shoutout to the ice barrier structure I bought in like 2021 thinking "if Konami made a structure deck out of it, it must be good"

@meekaazn6064

2 ай бұрын

I had the same thoughts when I bought them too 😅😂

@iamthereddemon20

2 ай бұрын

Mistakes were made

@GhostintheMachine25

2 ай бұрын

Oof, sad times

@MonikaMarieG

2 ай бұрын

I cheated and asked for a pack of 3 for my birthday. (I know the cards suck but their art is awesome)

@ChaosDarkLight

2 ай бұрын

how much was it?

Actually from a Lore standpoint this is one of the most lore-accurate Decks! If I recall correctly, thebIce barrier main deck monsters we're "protectors" of the ice barrier. They are actively trying to KEEP the dragons bound within the barrier. Which reflects Well in the archetype because they suck so bad because have NO coherent ways to summon the Dragons, which in turn...keeps them locked up (This was not what Konami intended and it's one of the worst archetypes of the 5Ds era)

Hidden Arsenal 1 really did set the tone on what Ice Barriers would be: _Really_ bad main deck monsters and _really_ broken Synchro monsters.

@m0002856

2 ай бұрын

It was lore accurate. A bunch of weaklings who banded together to imprison a bunch of powerful synchro monsters.

@xCorvus7x

2 ай бұрын

@@m0002856 Or they are held back by having to reign in the powerful dragons.

@Deathmare235

2 ай бұрын

@@xCorvus7xweren’t they freeing the dragons though

@xCorvus7x

2 ай бұрын

@@Deathmare235 A splinter group among them thought this would be a good idea and got their will eventually, yes.

@mn-0510

2 ай бұрын

Meanwhile being in the same lore, mist valley has 10 cards total and got no love at all

It makes sense that the Ice Barrier monsters would struggle in making their boss monsters. In-Lore, they want to _stop_ the dragons from being released. Great for the story, but bad for actual play.

@laythena1

2 ай бұрын

They need at least 1 month to unseal Trishula and must working through many procedures. Sadly while they won against Fabled, Trishula also a double-edged weapon to them (hilariously it never have any backfired effect).

@Deathmare235

2 ай бұрын

Didn’t they also free them in lore to defeat the powerful monsters

@laythena1

2 ай бұрын

@@Deathmare235 from what I remember The dragons first released in different time First Brionac and then Gungnir. Out of desperation to defeat Fabled, they release Trishula but that action also backfired. Several years later, Noellia trying to unseal them again, however the dragons have already corrupted by Evilswarm. No idea what truly happened to the dragons after the war against Sophia, but their powers become used by several major characters like the Nekrozs, Kerykeion and even Shaddoll also absorbing their power.

@92Roar

2 ай бұрын

You know, in hindsight, Ice Barrier could have been a really cool Kaiju synchro-style deck, where you synchro summon your big dragons to your opponents board and have to try and defeat the foe you unleashed with a variety of actually synergising effects designed to do that, shutting down your opponents plays by continually trading out their cards for your own ice barrier boss monsters

@RazielTheUnborn

2 ай бұрын

​@@laythena1Nekroz are wearing the bodies of the dragons so they are dead.

Ice Barrier's will always be one of my most favorite archetypes I don't care if it's a bad archetype.

@leebulger7112

2 ай бұрын

I don't think Gungnir is bad just because it's the weakest of the Ice Barrier Synchro Monsters because I had a Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds DS game and I played against it and it gave me a lot of trouble.

@RenzerHMR

2 ай бұрын

​@@leebulger7112That one water deck on the street. Annoying Gungnir guy

@leebulger7112

2 ай бұрын

@@RenzerHMR There was a NPC version of Gungnir and half the time I gave up after Summoning himself or Absolute Zero.

@RatDragon91

2 ай бұрын

Damn right

@ssupermario92

2 ай бұрын

Same! Their so fun to use regardless

Didn't know this video was secretly about Galaxy-Eyes

Logs, the video description is about Galaxy Eyes, released a couple of weeks ago. By the way, Ice Barriers are cool-looking monsters (mainly Trishula and its Warrior counterpart), but they are bricks.

@rickyl3819

2 ай бұрын

Hold up. Do Ice Barriers *not* count as Galaxy Eyes? Because that would explain a lot about my deck's performance.

