Ice Barrier Deck #696002 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Synchro Combo, Control
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro-summoned boss monsters (Trishula variants) backed by disruption and hand traps; XYZ-based board control and grinding advantage through recursion
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish a Synchro boss (Trishula Zero or Coral Dragon) with supporting negation and removal capability; leverage hand traps for disruption safety
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock) to disrupt opponent setup; build removal engines via K9 starters for board breaking
• Recovery: Recurse Trishula variants and leverage Ice Barrier searchers (Medallion, A Case for K9) to reload resources after disruption
• After siding: No side deck available (Master Duel format); main deck serves as full 40-card focused list

Why it scores here

Ice Barrier opens a Synchro-focused midrange engine with reasonable consistency (P[≥1 Ice Barrier or K9 starter] ≈ 0.92 inferred), backed by a solid hand-trap suite (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock at 33-34% each opening). The deck reliably assembles boards around Trishula Zero or Coral Dragon, producing modest negation and removal (median board: 1-2 interaction points inferred). However, the list deviates from archetype core standards (36% core presence vs 100% in reference decks), relying heavily on K9 sub-engine synergy with Ice Barrier, which creates conflicting resource curves and reduces independent line diversity. Going-second is hampered by the lack of non-engine board breakers—K9 monsters are starters, not removal engines. Resource recovery through recursion is adequate but slow. The 40-card main with zero side deck (Master Duel format) means no post-format adaptation. Popularity or archetype representation did not influence the score; the system's consistency, ceiling reliability, and resilience were assessed directly.

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How the score was computed

Modifiers: none.