Card Trivia:Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss

• This card 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" may be a pun on the words "vice" and "weiss", due to their identical Japanese spellings and similar pronunciations.
  • "Weiss" (Weiß) is German 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 card's white color scheme. However, "Shark Drake Veiss" has more white than that of a Great White, as they only have white coloration on their 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" (Japanese name is "No. 17 Levice Dragon"). Its attack name in the 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."

• This is the fourth Xyz Monster that can be Summoned by "Chaos Xyz Evolution", the first three being "Number C39: Utopia Ray", "Constellar Ptolemy M7" and "Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger".

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

• Though the cards original form was not based off of Sharks this card seems to be based on Sharks rage and hatred towards Quatro for what he did to his sister.