Ice Barrier Deck #727673 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 0/100 (±15 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Control
• Secondary strategies: Synchro Combo, Hand Trap Engine
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro summon Ice Barrier bosses to establish multi-negate boards and disrupt opponent's effects.; Go-second board break via hand traps and synchro removal effects.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Revealer or tuners to Synchro summon into General Raiho or Trishula effects; use Mirror of the Ice Barrier and Dominus Impulse for reactive protection.
• Turn 2 (going second): Mulligan for hand traps (Ash, Veiler, Ghost Ogre); use Mulcharmy engines to generate card draw if opponent Special Summons; pivot into synchro lines for removal.
• Recovery: Freezing Chains and Deep Sea Prima Donna GY recursion; Winds Over the Ice Barrier tribute summon for board reload.
• After siding: Unable to assess; no Side Deck supplied (0 cards).

Why it scores here

This deck is Illegal in OCG format and receives a structural evaluation only. The deck runs two Forbidden cards (Maxx "C" and Baronne de Fleur), both prohibited in OCG, and exceeds the main deck minimum by 1 card. Even setting legality aside, the list shows weak consistency: core Ice Barrier starters (Revealer, Medallion, Georgius) appear in ~32% of opening hands, and hand composition is cluttered with 13 hand traps, 10 off-archetype generics, and heavy tech inclusion. Combo evidence is absent, so ceiling and floor are inferred from card text: best lines lead to multi-negate Synchro boards (Raiho, Trishula Zero) but are fragile when disrupted early. Going-second is marginally stronger via hand-trap density and removal-focused synchros, but no Side Deck exists for adaptation. The archetype is neither popular nor well-positioned for a dated metagame.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 38, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 32. Modifiers: Illegal status: Forbidden cards (-100); Illegal status: Main Deck size (-50); No Side Deck (-15); Missing core synchro bosses (-10). Final formula: ILLEGAL DECK — no Final Contextual score. Structural evaluation only: 0.80 × 38 (Structural) + 0.20 × 32 (TournamentReliability) = 36.8 → capped to 0 per legality rule.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.32 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.15 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Hand-trap density (13 cards) supports going-second interaction and forces disruption.
• Synchro Extra Deck (12 synchros) provides diverse removal and negation options (Raiho, Trishula, Prima Donna GY recursion).
• Mulcharmy draw engines trigger on opponent's Special Summons, generating card advantage in reactive scenarios.
• Ice Barrier core monsters (Revealer, Georgius, Hexa Spirit) have built-in synergy and lockdown effects vs Extra Deck.
• Pot of Prosperity and Crossout Designator enable consistency and tech flexibility.

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL: Maxx "C" and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden in OCG; deck cannot be legally registered.
• ILLEGAL: Main Deck is 41 cards; exceeds OCG minimum (40) by 1.
• Poor main deck compactness: 22 distinct cards, 10 one-ofs, heavy tech/hand-trap saturation; archetype purity only 48.8%.
• Inconsistent going-first: true starters live ~32% of hands; tuner dependency and Normal Summon conflicts (Revealer, Speaker, Spellbreaker) cause bricks.
• No combo data: inferred ceiling is modest; lacks evidence for complex synchro sequencing and recovery lines.
• Missing core extra-deck synchros: Trishula Zero (75% inclusion), Swordsoul Chengying (75%), Adamancipator Dragite (75%), Coral Dragon (62.5%) not included; board quality suffers.
• No Side Deck: 0 cards supplied; post-side adaptability is zero; best-of-3 format unplayable.
• Weak offensive pressure: ATK values are low; closing power is dependent on opponent mistakes or grind extensions.

Critical choke points

• Maxx "C" and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden; their presence makes the deck unplayable in OCG format.
• Main Deck size exceeds 40-card minimum by 1; deck is over-capacity.
• Revealer is the primary starter, but conflicts with Speaker and Spellbreaker for Normal Summon slot; opening hands often feature dead tuner-to-hand bricks.
• Synchro summoning requires precise tuner + non-tuner combinations; single disruption (Veiler, Ash on search) collapses most lines.
• Mulcharmy draw engines only activate on opponent's summons; in control-heavy mirrors they may be dead weight.
• No recursive board-build after 1st synchro destruction; Freezing Chains is the only GY revive, and it's conditional on Level 4 or lower.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (2 Forbidden cards, size 41 > 40 minimum).; Card text and roles confirmed from evidence excerpt.; Copy limits verified against OCG banlist.; Archetype core count: 20 exact-name Ice Barrier cards.; Extra Deck composition: 12 synchro, 3 link.
• Observed: Usage statistics: 57.9% core cards present; 8 archetype-core cards missing.
• Inferred: Consistency estimate: P(≥1 true starter in hand 5) ≈ 32% (Revealer/Medallion/Georgius distribution).; Brick rate estimate: 15–20% due to conflicting Normal Summons and tuner distribution.; Combo ceiling: Revealer or tuner into Trishula Zero (3 banish) or Raiho (opponent discard/negate) ≈ 65–75 power index.; Combo floor: 1–2 synchro summons + 1 interaction piece ≈ 50–55 power index.; Going-second power: 48/100 based on 13 hand traps and removal-synchro access.; Going-first power: 42/100 due to weak consistency and fragile synchro lines.; Pilotability: mid-range; synchro math is complex but hand-trap redundancy reduces error sensitivity.; Resource economy: Mulcharmy and Pot of Prosperity generate modest card advantage; grind capability is moderate.
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no tournament link; archetype meta-share in OCG not supplied).; Matchup fit: Provisional; Ice Barrier archetype relevance in current OCG format unknown.
• Data gaps: CRITICAL: Deck is Illegal in OCG format; evaluation is structural only and cannot yield a Final Contextual score. No combo evidence supplied; combo floor, median, ceiling are inferred from card text only. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent. No Side Deck provided (0 cards); post-side adaptability cannot be evaluated. No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; brick rate, going-first/second performance, matchup results are Inferred or Unknown. No guides supplied; strategic intent for this specific list is absent.