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| cut_from_names = true
| image = Abysssquall-MADU-EN-VG-artwork.png
| caption = "[[Mermail Abysshilde]]", "[[Mermail Abyssgunde]]" and "[[Mermail Abysslinde]]" in the artwork of "[[Abyss-squall]]".
| ja_name = {{Ruby|水精鱗|マーメイル}}
| sets =
* [[Abyss Rising]]
* [[Cosmo Blazer]]
* [[Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy]]
* [[Circuit Break]]
* [[Dark Neostorm]]
| tcg =
* [[2014 Mega-Tin Mega Pack]]
| manga = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL]]
}}
"'''Mermail'''" ({{Ruby|水精鱗|マーメイル}} ''Māmeiru'') is an [[archetype]] of [[WATER]] [[Aqua]], [[Fish]] and [[Sea Serpent]] [[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. The [[Level]] 3 "Mermail" monsters are all [[List of female cards|female]] Aqua monsters, Level 4 "Mermail" monsters are all male Fish monsters and Level 7 "Mermail" monsters are all Sea Serpent monsters, except for the Aqua "[[Mermail Abyssbalaen]]" and "[[Mermail Abyssteus]]".
==Design==
Each "Mermail" monster is based on a real life aquatic animal. The original three female Level 3 "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]].
===[[Main Deck]] members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| [[Mermail Abyssturge|Abyssturge]] || [[wikipedia:Sturgeon|Sturgeon]]
|}
===[[Extra Deck]] members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
== Story ==
{{See also|[[Gagaga Academy Tospedia card storylines#"The Mermails and Atlanteans" Edition|Gagaga Academy Tospedia card storylines]]|[[Master Guide 4 card storylines#File No. 01: The Great Battle Raging between Fire and Water in the South Seas|Master Guide 4 Duel card storylines]]#The Tribe of the Abyssal Waters}}
The "Mermails" used to peacefully live in their underwater city, "[[Lemuria, the Forgotten City|Lemuria]]", and albeit good in the arts of fighting, they would rarely use this ability. However, sudden changes in the earth's crust made "Lemuria" rise above the ocean, leaving the "Mermails" homeless. In that moment, the Emperor of the "[[Atlantean]]" army, "[[Poseidra, the Atlantean Dragon|Poseidra]]", choose to let the "Mermails" live under his protection, but they would have to obey his orders. Using the great treasure of the "Mermails", the [[Abyss-squall|Golden Ring]], to control the weather, "Poseidra" ordered an all-out attack against their archenemies, the "[[Fire King]]s". Unfortunately, “Poseidra’s” body was taken over by [[Mermail Abyssgaios|the king]] residing in the Ring. The king eliminated the “Atlantean” army with ease. It appears that “Abysstrite” sealed the Ring away because the advent of the king required a sacrifice.
== Playing style Style ==The "Mermail" archetype focuses on discarding or tributing WATER monsters to Special Summon "Mermail" monsters and activate their effects, and triggering additional effects off of these discards or tributes to generate advantage. They secondarily focus on interacting with the "[[Abyss-]]" archetype of Spell/Trap cards to support their strategy.Most [[Level]] 3 "Mermail" monsters all share a similar (excluding "[[Card effectMermail Abyssdine|effectAbyssdine]] when they get " and "[[sendMermail Abyssocea|sentAbyssocea]] to the ") have similar [[GraveyardTrigger Effect]] - they Special Summon another "Mermail", letting them swarm the field. The Level 4 "Mermail" monsters can activate their effects s that are triggered when they are Normal or Special Summoned by discarding a WATER monster from your Hand, which will trigger the effect of the previous monster's effect, and the Level 4 monsters help to either search the Deck or Graveyard for a Level 3 [[WATERsend|sent]] monster. The higher-Level "Mermails" can to the [[Special SummonGraveyard]] themselves with relative-ease by sending other "Mermails" to the Graveyard, which will also trigger their effects. The "boss" monster of the archetype, usually Special Summons another "[[Mermail Abyssgaios]]", is a powerful control card, with 2 effects that forces your opponent into a corner, either by preventing their most powerful monsters from attacking and/or by negating their weaker monsters' effects.
The Level 7 "AbysslindeMermail" is one of monsters each share two effects with a common effect pattern.{{Quote|#''"You can discard [Discard Cost] to the DeckGY; Special Summon this card from your hand. When Summoned this way: You can [Effect 1]"''#''s most important Summoning cards. It acts as a "You can Tribute [Tribute Cost]; [Mother Grizzly]Effect 2]" for ''}}These effects will further trigger the Level 3 "MermailsMermail" monsters' effects, and can also trigger some the ones that also works upon being destroyed by card effectsonly trigger when sent from the field to GY via Tributing.
