Submersible Carrier Aero Shark

The biggest deal about this card is its obvious error. There are no sharks that wield arrows. That would be absurd. It is likely that this is an incorrect translation; the monster's true name is "Ear-Oh Shark", as sharks actually possess ears.

Unfortunately, not a great deal is known about this Excess monster, other than the fact that it was likely bred in captivity in the western Mediterranean during the 1500s, finding its living working for a Genoese merchant by the name of Gabriel Ig Lazy-ass, who sought to keep competition with his trade to a minimum. The Ear-Oh Shark would climb aboard rival shippers' vessels and demand payment. If refused, he would proceed to take control of the ship using his mind-rays and steer it into the nearest cliff-side, then ignoring the pleas of the doomed men for aid or mercy. Its other powers are unknown to historians, as Ig Lazy-ass committed suicide shortly after it was concluded by Renaissance-participators(*) that it was not a legitimate business practice to have a monster that lowered competition by committing murder, so no recorded eyewitness accounts are known, as the only other peoples to have witnessed its array of abilities were murdered. After the 1567 ruling by the Wizengamot against employing monstrous beasts in the trade industry, the Ear-Oh Shark sunk into relative obscurity. He spent the next five-hundred years or so in the underground fighting circuit. He achieved moderately low success there, as he was killed numerous times by the Inaba White Rabbit and was left to nurse his injuries in the eastern Atlantic. More recently, the Shark's prospects have improved greatly. In late 2010, word reached him from his longtime rival Inaba that there was a worldwide sensation that involved ludicrous monsters: Yu-Gi-Oh! Upon hearing the description of the game, the Ear-Oh Shark journeyed to Japan to meet with Kazuki Takahashi to negotiate a deal, in which the Ear-Oh Shark sold the rights to his likeness and abilities to the card game magnate. At the eleventh hour, Kazuki Takahashi proposed the inclusion of the Ear-Oh Shark in a new type of monster card called Excess monsters. The Shark, ignorant of the subtleties of the card game, agreed without much thought, unaware of the silliness of the new card type and ridiculous evolution that it was. Kazuki Takahashi paid him 599 USD and provided a passport for the Shark with which he journeyed to the Maldives, where he enjoys a quiet retirement of fiction-writing and contemplation.