WATER
8Ice Master
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2000
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You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 2 WATER monsters. Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; place an Ice Counter on that target. You can Tribute this card; destroy all monsters with an Ice Counter(s).
Ice Master — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Removal
Why it scores here
Ice Master's power comes from its effect text: it places an Ice Counter on a face-up monster once per turn, then tributes itself to destroy every monster carrying a counter. That is a real board-breaking conversion, but it costs two WATER tributes to Special Summon and needs a second activation to resolve, so it is slow and not a one-card wipe. The 2500 ATK and Level 8 body earn almost nothing on their own; the score rests on the counter-and-destroy line and the 12-deck presence across Runick, Gishki and Lightsworn shells, which confirms it is played but does not by itself raise the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Hand Special Summon needs two WATER tributes, and no combo or searcher evidence was supplied, so access depends on the deck's WATER density (observed in 12 decks across 7 archetypes; inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Counter placement followed by self-tribute destroys all countered monsters, a clear board-breaking line, but no combo examples or power_index data exist to confirm its typical outcome (verified from text; no observed combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Costs two WATER tributes plus its own tribute for a multi-monster destruction, which is roughly even at best; no netCardAdvantage data was supplied (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Destroys every countered monster and the counter can land on an opponent's face-up monster, giving strong but slow, once-per-turn-gated disruption (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Level 8 WATER Spellcaster body that remains a 2500 ATK monster when its effect is negated, usable as Level 8 material but not a generic Tuner (inferred from text; no as_material data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single negation of the counter or destroy activation stops the line, and the self-tribute means it is spent on resolution; 2 of 12 decks run it at 2 copies (inferred from text and observed copies). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy in most decks (avg 1.5) with only a WATER-tribute restriction and no garnet or lock, so it is cheap to run in WATER-heavy builds (observed from decks_evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker / Going-second + 0.3 Removal / Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two-step counter-then-tribute line destroys every countered monster, a real board-breaking conversion
- Live in 12 sampled decks across 7 archetypes, so the card is consistently accessible in WATER-based shells
- Single-copy deckbuilding cost with no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- Needs two WATER tributes to Special Summon from hand, which limits access in non-WATER decks
- Destruction costs the card itself and needs a second activation, so it is slow
- No combo evidence to confirm typical conversion or card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation of the counter placement or the destroy activation (inferred from text; no interaction evidence supplied)
Best use
Conditional board breaker that clears countered monsters from the opponent's field. Decks: Runick (Mysterune), Gishki, Lightsworn.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Special Summon from hand by tributing 2 WATER monsters (card text); Once per turn: place an Ice Counter on a face-up monster (card text); Tribute itself to destroy all monsters with an Ice Counter (card text); Present in 12 sampled decks across 7 archetypes (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Average 1.5 copies per deck; 6 decks run 1 and 6 run 2 (decks_evidence); Top partner I:P Masquerena in 58.3% of decks (decks_evidence)
- Inferred: Board-breaking role inferred from the counter-then-destroy text; Negation-vulnerability inferred from the two-step line
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only