Generation Fish Generation Fish is a Deck type that received most of its support in the Generation Force set , with some furthur support in Photon Shockwave , and revolves around banish ing your own Fish , Sea Serpent , and Aqua - Type monsters ( chiefly WIND rather than the expected WATER ) in order to gain field advantage or to inflict damage to your opponent . Other names for this Deck Type are " Banish Fish " , " Banfish " and " Banishark " . Several of the WATER monsters are used by Reginald " Shark " Kastle in the Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL anime . Strategy . A Generation Fish Deck relies on banishing Fish , Aqua and Sea Serpent - Type monsters to trigger effects and for cheap removal . First , when your Fish , Aqua , or Sea Serpent is banished , " Wingtortoise " Special Summons itself from either your hand or Graveyard , creating advantage and ensuring some protection . Combined with " Airorca " , " Flyfang " , and " Skystarray " , you can easily get one or more " Wingtortoise " out each turn ( Note that in a similar manner to " Green Baboon , Defender of the Forest " , you can only Special Summon ONE " Wingtortoise " per banished Fish / Aqua / Sea - Serpent ) . " Airorca , " " Flyfang , " " Skystarray , " and " Big Jaws , " all banish themselves and fulfil this condition easily . Since most of the monsters are Level 3 , they can be used to Xyz Summon Rank 3 Xyz Monster s , such as " Leviair the Sea Dragon " , which can Special Summon Level 4 or lower banished monsters , allowing you to re - use your own monster like " Friller Rabca " or any monsters banished by " Airorca , " or " " , which rapidly overpowers most other monsters . An alternative , though harder - to - Summon Xyz Monster beatstick is " Shark Caesar " . You can also Xyz Summon " Totem Bird " , which has a powerful ability to negate a Spell or Trap card by detaching 2 Xyz Materials attached to it , or " Black Ray Lancer " which can be used on the opposite end of the spectrum to negate monster effects , though both have Attribute specific Summoning requirements . The Sea - Serpent Type " " can be used to attack directly with its effect , while the risky option of " " is also available . Because of the Types involved , " Spined Gillman " is a good support card , boosting the ATK of " Wingtortoise " and " Flyfang " to decent levels . " Deep Sea Diva " can search " Gillman " as well as " Airorca " and " Skystarray " for support or a Synchro Summon , though its recent Limiting thus limits the use of Synchro Monsters unless one uses " Leviair " to use your opponent ' s Tuner monsters . With the release of " Shark Stickers " in Photon Shockwave , the Deck gained the ability to make multiple Rank 3 Xyz Monster s in a single turn and return multiple monsters ( via " Leviair " ) for Xyz and Synchro Summons . " Fish Depth Charge " can be used to provide a destruction and draw engine , though neccessitating the use of a larger proportion of Fish - Type monsters . " Fish and Swaps " can be used to recycle cards that are permanently banished by the effect of " Airorca " . " Airorca " can destroy any monster on the field by banishing one monster from your hand , then banishing itself until the next Standby Phase , preventing your opponent from destroying it in retaliation . " Nimble Sunfish " is an excellent support card , sending a Fish - Type monster to the Graveyard when it is destroyed by battle , and then Special Summoning another copy of itself from the Deck . This serves several purposes : the below - mentioned weakening capabilities of sending " Needle Sunfish " and " Friller Rabca " ; loading the Graveyard with specific monsters to return to the hand with " Salvage " ( though only WATER monsters ) ; or loading the Graveyard with the neccessary cost for " Splash Capture " , which will not only banish two more monsters for various purposes , but allow a potentially game - changing theft of an opponent ' s Summoned Xyz monster . " Bottomless Trap Hole " and " Dimensional Prison " are excellent staples in this Deck , as they banish potential targets for " Leviair " to Special Summon . Weaknesses . The majority of Generation Fish is dependent on Xyz Summon s to produce big monsters and gain advantage . Without them , this Deck is dismally low on ATK power ( with the exception of " Big Jaws " and any boosts granted by " Aqua Jet " ) . " Nimble Sunfish " is an extremely useful card as it can solve this Deck ' s lack of power . When it is destroyed ( by battle ) , you send a fish monster to the graveyard to bring out another Sunfish . You can send " Needle Sunfish " to the Graveyard to weaken an opponent ' s monster permanently , or send " Friller Rabca " to the Graveyard to stop an opponent ' s attack and temporarily weaken that monster . Genex Undine can do the same when it ' s Summoned as long as you have a Genex Controller in your Deck . This engine also opens up Synchro Monsters like Genex Ally Triarm and Hydro Genex , though it takes up several spaces in the Deck . This Deck also takes time to set up , given the nature of its search card and the need to send " Wingtortoise " to the Graveyard , especially when using the " Genex " engine , relying heavily on Special Summons to avoid losing ground , and is vulnerable to effects that can permanently remove " Wingtortoise " from the Graveyard , such as " Macro Cosmos " or " Dimensional Fissure " , though " Oh F ! sh ! , " " Leviair " and " Fish and Swaps " can be used to recover it . Cards like " Imperial Iron Wall " and " King Tiger Wanghu " , if played early , can dismantle the Deck , as " Airorca " cannot pay the cost for their removal . " Imperial Iron Wall " , however , is vulnerable to " Mystical Space Typhoon " and " Lost Blue Breaker " , while " Big Jaws " has enough ATK to run over " Wanghu " . " Chaos Hunter " is another threat , as it acts similar to a one - sided " Imperial Iron Wall " . Plus it can Special Summon itself when another monster is Special Summoned , enabling it to block the Deck ' s banishment strategy as soon as it hits the field . It also has high ATK , which can allow it to run over almost all the key monsters in the Deck without much trouble . Dark Simorgh . This build uses " Airorca " and other Generation Fish cards along with DARK monsters to Special Summon " Dark Simorgh " . It can also Synchro Summon many powerful Synchro Monsters such as " Mist Wurm " , as well as Xyz Monsters like " Leviair the Sea Dragon " and " " . Dimensional Fish . This Deck works with " Dimensional Fissure " , continuously banishing Fish , Sea Serpents , and Aqua - Type monsters for effects while using " Wingtortoise " for repeated Xyz Summons . Since " Wingtortoise " will not be banished if sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material , it can be repeatedly revived and used with " Shark Stickers " to bring out Rank 3 Xyz Monsters . This Deck is more effective at limiting your opponent ' s moves than the standard Generation Fish , but lacks consistency . Fish / Burn . This Deck focuses on chipping away at your opponent ' s Life Points with direct attacks while still retaining the strategy of the original deck . The key cards of this deck are " Skystarray " , " Drill Barnacle " and stall cards . " Drill Barnacle " can attack your opponent directly and each time it lands a hit , it gains 1000 ATK . Unless your opponent stops your attack or destroys your card , " Drill Barnacle " can easily gain 3000 ATK while " Swords of Revealing Light " is active . Next to that , you also use " Skystarray " who has an infinite loop of attacking your opponent directly and banishing itself only to return during your next Standby Phase so it can attack again . Fiend Engine . With the release of the " Burning Abyss " archetype , particularly " Scarm , Malebranche of the Burning Abyss , " the Deck can also splash in several different Rank 3 enablers : the most obvious one coming to mind being " Tour Guide from the Underworld , " which not only makes Summoning Rank 3 Xyz Monsters more streamlined , but it can be searched by " Scarm , " and retrived via " . " " Edge Imp Sabres " is also an effective card , being a Level 3 DARK Fiend searchable by " Scarm , " and able to Special Summon itself from the Graveyard by returning a card from the hand to the top of the Deck , which can be used to set up a successful " Monster Slots . " " Mathematician " can be used to send both " Edge Imp Sabres " and " Wingtortoise " to the Graveyard and as a bonus is also Level 3 , and " Crane Crane " can also be used for a one - card Xyz Summon . The increased Rank 3 capabilities open up a greater possibility for Xyz Summoning monsters that require 3 Materials , such as " Shark Caesar " and " Tri - Edge Levia . "