Armored Xyz Shark is a Aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. Check out the core deck list, key combos, as well as how to play & counters!

Armored Xyz Shark Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
x3	x3	x3	x3	x3
x3	x2	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x3	x2	x1
x1	x3	x1	x1	-
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x2	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	-

Armored Xyz Shark Breakdown

Optional Cards

Cards to consider when building a Shark Deck is making use of WATER monsters that can Special Summon or can be Special Summoned easily to be able to have the materials to Xyz Summon. Cards like Xyz Remora, Double Fin Shark, Silent Sea Nettle and Tin Goldfish should make it easy to get monsters on the field as often as possible.

Special mention among the Main Deck options is Barrier Statue of the Torrent, which locks out both players out of Special Summoning non-WATER monsters. In this Deck, this can be a surprising floodgate against the opponent.

Other optional support cards can be of great help for this Deck. Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force provides a bigger pool of Xyz Monsters that can be summoned via Rank Up, while Seventh Force provides an additional summon during the Battle Phase if you control a certain Xyz Monstre and its "Number C" counterpart.

Torpedo Takedown is a really versatlie card for the Deck, which does a little bit of everything: burn damage, an ATK boost, and drawing 2 cards.

With various Xyz Monsters of the same rank, an option for a more defensive play would be to go for Number F0: Utopic Future and then immediately going into Number F0: Utopic Draco Future.

For more offensive power, a classic set of cards to run are the Utopia cards, specifically going with Number 39: Utopia Double, then eventually going for the win (and even an OTK) by doubling its attack with the help of *Double or Nothing!.

It also has its own Rank-Up variant in Number S39: Utopia The Lightning, which is another strong monster when it comes to battles.

Tellarknight Ptolemaeus having been unbanned a couple of updates ago, it's becoming a powerful option to run if the Deck can go into Rank 4 Xyz monsters. Climbing into Stellarknight Constellar Diamond, and then into Constellar Ptolemy M7 is a great way to get multiple materials into an eventual Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder summon.

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
Tier 2
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Aggro		Easy
Deck Evaluation
Fish-type WATER monsters that can be Special Summoned easily for materials for Xyz Summons Can Rank Up into stronger Xyz Monsters, which have very powerful offensive effects Combos can end with 2 Xyz monsters on the field at least, and up to 4 in a single turn

Armored Xyz Shark Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

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Core Combos and Interactions

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Boss Monsters

	Number C101: Silent Honor DARK
	Number C101: Silent Honor DARK has a very coveted effect among Xyz Monsters (and its main effect doesn't even detach materials), where it can absorb a monster on the field onto itself as material. It can Special Summon itself onto the field when sent to the GY with materials attached, and gains its user LP.
	CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight
	CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight is pretty easy to summon once you get its prerequiste Xyz monster N.As.H. Knight on the field. Immune to card destruction effects, this card can be a cheat to summon a Number Xyz Monster betwen 101 and 107.
	Full Armored Crystalzero Lancer
	While it needs a Rank 5 WATER Xyz Monster as a prerequisite for its cheat summon, Full Armored Crystalzero Lancer immediately takes advantage of it with an ATK boost for each material attached to it. It can detach a material instead if it is about to be destroyed by card effect, and it can negate all monster effects for a turn.
	Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer
	For each material and Equip Card attached to Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer, it gains an ATK boost. It can recycle an "Xyz" card from the GY, making it easy to recover the Armored Xyz Cards, and it absorbs a monster as material once a turn when it gets an Equip Card.

Armored Xyz Shark Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Armored Xyz Shark

Floowandereeze

Floowandereeze has been a Deck that specializes in going up against Special Summon-centric Decks, using multiple Normal Summons and various floodgates to punish the opponent.

Floowandereeze Deck List & Card Guide

Runick

Various versions of Runick Decks are still a problem, even with numberous hits onto their Quick-Play Spells into the banlist, on top of the floodgates being affected as well. Most of these Decks are reactionary, however, thus making their gameplay reliant on how the Shark Deck player goes about their turn.

