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'''Generation Fish''' (a name given to it by Konami themselves<ref>{{citewebcite web|title=Generation Fish|url=httphttps://wwwyugiohblog.konami.com/yugioh/articles/?tag=generation-fish|titlepublisher=Generation FishYu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME STRATEGY SITE|publisheraccessdate=[[Konami]]2 May 2018}}</ref>) 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. The [[Ghoti]] archetype similarly revolves around banishing Fish monsters, and decks revolving around it may also be able to utilize the same cards.

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 "[[Air OrcaAirorca]]", "[[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). Also"Airorca," "Flyfang," "Skystarray," and "Big Jaws, since " 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 "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]", 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 "[[Number 47: Nightmare Shark]]" can be used to attack directly with its effect, while the risky option of "[[Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction]]" 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.

Because of the Types involved, "[[Spined GillmanNimble Sunfish]]" is a good an excellent support card, boosting sending a Fish-Type monster to the ATK of "Wingtortoise" and "[[FlyfangGraveyard]]" to decent levelswhen 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 "[[Deep Sea DivaNeedle Sunfish]]" can search "Gillman" as well as "Air Orca" and "Skystarray" for support or a Synchro Summon. With the release of "[[Shark StickersFriller Rabca]]" in [[Photon Shockwave]], ; loading the Deck gained Graveyard with specific monsters to return to the ability to make multiple Rank 3 hand with "[[Xyz MonsterSalvage]]s in a single turn and return multiple " (though only WATER monsters (via ); or loading the Graveyard with the neccessary cost for "[[LeviairSplash 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 and Synchro Summonsmonster.

"[[Fish Depth ChargeBottomless Trap Hole]]" can be used to provide a destruction and draw engine. "[[Fish and SwapsDimensional Prison]]" can be used to recycle cards that are permanently banished by the effect of "[[Airorca]]excellent staples in this Deck, as they banish potential targets for ". Leviair"[[Airorca]]" can destroy any monster on the field by banishing one monsterto Special Summon.

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.

=={{Decklist|Recommended cards=|monsters ====Monster Cards===<u>Effect Monsters</u>

* [[Vortex TrooperGenex Undine]]* [[Genex Controller]]

===Spell Cards==|spells =

|traps ===* [[Bottomless Trap Cards===Hole]]* [[Dimensional Prison]]

* [[Return from the Different Dimension]] ===Extra Deck===* [[Ally of Justice Catastor]]* [[Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon]]* [[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]* [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]* [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]* [[Black Rose Dragon]] (Can be summoned for its nuke effect in tight spots by using Deep Sea Diva's effect to Sync for Catastor or Gishilnodon, then using [[Surface]] or [[Monster Reborn]] to bring back Diva.)}}

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 "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice BarrierMist Wurm]]", as well as Xyz Monsters like "[[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]" and "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]".

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]]", "[[Swords of Revealing LightDrill Barnacle]]" and "[[Drill Barnaclestall]]"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. =={{Decklist|Recommended cards=|monsters ====Monster Cards===<u>Effect Monsters</u>

===Spell Cards==Extra Deck* [[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]* [[Totem Bird]]* [[Submersible Carrier Aero Shark]]* [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]* [[Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction]] |spells =

===Trap Cards==|traps =

===Extra Deck===

* [[Submersible Carrier Aero SharkTotem Bird]]* [[Number 49: Fortune Tune]]