{| class="Mermailswikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse"! colspan = 5 | Level 7 Mermail Summary|-! rowspan = 2 | Mermail !! colspan = 2 | Effect 1 Details !! colspan = 2 | Effect 2 Details|-! Discard Cost !! Effect 1 !! Tribute Cost{{efn|Tributes must be other Attack Position monsters.}} !! Effect 2|-| [[Mermail Abyssteus|Abyssteus]]| 1 WATER| Add 1 Level ≤4 "Mermail" monster from Deck to hand.| colspan = 2 | N/A|-| [[Mermail Abyssmegalo|Abyssmegalo]]| 2 WATER| Add 1 "[[Abyss-]]" Spell/Trap from Deck to hand.| 1 WATER| It can make a second attack this turn.|-| [[Mermail Abyssleed|Abyssleed]]| 3 WATER| Add 1 "Abyss-" Spell/Trap from GY to hand.| 1 "Mermail" also go | Send 1 random card from the opponent's handto the GY.|-| [[Mermail Abyssbalaen|Abyssbalaen]]| 4 "Mermail"|* It gains 500 ATK.* Target opposing cards, up to the number of "Mermail" monsters inthe GY, and destroy them.| 1 "Mermail"| It gains: "At the start of the Damage Step, if it battles a Defense Position monster: Destroy that monster."|} The boss monster of the archetype, "[[Mermail Abyssgaios]]", is a Rank 7 Xyz monster that can prevent Level 5 or higher monsters from attacking, and negate the effects of opposing monsters with less ATK than it. The "Mermail" archetype supports, and is supported by, the "[[Abyss-hand ]]" archetype of Spell/Traps. The "Abyss-" Traps provide some temporary power boosts or temporary Special Summons of "Mermail" monsters. The "Abyss-" Spells meanwhile are far more interesting: all the "Abyss-" Spells, the "Abyss-scale", are [[Equip Spell]]s that can only be equipped to "Mermail" monsters, and both boost the equipped monster's attack and provide 1 [[Negate|negation]] to an opponent's effect; "[[Abyss-scale of the Kraken|Kraken]]" negates a Monster, "[[Abyss-scale of the Mizuchi|Mizuchi]]" negates a Spell, and "[[Abyss-scale of Cetus|Cetus]]" negates a Trap. These negations are ''mandatorily'' applied to the first applicable effect they face, and they will immediately send themselves to the GY after negating one effect. Despite these drawbacks, the "Abyss-scale" cards are still searchable negates can significantly disrupt the opponent's plays.The main "Mermail" playstyle thus involves swarming "Mermail" monsters with Special Summoning effects, gaining advantage off of their own discards and tributes, and ultimately either beatdown the opponent by summoning several Level 7 beaters or controlling the field with "Abyssgaios" and the "Abyss-scale" Spells. "[[Mermail Abyssmegalo|Abyssmegalo]]" is thus vitally important for each of the three components of this strategy; it is a Level 7 beatstick that can Special Summon itself, discard other "Mermail" monsters, and search "Abyss-" Spell/Traps. The "Abyss-" trap card "[[Abyss-strom]]" connects the archetype to the "[[Umi (series)|Umi]]" series of [[Field Spell]]s, and the archetype does thematically have its own "archetypal Umi" in the form of "[[Lemuria, the Forgotten City]]". Though "Lemuria" is generic and does not specifically support "Mermail", it does support the "Mermail" playstyle of swarming monsters and making Xyz plays, enabling Xyz Monsters of other Ranks to be made. The "Mermail" archetype synergizes especially well with the "[[Atlantean]]" archetype , since their effects are activated when sent to the graveyard to activate a WATER monsters effect. By discarding "[[Atlantean Heavy Infantry]]", "[[Atlantean Marksman]]" or "[[Atlantean Dragoons]]", to activate the "Mermails" effects you can destroy a card on the field ("Heavy Infantry" and "Marksman") or search your Deck for any [[Sea Serpent]] monster ("Dragoons"), such as "Abyssmegalo", while also gaining the "Mermail's" effects.