@JonaGDP

2 ай бұрын

Also, Georgeus is wrong. Both level and type.

Keep in mind that this Archetype is sneaking in the tops in the OCG for the past 5 months now. The most popular is the Runick + Ice Barrier variant.

@panblu

2 ай бұрын

Yup, because of the new cards right ?

@lyg483

2 ай бұрын

@@panblu Yep, Lancea and other main deck cards. They are REALLY good for both going first and second and lets you use old ice barrier floodgates that were impossible to use without Lancea. Sadly, those few new cards haven't hit TCG yet, so we only have some of the pieces.

@MasakiHana

2 ай бұрын

@@lyg483 To further point this out, Ice Barriers have SUPER EASY access to a first turn +3 and even a +4 draw with just 1-3 cards. And if they were somehow disrupted by hand traps, they still have the other cards in their hand to do another combo. Although I do admit, if this deck bricks, they brick hard.

@szjin77

2 ай бұрын

@@MasakiHana do you have a link for the deck list?

@ragnaricstudios5888

2 ай бұрын

@@lyg483Lancea is possibly one of the best legacy boss monsters ever printed

I'm noticing a clear theme here: It's trying to be a control deck who focuses on blocking backro (A stun deck)... But is ridiculously vulnerable to any sort of spell removal like raigeki, while also not destroying way too often. Remember, the Synchros and regular Monsters are archenemies, so they're NOT supposed to synergize... But the regular monsters are AWFUL at stopping synchro plays considering they are mostly focused on stopping backro, and their few effects against those synchros come way too late to matter considering they don't negate their effects.

@justinpassing4003

2 ай бұрын

I noticed that too, and I think DuelLogs is wrong to call the archetype's effects "random". That said, some Ice Barrier monsters do have effects that have nothing to do with being a Control Deck e.g. Pilgrim of the Ice Barrier is just Obnoxious Celtic Guardian with slightly more ATK and worse DEF, so I can understand the confusion.

You forgot the actual Ice Barrier. The fish getting frozen.

@MotoNORMative

2 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. That card is incredibly good WATER support.

@ragnaricstudios5888

2 ай бұрын

Yo, this searches Royal Knight

@Deathmare235

2 ай бұрын

Wdym?

@monkey_blu

2 ай бұрын

@@Deathmare235 Wdym what do I mean? Don't you know the trap card literally called "Ice Barrier"? Really?

@MotoNORMative

2 ай бұрын

@@monkey_blu there is “royal knight” a LIGHT Fairy and “Royal Knight of the ice barrier” which can be searched by this card. Prolly where the confusion originated

When the 2 boss monsters who carries your deck can carry themselves.

Ice Barriers have been so pathetic that they're weirdly adorable... to the extent that playing them with the new boss monster and extenders was a bit of an eye opener... like, there was a moment where the clouds parted mid-duel, and I went "Holy crap... this is a stun archetype!?" Like, obviously, they've always WANTED to be a stun archetype, but they were so bad at it they could never stun anyone... so seeing them do what they were always meant to do was a shock to the system. :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

I love the new support the deck got. The main deck floodgates are actually playable now ironically😂

See Also: Rata’s rant on Royal Knight Of The Ice Barrier.

@ragnaricstudios5888

2 ай бұрын

I do like that whenever he talks about Ice Barriers, he has to bring up Royal Knight in some way

@bongerman42069

2 ай бұрын

This is legit one of my favourite archetypes, I can beat some pretty strong decks with it and there is new support coming

@help_im_trapped_in_a_square

2 ай бұрын

We don't talk about royal knight since it got banned for making ice barriers teir 0

@danielramsey6141

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I can See Royal Knight being used to Generate Advantage on a Niche Level. And that’s by Giving Yourself a Target to Attack beyond what Your Opponent Has!

@aroperdope

2 ай бұрын

No

cant wait for terminal world or whatever its called. the new support turns this into a banger of a deck

I think we got the wrong Description in the box there. Man I loved me my Ice Barriers back in the day. Yeah they were bad, and I didn't have Brionic until he had hit the ban list, but I loved them because...uh... ... You know...all my friends snatched up all the other archetypes!

