Card Trivia:Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss

"Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss":

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• This is the cover card of Abyss Rising.

• This monster may be based on the goblin shark, due to the shape of its head and the initial use of its jaw to attack.

• "Veiss" is Latvian for white. The name can also be a reference to "Weiss" (Weiß), the German word for "white", possibly referring to this monster's coloring.
  • Great white sharks are also arguably the world's most well known species of shark, possibly inspiring this monster's white color scheme. However, this monster has more white than that of a great white, as it only has white coloration on its lower jaws and underbelly.
  • "Vice" may refer to how a shark's teeth clamp down hard when it bites, like a vicegrip.
  • "Vice" (バイス Baisu) is also part of the Japanese name of Shark's first "Number", "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon" ("Numbers 17: Levice Dragon"). Its attack name in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime was also known as "Vice Stream".
  • "Vice" may also refer to sinful behavior, evidenced by this card being portrayed as "evil" in the anime, while its counterpart, "Number C39: Utopia Ray", is portrayed as "good".

• "N.As.H. Knight" is an upgraded form of "Number 101: Silent Honor ARK" combined with this monster.

• This is the second Xyz Monster that can be Summoned by Chaos Xyz Evolution, the first being its counterpart, "Number C39: Utopia Ray".
  • Unlike "Number C39: Utopia Ray" this card has no Rank-Up counterparts.

• This is the first "Shark" support card, though only in the anime.

• This card is the first Sea Serpent-Type "Number C" monster.

• In the anime, when this monster detached an Xyz Material and banished it for its effect, it ate the Material and shoot a blast into the ground, which revealed a portal to the Graveyard. The monster it banished then emerged and attacked the targeted monster to reduce its ATK.