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You can pay 2000 Life Points to send a Fusion/Polymerization spell card from your Deck to the Graveyard, and this monster gains that spell cards effect (but not the cost if there is one)
Lantern Shark is not played either but it's because any other card you draw could either be a stronger starter or something you can special summon from hand that essentially does the same thing it does but safer from effect negation and if you read the other starters you will see why they have more versatility
If multiple effects modify a player's hand size, apply them in timestamp order
Dark Confidant has also been a long time Plan B for combo decks, whether in the sideboard or the maindeck, such as Paulo Vitor Dama Da Rosas Dark Depths deck from Pro Tour Austin: Creatures (11) Lands (24) Spells (25) Dark Confidant is great for finding combo pieces and great when you dont assemble the combo