Runick Deck Lists
Pure Runick	Spright Runick
Ishizu Runick	Naturia Runick

Snake-Eye Diabellstar

Right now, Snake-Eyes is the strongest Deck in the game with its unmatched card advantage and various ways of ending the game. Especially helped with the power of the Diabellstar engine, and various effects that turn monsters into Continuous Spells/Traps, it will be a rather uphill battle going against this Deck as an Armored Xyz Shark player.

Snake-Eyes Deck List & Card Guide

Kaiju

Kaijus are already a troublesome archetype to deal with as a splashable archetype across many Decks, but against a full-fledged Deck, they will simply take advantage of the Special Summons by tributing them.

As a Shark player, try to save your strongest Xyz Monsters for a game-winning play before they can tribute that boss monster away.

Kaiju Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Armored Xyz Shark

	There Can Be Only One
	There Can Be Only One limits both players to control one monster per affinity. This will completely bottleneck the Shark Deck if this card is active before they can do their first Xyz Summon.
	Summon Limit
	With multiple Xyz Monsters that can be Ranked Up into stronger monsters, Summon Limit will also bottleneck the Deck's ability to bring out the higher Ranked Xyz monsters. Though, this is best used in a Control Deck, as it also limits its user much like their opponent to two summons in a turn.
	Maxx "C"
	The bane of all Special Summon-heavy Decks, Maxx "C" makes its user draw a card each and every time the opponent decides to Special Summon for the rest of the turn. Unless the player going up against this card's effect can Special Summon enough times for a Deck Out win condition, this will result in a massive card advantage.
	Nibiru, the Primal Being
	The one downside of an Xyz-centric Deck that focuses on Ranking Up the Xyz Monsters is that they can easily go past 5 summons in a single turn. This makes the Deck very susceptible against Nibiru, the Primal Being--and unless certain cards are teched in to counter this card, this card's efffect will most likely resolve.

Related Packs to Armored Xyz Shark

Blazing Arena	Legacy Pack
Master Pack	Rulers of the Deep
Shark's Pride	Shark's Pride
Sword of the Seventh One	Treasures of the Cosmic Ocean

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List of All Covered Decks

World Champion Decks

2024 World Champions: Team 7
Horus Tearlaments	Yubel	Fire King Snake-Eyes
Salamangreat	Purrely	Vanquish Soul

Decks Used in Worlds 2024

Decks Used By All Teams in Worlds 2024
snipehunters	CER	Hero's Future
BOTB	MYYGO	Thank Love
CER 2 x FCG	BRAZ IL	Maxx “Yee”
Double Noir	Rogue Ruler

