The Innova DX Shark carries our Reaper Flame Vortex stamp on Innova's budget-friendly overstable midrange, the disc a lot of new players end up with because it comes in Innova's DX starter set. It is a beadless hybrid that sits between a midrange and an approach disc, and it earns its spot honestly.

Flight Numbers: 4 / 4 / 0 / 2

DX is Innova's base plastic: matte, grippy right out of the bag, and cheap enough that losing one in the woods does not sting. It scuffs and dulls with use, but that wear only makes the fade a little more pronounced instead of ruining the flight. It is the plastic to buy if you plan on beating a disc up on purpose.

Thrown flat it holds a straight line and finishes with a sharp fade at the end, sharper than the numbers suggest once it has a few rounds on it. On hyzer it holds the angle just as reliably. Beginners use it as a first midrange because the beadless rim suits a fan grip, and it doubles as an approach disc for anyone who has not settled on a putter yet. Forehand throwers get a clean, predictable release, and intermediate players often keep one in the bag long after switching to premium plastic elsewhere, just because the fade never gets old.

Want the same overstable fade in something that lasts longer? The Innova Champion Roc3 is the classic step up. Prefer a beaded approach disc alongside it? The Discraft ESP Malta is worth bagging too. See the rest of our overstable midranges.

Speed 4, glide 4, turn 0, fade 2. Diameter 21.7 cm, rim width 1.2 cm, max weight 180 g.