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An Icy Deck to enjoy in Icy weather.
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Strategic Summary:
Welcome for an extra weekend CDP, and this time I want to feature the Ice Doll series from Premium Pack 25 alongside the Ice Barrier archetype, for obvious thematic reasons! Let’s introduce you to the new series, starting with Ice Doll (YGOrg Translation) himself. This Level 2 WATER Spellcaster can Special Summon itself from the hand by discarding another WATER monster, and when summoned, adds any WATER Spellcaster from deck to hand. This naturally works well with the WATER Spellcasters that are the backbone to the Ice Barrier deck, such as Revealer of the Ice Barrier and Speaker for the Ice Barriers. Additionally, when sent to the GY, it adds Ice Doll Mirror (YGOrg Translation) from deck to hand, a Spell Card that supports WATER decks that use multiple copies of monsters with the same name… just like the Ice Barriers! Mirror also has a second effect to banish it from the GY to tutor or recover Ice Doll to hand, so you have a nice mini-loop of card advantage to work with.
The last major aspect to the new WATER support at play in today’s build is Twin Pillars of Ice (YGOrg Translation). This is a Quick-Play Spell that summons 2 Level 4 WATER Tokens. While it does block you from summoning from the Extra Deck the rest of the turn, that’s not really the point of this, as it’s GY effect allows you to banish it to immediately Normal Summon a WATER monster. I’ve found that this can combo well with the high-leveled Ice Barrier Generals, that otherwise wouldn’t be able to be Special Summoned from the hand. Of course, a more competitively-minded Ice Barrier deck doesn’t use all of the generals, but nothing wrong with a bit of casual fun from time to time, no? As for the other generic WATER support cards that have entered the fray, I’d like to callout both Hydor, the Base of All Things and Ocean of Regeneration (YGOrg Translation), as both provide yet another way for the Ice Barrier strategy to bring back their WATER monsters from the GY, building towards that mythical lock that eventually can shut an opponent entirely out of the game. Hope you enjoyed today’s frosty build, and wish you warm thoughts as we continue on into the depths of winter!
Provided Decklist:
Monsters: 23
| General Grunard of the Ice Barrier
| General Gantala of the Ice Barrier
| Medium of the Ice Barrier
| General Raiho of the Ice Barrier
||| Georgius, Swordman of the Ice Barrier
||| General Wayne of the Ice Barrier
||| Revealer of the Ice Barrier
| Speaker for the Ice Barriers
| Warlock of the Ice Barrier
||| Mirror Mage of the Ice Barrier
||| Ice Doll
| Zuijin of the Ice Barrier
| Hexa Spirit of the Ice BarrierSpells: 14
| Winds Over the Ice Barrier
| Hydor, the Base of All Things
||| Ice Doll Mirror
||| Medallion of the Ice Barrier
||| Twin Pillars of Ice
|| Freezing Chains of the Ice Barrier
| Ocean of RegenerationTraps: 3
| The Ice-Bound God
| White Howling
| Frozen Domain of the Ice BarrierExtra Deck:
| Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier
| Lancea, Ancestral Dragon of the Ice Mountain
| Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign – Chengying
| Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
| Ravenous Crocodragon Archethys
| Adamancipator Risen – Dragite
| Enigmaster Packbit
| Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
| Deep Sea Prima Donna
| Coral Dragon
| Brionac, the Magical Ice Dragon
| Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier
| Bahamut Shark
| Toadally Awesome
| Marincess Coral Anemone
Note: This is continuing the style of Creative Deck Profile articles, designed to showcase a build through replays and an attached summary. If you wish to see a CDP for an archetype, theme, or strategy you love, feel free to private message me on the YGOrg Discord server, the comments section of any of my YouTube videos, or just post a comment in response to this article on our Facebook page or through the site with your ideas for me to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Valkyrie, Crystal Beast, Ursarctic, Eldlich, Heraldic Beast, Motor
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