@strangevol5264

2 ай бұрын

Raiho control forever, your opponent will have NO CARDS

Still better than ally of justice Ice barrier can at least summon it’s synchros

I feel that the Cyber Girl archetype belongs here too. They have around 7 members and a trap card and have next to no synergy. There is a slight theme of direct attacks among them, but the rest of the cards (including Their ace, Cyber Blader) don't mesh well with them.

Ever since the new support got released, I've become an Ice Barrier main in my locals, and been getting consistent tops every week or so. Though I must admit, when my hand bricked... boy do they brick

Ice barrier have somo sick lore and is baffling how they managed to not make this archetype good.

@dingodyno9016

2 ай бұрын

right? there lore is some of the best and yet the deck is lack luster, hopefully the new support will see them through

This deck used to be a pain to go against in the early days of duel links.

Thank you duellogs for always out doing yourself i really enjoy these failed archetype videos

lets go ice barrier's have hope!

@gabehasfurther4081

2 ай бұрын

From the months of testing I've done online. Ice Barrier will not only be good, but it could possibly even dethrone Snake-Eyes.

@kianakaslana1210

2 ай бұрын

​@@gabehasfurther4081Ice Barrier now is a sleeper deck in OCG. No doubt it would be at least rogue status when full supports are coming in TCG

I vote for evilswarms for the next episode. A once dominant deck ruined by power creep and master rule changes.

This archetype may suck, but Defender of the Ice Barrier be cute.

How Duel Logs writes videos: * Search with deck is getting legacy support * Call the deck bad before the support

@shaungamer2017

2 ай бұрын

I would agree, if it weren't for the fact that ice barrier support was shown months ago or even a year ago.

@Antithesismanifest

2 ай бұрын

He needed to hurry to make this video before the deck become decent

@jackmist

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, between this, melodius and now gimmick puppets, that seems to be the current pattern.

the errata's for the dragon was unneccesary, even by today standard the card is balanced

@mateusrp1994

2 ай бұрын

Not its not lmao. old Brionac would be stupid today

I loved the idea of ice barriers, but sadly everyone else was better at getting their syncros out that should've been locked to an archetype only tuner like many others. Not that it would've scaled well with time either as the game was doubling in speed every year it felt like

Really scraping the top of the barrel with this one

@ragnaricstudios5888

2 ай бұрын

Honestly recent support makes Ice Barriers a decent rogue deck

16:00 I think you meant to say Rivalry instead of Gozen since the deck has insane synergy with Gozen

I remember trying to run this deck earlier because it was so affordable and there was just so many ice barrier cards yet they hardly worked with each other

@Honest_Mids_Masher

2 ай бұрын

Wait till the other new cards

@wong4u203

2 ай бұрын

@@Honest_Mids_Masher Aweeeee you're right, tbh I'm kinda glad, despite Konami's cold shoulder, Ice barriers have a warm place in my heart

@Honest_Mids_Masher

2 ай бұрын

@@wong4u203 Dw the new cards have apparently been doing pretty well in the OCG on release. Once those new cards come to the TCG you'll enjoy playing with them and actually have an easier time too.

not sure about everyone else, but i have always seen Ice Barriers as a lockdown/floodgate deck, most of its monsters give your opponents some sort of restrictions

@mateusrp1994

2 ай бұрын

That's what they were, the idea was to special summon the high level generals with magic triangle and either use Grunard's double NS to bring more ice barrier and turn on their floodgate effects or Gantala and revive them after discarding with Strategist, while aided by generic water support. Of course it sucked at this, but so does TDL at research

Well can't say I didn't see this coming

Thanks logs, ive been wanting some trishula support for a while now

you said magic triangle wrong its special summon from your hand not deck. If it was from your deck it would actually be pretty good

I feel like we're due for Amazoness. An archetype that is always so close to be something, but never was able to close the gap.

I think I remember trying to build Ice Barriers when we got the first 4 HA sets. Think I remember pulling a Trishula too as well from a pack of HA04. Good times...Now I have the structure deck core thanks to a friend & waiting for that new Ice Barrier support!