===Recommended cards===
{{Decklist|Recommended cards
|effect monsters =
* [[Mermail Abyssdine]]
* [[Atlantean Heavy Infantry]]
* [[Atlantean Marksman]]
* [[Silent Sea Nettle]]
* [[Citadel Whale]]
* [[Supreme Sea Mare]]* [[Aqua Spirit]]* [[Ice Knight]]* [[Therion "Reaper" Fum]]* [[White Stingray]]* [[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls]]
|tuner monsters =
* [[Deep Sea Diva]]
* [[Fishborg Harpooner]]* [[Fishborg Launcher]]* [[Gluttonous Reptolphin Greethys]]* [[Icejade Ran Aegirine]]|fusion monsters =* [[Elemental HERO Aqua Neos]]/[[Neo-Spacian Marine Dolphin]] (as targets for "Instant Contact")* Targets for "Ready Fusion"** [[Sea Monster of Theseus]]** [[Rare Fish]]** [[Aqua Dragon]]** [[Man-eating Black Shark]]
|synchro monsters =
* [[Coral Dragon]]
* [[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]
* [[Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]
* [[Adamancipator Risen - Dragite]]* [[Icejade Gymir Aegirine]]* [[Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying]]
|xyz monsters =
* [[Mermail Abyssgaios]]
* [[Abyss Dweller]]
* [[Bahamut Shark]]
** [[Toadally Awesome]]
* [[Number 4: Stealth Kragen]]
** [[Stealth Kragen Spawn]]
* [[Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack]]
* [[Number 11: Big Eye]]
|link monsters =
* [[Mermail Abyssalacia]]
* [[Mistar Boy]]
* [[Eria the Water Charmer, Gentle]]* [[Marincess Coral Anemone]]|normal spells =* [[Lemuria, the Forgotten CityDeep Sea Aria]]
* [[Aqua Jet]]
* [[Salvage]]
* [[Terraforming]]
* [[Ties of the Brethren]]
* [[Foolish Burial]]* [[Foolish Burial Goods]]* [[Ready Fusion]]* [[Moray of Greed]]* [[Instant Contact]]|traps field spells =* [[Bubble BringerLemuria, the Forgotten City]]|normal traps =
* [[Abyss-squall]]
* [[White Howling]]
* [[Ice Barrier (card)|Ice Barrier]]
|counter traps =
* [[Oh F!sh!]]
|continuous traps =
* [[Abyss-sphere]]
* [[Bubble Bringer]]
* [[Gozen Match]]
}}
===From [http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/topics/?20121212 "Atlantean" & "Mermail" Deck recipes sample]/[http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/topics/images/ygdeck1212_2.pdf Deck recipe PDF version (December 2012)]===
{{Decklist|Atlantean Mermail Deck (Ver. 1)<br />海皇水精鱗デッキ
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===From [http://www.yugioh-card.com/japan/topics/images/ygdeck1302_5.pdf Deck recipe PDF version (February 2013)]===
{{Decklist|New Atlantean Mermail Deck<br />新・海皇水精鱗デッキ
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===Weaknesses===
* Cards that prevent searching or Special Summoning from the Deck, such as "[[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]" and , "[[Mistake]]" severely slows down this Deck theme as it halts all of the searching effects of "Mermail" monsters while also being a higher ATK than most of them as well. , or "[[Deck Lockdown]]" also works and stops Special Summoning from , slows down the Main Deck tooarchetype significantly, but can be more easily countered so it is more useful as an early disruption tactic the archetype requires significant searching to make combo plays and for Tribute-themed and/or Synchro/XYZ monster focused Decks maintain their grind game.* Cards that have no need to Special Summon from negate card effect activations in the Main Deck at all. GY, such as "[[Debunk]]", "[[Silent Graveyard]]", "[[Necrovalley]]", "[[The End of Anubis]]" and , or "[[Soul Drain]]" also , halts many of the key GY monster effects of a "Mermail" Deck as well to slow it down, but it does not affect the [[Xyz Summon]] options available unlike "Thunder King Rai-Oh". "[[Skill Drain]]" also affects the speed of this Deck and can assist in slowing it down too, but without "Debunk" or "Soul Drain" (or other similar Graveyard negation effect cards) their Graveyard activating effects are not affected and can result in its destructionarchetype. [[Banish]] effect * Cards that banish cards can cause havoc on "Mermail" and "Mermail"/"Abyss-" Decks because they lose their Graveyard activating effectssent to the GY, so such as "[[Macro Cosmos]]" and "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" are worth consideration, also prevents the archetype from activating their GY effects. It can also can prevent "[[Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord]]" from being Summoned through a lack of WATER .* The archetype's need for discarding- and Tributing-friendly monsters in the Graveyardmeans that it struggles to maintain its grind game if built or played poorly.
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