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"'''Mermail'''" ({{Ruby|水精鱗|マーメイル}} ''Māmeiru'') is an [[archetype]] of [[WATER]] [[Aqua]], [[Fish]] and [[Sea Serpent]]-[[Type]] [[Monster Card|monsters]], used by [[Brooke Walker]] in the past, introduced in the ''[[Abyss Rising]]''. These monsters are based on [[wikipedia:Mermaid|mermaids]] outfitted with armor, hence "mail". They are intimately related to the "[[Abyss-]]" archetype, as they all belong to the archetype. Level 3 "Mermail" monsters are all [[List of female cards|female]] Aqua-Types, Level 4 "Mermail" monsters are all male Fish-Types and Level 7 "Mermail" monsters are all Sea Serpent-Types, except for the Aqua-Types Type "[[Mermail Abyssbalaen]]" and "[[Mermail Abyssteus]]".
Each "Mermail" monster is based on a real life aquatic animal. The original three female "Mermail" monsters released in ''Abyss Rising'', "[[Mermail Abysslinde]]", "[[Mermail Abyssgunde]]", and "[[Mermail Abysshilde]]" have names coming from the Rhinemaidens (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde) in the German opera ''[[wikipedia:Der Ring des Nibelungen|Der Ring des Nibelungen]] (The Ring of the Nibelung)'' by [[wikipedia:Richard Wagner|Richard Wagner]]. The Level 7 "Mermail" monsters (excluding "[[Mermail Abyssbalaen]])", "[[Mermail Abyssmegalo]]", "[[Mermail Abyssleed]]" and "[[Mermail Abyssteus]]" take inspiration from [[wikipedia:extinct species|extinct aquatic species]]. The Xyz Monsters, "[[Mermail Abyssgaios]]" and "[[Mermail Abysstrite]]" take inspiration from [[wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Ancient Greek deities]].
==Members==
{| class="wikitablesortable"! scope="col" | Mermail !! scope="col" | [[Card type]] !! scope="col" | Origin
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| [[Mermail Abyssdine|Abyssdine]] || rowspan="9" | [[Aqua]] || [[wikipedia:Sea angel|Sea angel]]
