilfusion]

The problem with the "synergy" of Sharks is that they can't do much without combo pieces already on hand, and don't have much in terms of search power, not counting Coelcanth, which isn't always reliable due to being a Level 7. They're also extremely reliant on things like Bahamut Shark in order to make any major plays.

 

In short, they a bit of a one-trick pony. The support cards tend to prevent you from Special Summoning monsters other than WATER and/or Fish. Which means your main Xyz monsters will be things like No.73, 94, 101, and the Full-Armored monsters.

 

They're good, but half of them don't really DO anything significant. One makes all the Level 3s into Level 4, another does the opposite. Having their own Kaus helps them out, but their options are restricted.

[Mugendramon]

Sharks are severely inferior to Gogogos. Gogogos are nowhere near Tier. Therefore Sharks are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below.

[Wildflame]

They are a fun deck, they can do stuff. The meta right now isn't as crazy as it used to be, but no way in hell Sharks can compete in it.

[Althemia]

Their main problem is that they have a deck that does infinitely better plays while also having access to the same plays as them. Looking at you, Mermail. They'll never be a tier deck because Mermail exist and, until they go, stand no chance.

[Azuh]

Theyre main problem is that Konami never made them archetype synergic as other things like Gogogos. I dont understand why they decided to do that, but I guess Sharks being all Fish, Sea-Serpent and all that made them pretty different

[Brinolovania]

They'd probably be better if they had more ways to actually make rank 5 plays with Saber, but the only thing that can really set him up is Angler. Now, if Doublefin didn't negate the effect of the monster it summoned, then we'd be getting somewhere. Not tier 1, but somewhere.

[evilfusion]

The lack of real archetype synergy is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, they have a lot of more generic support cards, like Fish Depth and Salvage due to being Fish and supporting Fish. But not directly being an archetype or supporting an archetype means that their effects have to be specific enough to be played as intended without supporting the Type to the point of abusing it.

 

Meaning, their effects have to be weakened because they apply to a large group of cards, both past and present, rather than being isolated to a specific sub-group. Archetypes can wield more powerful effects because the archetype is the only set that can use those effects.

[goddamnit names are a pain]

Now, imagine the look on my face when I have to Summon Abyss Splash and/or Crystal Zero.