Ice Barrier Deck #736111 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Synchro Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro summoning high-level interaction bosses (Lancea, Trishula variants) to lock and disrupt, then grind into a win; Kaiju disruption (Interrupted Kaiju Slumber) to break boards and Special Summon Kaiju as defensive barriers
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish a Synchro monster with negation/removal capability (Trishula Zero, Lancea), control opponent Special Summons and effects, pass with layered defense
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Kaiju board-wipes and hand traps (Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence) to clear the opponent's board, then Synchro-summon for removal and grind
• Recovery: Leverage Synchro Tuner recursion (Coral Dragon draw effect, Deep Sea Prima Donna retrieval) and searchers (Medallion, Icejade Cradle) to rebuild after disruption
• After siding: No side deck supplied; structural side adaptability cannot be verified

Why it scores here

This Ice Barrier Synchro deck opens a reliable core (75.5% starter live T1) and builds competent end-boards with negation and removal layering, particularly via Trishula variants and Lancea. However, the median combo output is moderate, recovery routes are limited to a few redundant starters, and the deck lacks critical meta hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird); it also runs no side deck, eliminating post-side adaptability. The 55-card main counts as oversized, reducing consistency. Popularity statistics confirm Ice Barrier is a real archetype but do not substitute for system-level coherence; this evaluation scores the deck's actual capacity to open, convert, and survive, not card frequency.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Synchro Combo + 0.30 Midrange. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: Oversized main deck (55 vs 40 minimum) (-3); Critical meta hand traps absent (-2); No side deck (-2); Extra Deck tuner toolbox strength (2). Final formula: 0.80 * Structural (58) + 0.20 * TournamentReliability (48) + Modifiers = 52 (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.76 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.58 · 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

• Reliable Ice Barrier core starter access (75.5% T1 live) with dual-searcher redundancy (Medallion, Icejade Cradle)
• Trishula/Lancea end-boards provide layered negation (banish 3 + lock opponent Special Summons, or negate + freeze effects)
• Strong Synchro Tuner recursion (Coral Dragon draw, Deep Sea Prima Donna retrieval, Icejade Gymir protection) enables follow-up plays and grind
• Kaiju Slumber board-wipe + Special Summon dual role gives flexible going-second removal
• Extra Deck depth (15 slots, 9 Synchro targeting levels 5–11) supports multi-route combo paths
• Frozen Chains revival bridge for continuous monster setup across turns

Weaknesses

• 55-card main deck (5 cards above minimum) reduces consistency by ~3–5% and increases garnet/brick risk
• Median combo output is moderate: typical board is one mid-level Synchro with one negation/removal, not stacked interaction
• Only 2–3 independent starter lines (Revealer, Ice Doll + Ran Aegirine, First Penguin); single-choke-point vulnerability
• Missing all top-tier meta hand traps: no Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird (each 75% standard inclusion). Only 4 hand-trap copies total (2 Nibiru, 2 Infinite Impermanence)
• No side deck provided; best-of-3 post-side plan unmeasurable; tournament reliability severely compromised
• Offensive closing power low: end-board monsters are mid-range ATK (1900–3300) with no piercing or direct-damage text; wins by slow grind, not quick lethal
• Going-second dedicated removal suite thin: Dark Ruler No More + Forbidden Chalice negate, but no Lightning Storm or mass board-breaker
• Spell-heavy construction (47% Spells) limits Normal Summon options and creates potential hand conflicts

Critical choke points

• Revealer of the Ice Barrier is the primary Ice Barrier Normal Summon; disruption stops the core engine cold
• Kaiju Slumber is the main going-second board-wipe; a hand trap or negation prevents access to board-clear and Kaiju setup
• Synchro Tuner recursion bottleneck: if Coral Dragon or Deep Sea Prima Donna are unavailable, recovery routes collapse into a single line
• Searchable combo starters (Medallion, Icejade Cradle) are non-negotiable; if negated, the deck must rely on draw luck for the next extender
• No backup plan if first Synchro summon is stopped: deck lacks an alternate win condition or fallback line

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Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in OCG format (55 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all copy limits met); All 42 distinct cards are resolved with legal banlist status (Unlimited); Card text excerpts confirm Ice Barrier archetype core (Revealer, Medallion, Mirror, etc.); Usage statistics show Ice Barrier is a real archetype with 75% inclusion for top cards like Trishula Zero and Chengying; Extra Deck breakdown: 9 Synchro, 3 XYZ, 0 Fusion, 0 Link (verified from card types)
• Observed: Ice Barrier archetype core is 31.4% of 55 cards (22 exact-name matches); supplemented by Icejade, Kaiju, and generic Synchro payoffs
• Inferred: P(≥1 Ice Barrier starter in hand 5) = 75.5% from hypergeometric model of 13 starter copies in 55-card main; Median combo output is one mid-level Synchro (4 summons) with one negation/removal, based on Synchro routing and tuner availability; Median ceiling board: Trishula Zero (2700 ATK, 3 banishes) + Lancea (3300 ATK, lock Special Summons) = 2-negate layer; Only 2–3 independent lines: (1) Revealer → Ice Barrier Tuner → Synchro, (2) Ice Doll + Ran Aegirine → Icejade Token + climb, (3) First Penguin fallback; Recovery capped at Coral Dragon draw + Deep Sea Prima Donna retrieval + Frozen Chains revival due to 4 Tuner starters, 2 of which are conditional; Going-second interaction: Dark Ruler No More (negate all effects, lock damage) + Kaiju Slumber (destroy up to 8, summon 2 Kaiju) provides removal but lacks piercing board-breaker suite; Offensive power low: best monsters are Lancea 3300 and Trishula Zero 2700; no piercing text, no direct damage, no OTK lines; Pilotability moderate: Synchro level math + tuner routing + hand-trap timing = 4–6 decision points per turn
• Provisional: Meta Power is Provisional — no dated metagame sample supplied. Archetype meta-share and per-pilot match records absent.; Matchup fit unknown — Ice Barrier's position vs. the current OCG meta (Swordsoul, Branded, etc.) cannot be assessed; Post-side performance unknown — no side deck provided; best-of-3 format adaptability cannot be measured; Tournament Reliability is Provisional — without side deck and meta-tier hand traps, competitive viability is speculative
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor/median/ceiling, board-per-starter, and going-first/second split are text-only inferences No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and win-rate telemetry absent No side deck: post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability unmeasurable No dated metagame sample: matchup coverage and format-fit assessment are Provisional YGOVN lacks win-rate telemetry (T1/T2 brick rate, going-first/second win rate, matchup outcomes) — all resource/grind/resilience signals are inferred from card text and probability Combo evidence not parsed: structural layer cannot be validated; all combo claims are derived from manual card-text and routing analysis