Calling the archetype “cold garbage” is some slept on word play

i dont know in what theme, but i want a six samurai video so bad

@IVIixxster

2 ай бұрын

They are actually pretty good in spamming in the board tough :)

0:48 Ideas to fix a bunch of these cards (that’s I’ll get to bit by bit as these videos keep dropping when I’m working): _Blizzed, Herald of the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 1 Aqua/Tuner/Effect _Your opponent cannot target Face-Up “Ice Barrier” monsters you control for attacks or monster effects, except this card. If this card would be destroyed by battle or an opponent’s card effect, first draw 1 card. If this card would be banished by an opponent’s card effect, first shuffle 1 card from your GY into your deck. If this card is used as tribute or material for the summon of an “Ice Barrier” monster, that summoned monster gains this cards effects while on the field._ ATK/300 DEF/500 Basically the angle I’m thinking of is giving the worse off IB monsters better versions of their current effects, then having them confer those effects onto the bigger “Ice Barrier” monsters they’re used as fodder for to summon. So if I used the Herald here to bring out Trishula, your opponent would have to deal with Trish having Heralds effects (and the floating effects are worded to assure that they go off even if said Trish would leave the field). 0:53 _Grand Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 2 Aqua/Effect _While you control another “Ice Barrier” monster, Your opponent’s level/Rank/Link 5 or higher monsters cannot declare an attack. If your opponent’s monster targets a monster you control for an attack or effect, you can discard 1 card: Special Summon 1 "Ice Barrier Token" (Aqua/WATER/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0), and if you do, change the target to that summoned Token. If this card is used as tribute or material for the summon of an “Ice Barrier” monster, that summoned monster gains this cards effects while on the field._ ATK/1300 DEF/0 2:30 _Frostbitten Grub in the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 4 Insect/Tuner/Effect _If this card is summoned, Target 1 unused main monster zone. While this card, or any “Ice Barrier” monster that was summoned using this card as tribute or material, is on the field, one of the following effects (Your Choice) is applied to that targeted monster zone:_ _⚪️That monster Zone cannot be used._ _⚪️Level 5 or higher monsters can be Normal Summoned/Set to this monster zone without tributing._ _⚪️If a card in this monster zone is destroyed or Banished, Excavate 1 card from the top of your deck, and if it’s an “Ice Barrier” card, add it to your hand, otherwise shuffle it into your deck._ ATK/1300 DEF/1800 3:34 _Warrior of the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 6 Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect _If this card is summoned: Change the battle position of 1 monster on the field. “Ice Barrier” monsters you control can make an additional attack per battle phase. “Ice Barrier” cards you control cannot be destroyed by card effects. If this card is used as tribute or material for the summon of an “Ice Barrier” monster, that summoned monster gains this cards effects while on the field._ ATK/1600 DEF/2200 3:46 _Spiritualist of the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 7 Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect _While this card is on the field or in your hand or GY, If your opponent controls 4 or more cards than you: You can Special Summon 1 “Ice Barrier” monster from your hand or GY. Your opponent can only activate 1 Spell/Trap Card each turn. If this card is used as tribute or material for the summon of an “Ice Barrier” monster, that summoned monster gains this card’s effects while on the field._ ATK/2200 DEF/1600 3:56 _Hierophant of the Ice Barrier_ (WATER) Level 4 Warrior/Tuner/Effect _”Ice Barrier” monsters you control cannot be destroyed (by battle or card effect) by monsters with 1900 or more ATK. ”Ice Barrier” monsters you control cannot be Banished by the effects of monsters with 1900 or less ATK. If this card is used as tribute or material for the summon of an “Ice Barrier” monster, that summoned monster gains this cards effects while in the field._ ATK/1500 DEF/1000

I bought 3 structures last year cause i saw the support the ocg got. Its gonna prove itself to be at least decent. And i am all for it!

God bless those new cards breathing new life into my favorite deck. So much more you can do now!

Magical Triangle of the Ice Barrier doesn't recruit from the deck, it only allows you to special summon an Ice Barrier monster from hand.

YESSS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

I absolutely LOVE Winds Over the Ice Barrier. The ultra is so good looking!!

Thanks to the Mirror Magic Master and Lancea in the new duel terminal support set in OCG, the ability to synchro summon has became so easy the deck can quite easily reach a board of Lancea, Gymir and Dragite with just one card. Lancea also makes it so cards like Raiho can finally see play and it basically validifies most of the floodgate effects of the main deck ice barriers

Duel links Ice barriers were a pita

Biggest problem was that this was a lore-based archetype. Instead of just making good cards, they made all of the Ice barrier cards weakling humans and gave the dragons and monsters that they’re meant to be sealing away the strong effects. And then gave the Ice Barriers stuff that was direct counters like Mirror of the Ice Barrier

@nihildwo4874

2 ай бұрын

and went out of their way to put restrictions on them to prevent summoning their archetypal synchros because LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!