Aggro Decks

List of All Aggro Decks
D/D/D Aggro	Code Talker / Prank Kids	Zoodiac
Blue-Eyes	Virtual World	SPYRAL Control
Toon Kingdom	Red-Eyes	Blue-Eyes
Zoodiac	Prank-Kids	Zoodiac Tri-Brigade
Pure Tri-Brigade	Ancient Gear	Dragonmaid
Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc (Bird Up)	Dinosaur	Raidraptor
HERO	Dragon Link	Despia
Magikey	Adamancipator	Black Luster Soldier
Pendulum Magician	Stardust Dragon	Tenyi Swordsoul
Cyberdark	@Ignister	Cyber Dragon
The Winged Dragon of Ra	Despian Predaplant	Despia Darklord
Odd-Eyes Performapal	Numeron FTK	Six Samurai
ABC	Trickstar Windwitch	Blackwings
Fluffal	Cupid Pitch Turbo	Lunalight
Vampire	Ultra Athletes	Thunder Dragon
Z-ARC Pendulum Magician	Adventurer Rose Dragon Tenyi	Adventurer P.U.N.K.
Suship	Pure D/D/D	Numeron Egyptian Gods
Galaxy Eyes OTK	Borrelend Dragon Link	Vaylantz
Beetrooper	Icejade Ra	Therion ABC
Libromancer	Mathmech	Spright Evil☆Twin
Spright Tri-Brigade	Ishizu Chaos	Slifer Arcana Knights
Gaia OTK	Vernusylph	Ancient Warriors
Ghoti	Springans	8-Axis Gizmek Orochi
Danger! Dark World	Mikanko	Scareclaw Kashtira
Zombie World P.U.N.K.	Hungry Burger Nouvelles	Obelisk the Tormentor
Mannadium	Gate Guardian	Gold Pride P.U.N.K.
Superheavy Samurai	Nemleria	Dragon Rulers
Snake-Eye	T.G. Diabellstar	Skull Servant
Kaiju	Resonators	Earthbound
Malefic	Kozmo	Armored Xyz Shark
Unchained	Battlin' Boxer	Chimera Illusion
Fire King Snake-Eyes	Vaalmonica	Memento
Horus Tearlaments	Centur-Ion	Dragon Master Magia
Ice Barrier	Infernoid	Lightsworn
Ogdoadic Ragnaraika	Genex	Tenpai Dragon
Goblin Biker	Infernoble	Armed Dragon
Flame Swordsman	Melodious

Control Decks

List of All Control Decks
Invoked Shaddoll	Eldlich Control	Drytron Fairy
True Draco	Dark Magician	Traptrix
Phantom Knights	Madolche	Relinquished
P.U.N.K.	DPE Scythe	Evil★Twin
Paleozoic Frog	Salamangreat	Gravekeepers
Monarch	Tellarknight	Agent
Exosisters	Darklord	Plunder Patrol
Rikka	Floowandereeze	Adventurer Phantom Knights
Dinomoprhia	Tri-Brigade Gladiator Beast	Adventurer Witchcrafter
Dark Magician Gravekeeper	Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia
Zombie Vampire	Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon	Spellbook
Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies	Pure Scareclaw
Dinomorphia	Runick	Labrynth
Harpies	Buster Blader	Umi Control
Endymion	Nekroz	Spright
Spright Runick	Ishizu Runick	Branded Ishizu
Crystal Beasts	Orcust	Altergeist
Witchcrafter	Subterror Krawler	Mayakashi
Ishizu Tearlaments	Evilswarm	Melffy Spright
Bystial Branded	Dogmatika Bystial	Naturia Runick
Generaiders	Kashtira	Purrely
Ninja	Rescue-ACE	Gishki Spright
Prediction Princess	Vanquish Soul	Jinzo
Egyptian God	Ojama Control	Aromage
Ghostrick	Kuriboh	Anti-Meta Stun
Runick Spright Fur Hire	Horus Control	Toy Box Dark Magician
Yubel	Voiceless Voice	Rikka Ragnraika
Ritual Beast	Shining Sarcophagus

Burn Decks

List of All Burn Decks
Red-Eyes Burn	Timelord Burn	Chain Burn
D.D. Dynamite	Igknight OTK	Cubic
Dinosaur Bishbaalkin FTK	Volcanic Snake-Eyes	Transaction Rollback Burn

Alt-Win Decks

List of All Alternate Win Decks
Crooked Cook Exodia	Flower Cardian Exodia	Treasure Panda Exodia
Suicide	Defense OTK

All Budget Decks

List of All Budget Deck Guides
Budget Shark Xyz	Budget Eldlich	Budget Hippo Turbo
Budget Despia	Budget F.A. Metalfoes	Budget Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Budget Chain Burn	Budget Majespecter	Budget Yosenju
Budget Flower Cardian	Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage
Budget Ishizu Tearlaments

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Lists of Best Cards for Deck Building
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Best Board Wipes		Best Negates		Best Fusion Monsters
Best Synchro Monsters		Best Xyz Monsters		Best Link Monsters
Best Structure Decks			Best Decks to Go 1st or 2nd