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'''Fish''' ({{Ruby|魚|さかな}} ''Sakana'') monsters used to be one of the least supported types Types in the game, if not the absolute least. However, with the coming of the [[Tactical Evolution]], [[Phantom Darkness]], [[The Duelist Genesis]], [[Crimson Crisis]], and [[Generation Force]] Sets, new Fish have been released that make the type Type drastically more playable; Generation Force in particular started the release of Fish monsters over the course of the Core Set until [[Duelist Alliance]]. Most noteworthy Fish monsters either have effects that require the presence or tribute of other Fish to activate, or focus around manipulating advantage through [[banish]]ing; dubbed [[Generation Fish]]. More recently, new Fish -Type monsters, are used by [[Reginald Kastle]] and [[Banished FishRen]] have been released, adding a new playing style to Fish decks.

The idea first consistent strategy of the a Fish Deck used to be to summon "[[Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth]]" and use his its effect to summon a combination of "[[Fishborg Blaster]]"s and "[[Oyster Meister]]"s to [[Synchro Summon]] the cards required to perform an [[OTK]]. However, following the September 2011 List, this combo is no longer playable due to "Blaster " being Banned. However this This strategy can be used with "[[Fishborg Launcher]]", but Launcher has restrictions to what can be Synchro Summoned. A newer strategy is to use the Deepsea King's effect to summon Level 2, 3, and 4 Fish monsters so as to [[overlay]] them into [[Xyz Monster]] cards s that can prove to be quite difficult to summon on their own, such as "[[Number 96: Dark Mist]]" and "[[Number 10: Illumiknight]]".The release of the "[[Shark (archetype)|Shark]]" monsters and the Generation Fish provided an Xyz strategy for Fish monsters, largely focusing on Rank 3-5 monsters, while the "[[White]]" monsters finally provided Fish with their own [[Synchro Monster]]s

 Since Prominent Fish-Type monsters include "[[Fortress Whale]]", "[[Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth]]", "[[Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua]]", "[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALFishborg Blaster]] started", Fish-type monsters have started becoming more prominent. One of the main character "[[Reginald KastleWhite Aura Whale]] uses a Fish Deck", and the "[[Generation Force|first booster pack during the ZEXAL eraShark Fortress]] included a lot of support cards for Fish-type monsters". The first [[Xyz Monster]] revealed and that appeared in both the Anime anime and Mangamanga, "[[Submersible Carrier Aero Shark]]", is Fish-type. Another powerful fish type is [[Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua]], however this card works better in a pure Earthbound Immortal or a burn deckType.

The additions of the [[Tactical Evolution]], [[Phantom Darkness]], and [[The Duelist Genesis]] packs have given much needed support to make Fish a viable deck Deck option.