@HazeEmry

2 ай бұрын

Still better than constantly making new cards better than the last and powercreeping tf out of the game imo. This adds flavour. Barely anyone plays Kash for instance for the lore. If you know people who do, great, I don't

Thanks DuelLogs! With this video, Konami will make new Ice Barrier support and SURELY this time they will be meta!....right?

In fairness to Trishula zero If the special summon to the original was a synchro summon It will be blatantly overpowered with this version, you already banished 3 cards on your opponents field. On top of that, if your opponent doesn't have anything that bypass its destruction effect they risk getting their side banished. If this was its actual effect the card could possibly be banned since everyone will play it.

Finally it's here. I'm looking forward to playing the new support of this deck

I miss your videos explaining/going through the latest ban lists. Even though these are also 100% appreciated

Bro didn't even mention the trap card "terror of trishula". One of the best cards the archetype has

@elcaballerosenordonjose9577

2 ай бұрын

Lol it's not 😅

@ooperblownup

2 ай бұрын

@@elcaballerosenordonjose9577 it is

@elcaballerosenordonjose9577

Ай бұрын

Also you can't search this trap

It turns out I use a slightly modified version of the structure deck in Duel Links. I added Defender of the Ice Barrier to enable lv 11 synchros to get at Trishula Zero. It's a pretty good going second deck; if you can put Trishula Zero out and resummon Revealer with Freezing Chains, it's pretty much a quick OTK.

With the frog engine, i definitely found some good uses for ice barrier. However it is the most inconsistent archetype I've ever been a fan of. If it weren't for the trish dragons, this would've been worse than something like melodious or pure ghostrick

@HazeEmry

2 ай бұрын

Back in the day I won more games than I expected with a ice barrier/frog wetlands deck with Level Limit, Gravity Bind and Messenger of Peace. Absolutely one trick, did surprisingly well if they don't have removal. Frogs and Ice Barrier do great together

I loved using ice barriers as a super budget control/lockout deck using only the low lv ice barriers and the wetlands field spell. Master duel low rarity event was handed to me on a silver platter

@HazeEmry

2 ай бұрын

Ayyyy another wetlands IB supporter

Every time I see DT cards get modern support, I also got hope for Dragunity. Specially ice barrier.

Finally, the poster child for all things failed within the yugimons

Ice Barrier extra deck is the main deck's older brother

You should do why no body plays amazoness/ F.A

rata [RANK 10]: "why i outta!-"

I love my ice barrier deck, I have blended a couple Atlantean monsters for extension and I play cause I just love the artwork of Trishula and I make it work.

I remember the day buying packs of hidden arsenal with my brother and I pulled Brionac from one of them, such a good day.😊

One time I jokingly said “Here me out… Ice Barrier Tearlament” (when Tear was at full power, Ishizu cards just got banned, and we all knew more bans were coming). Got the groans I expected when anyone says ‘Ice Barrier’, but one person went “Hol’ up, let him cook.” Then everyone paused for a second with the ‘wait a moment…’ look in their eyes as they realized Ice Barrier was Water type and COULD be run with Tear… before they rightfully dismissed it with laughs.

You could also add Ice Barrier (trap) as they can search it as if it is belong to them... despite of the trap meant to be Manga card and coincidence same name.

Dewdark was actually usable by his own with wetlands the field for lv2 and lv1 water monster get a huge boost alike having a 2400 atk for do a direct attack was something, adding that to the frog decks was pretty good

It's actually impressive how much support Ice Barrier got that was almost all bad. The new stuff finally fixes it.

I like playing not good archetypes and I won some matches with these guys! But they are bad. Im still glad you covered these guys

ice barrier designed to limit and stun opponent play with the main deck by swarm the field with its member before swing for game with the synchros. a simple fact that most player slip by (most player would synchro too early before they can otk and waste blanket of stun/protection main deck ice barrier provide). however, despite the main deck monster have good and strong effect, there was no card that actually help them swarm the field and connect them together for years. as result, most of its member 'seek refuge' in other deck instead.

Blizzed, defender of the ice barrier was oretty good when duel links first came out. Playing the umi deck it was great for stalling and digging for pieces

painful as it is sad, I still love them and will enjoy using the new cards.

I remember a rush down deck involving Dewdark Frogs and the Wetlands field spell.

i clicked on the video and i haven't watched 1 min yet im hating hard on the title. will watch the full video to see if this video change my mind or that i can agree with some of the points >:L

Can’t wait for the new support in Masterduel.

tbh i loved playin ice barriers, both irl and in duel links i know they kinda were bottom tier, but it was just fun playin them

Might as well call this series “the duel logs remakes archetype archive”

ROYAL KNIGHT OF THE ICE BARRIER!!!!!

I love the concept of these videos would you consider doing one of these but I'm successful mechanics in duel links I've heard that duel links has seen some of archetype successes that haven't seen it in the real game

Omg,Devloren and Gungnir were such overkill in Meremail-Abyss back in days.Devloren return Abyssmegalo,Abyss scale equip spell,Aquarium stage and Atlanteans to gain up to 4000 atk.Then discard againg for Abyssmegalo to clean the opponet board and go strait for otk/ftk.Gungnir,if you discard Atlantean marksman or heavy infantry can clean up to 4 cards just like that.He does target and destroy tho,but I usually didn't encounter problems with this strategy.

ICE BARRIER MENTIIIIIIOOOONNNNNEEEEEEDDDDDDD

In Duel Links back before the Skill:Balance got nerfed, ice barrier magic triangle was the coldest OTK at the time Not everyone had triple Dark World Dealings/Enter the Void- but if you did…. maaaan 😮‍💨

@saigaryuu7565

2 ай бұрын

Ice Barrier still play in Shark skill

I still sustain that Ice Barrier has one of the best illustrations in the game, and that was why it painted me so much how besides the boss monster they were literally unplayable.

I was Secret Guard of the Ice Barrier for Halloween about 5 years ago.

Raiho is an okay addition to Umi, since you can summon it from the deck or GY with Citadel Whale. Its one-sided Skill Drain-like effect is really nasty, and it is easily protected with Sea Stealth!

Ah yes, the archetype that had so many powerful extra deck threats, but little to show for the main deck, which lead to the archetype's entire identity being those powerful extra deck monsters that would be used in meta decks. And that's how I came up with the term "Ice Barrier Syndrome".

The puns in the intro are crazy

nah just wait ice barrier spright is gonna go hard. i love ice barrier :(

How do you feel about the trap card "Ice Barrier"?

Ice Barrier is my hands down favorite arc-type ever released, and I spent so much time deck building with it ever since it's release to try and make it work and I could never do anything with it and ended up playing Blackwings up until the Qliporth release, when I stopped playing the game in general. I wish the Ice Barriers could've been good

As an ice barrier player, what the deck desperately needs is a link 2 that reads you can link summon this card with material from your hand including an ice barrier monster, because it dies to just losing your normal summoned monster. and give the link a decent effect on top of that. preferably a 1850 atk WATER Spellcaster.

The Ice Barriers are an archetype I will always have a soft spot for

Gungnir was my first Syncro. I still use Raiho in my Umi Control deck to this day. I call him “the tax man”

It’s lore accurate since the main deck Ice Barriers were huge failures in Duel Terminal’s story too

I actually built an ice barrier deck and managed to be a threat at times. Granted i did research the cards before they came out. I also splashed in other cards to help the deck to flow and run better.

I used a couple of cryromancer and dewdark in my wetlands lockdown/beatdown deck.

When you use this frame of reference, only %1 of decks in that era were good lol. The synchros were absolutely a problem that could have been easily fixed before the cards were shipped. Playing them only in an Ice Barrier deck felt pretty fair most of the time.

I actually like the ice Barrier cards. Even a lot of the main deck ones (Cue Marge saying "I just think they're neat"). My main deck in Master Duel is built around them. I can't wait for those other cards to make it to the game :D

You should make a Playlist on Sucessful archetypes, like the atlantean one. That was a fun deck when I played Duel generations, plus I love sea serpents.

Mirror magic adds any ice barrier card not just monsters

when the brionac pack came out when I was a kid. I bought a random pack and got a brionac I didn't know how expensive it was so I just put it in my extra deck and move on I ended up trade it for 2 caius, 2 raiza, and 8 bucks