Yu-gi-oh! Deck Guide - Ice Barriers (Casual) - Part 1

Alright, for this build, since Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier was banned and Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier is limited, another strategy has to stem out from the deck. This deck cannot compete against Tier 1 and Tier 2 decks, but it'll be a good deck to try out on a casual pace or a starting point to get it into the competitive range once again. Why can't it compete against the top decks? The strategy is based around Field Presence and keeping a fair amount of cards in the hand. Since Wind-Ups destroy your hand and Inzektors destroy your Field, there's no point in having a monster based archetype that stalls. Anyway, I've kept it within the casual range, but if you want to make it more competitive, I'll make a separate deck guide for it.

For right now, the monsters used for the stall tactics:

Dai-Sojo of the Ice Barrier

******    Attribute: Water

[Spellcaster/Effect]

When this card is Normal or Flip Summoned, it is changed to Defense Position. Face-up "Ice Barrier" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by Spell or Trap Card effects.

ATK: 1600   DEF: 2200

This card prevents your cards from being destroyed by Spell and Trap Cards.

Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier

**   Attribute: Water

[Aqua/Effect]

Face-up "Ice Barrier" monsters you control cannot be targeted by the effects of your opponent's Effect Monsters.

ATK: 100   DEF: 1600

This card prevents your cards from being destroyed by Monster effects.

Defender of the Ice Barrier

***   Attribute: Water

[Aqua/Effect]

While you control another face-up "Ice Barrier" monster, monsters your opponent controls cannot declare an attack if their ATK is greater than or equal to this card's DEF.

ATK: 100   DEF: 1600

This card can prevent your opponent from attacking your monsters. When this card is set-up, your opponent will have a hard time trying to destroy your monsters by battle, especially if you use Dai-Sojo of the Ice Barrier and Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier.

Other than that, you use the Ice Barrier Effect Generals as your way out.

Sample Deck List:

2x Caravan of the Ice Barrier

3x Dai-Sojo of the Ice Barrier

3x Defender of the Ice Barrier

General Gantala of the Ice Barrier

General Grunard of the Ice Barrier

General Raiho of the Ice Barrier

3x Prior of the Ice Barrier

3x Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier

2x Strategist of the Ice Barrier

Dark Hole

Heavy Storm

3x Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier

3x Medallion of the Ice Barrier

Monster Reborn

3x Moray of Greed

2x Mystical Space Typhoon

Pot of Avarice

3x Salvage

3x Water Hazard

Extra Deck:

Ally of Justice Catastor

Ally of Justice Decisive Armor

Ancient Fairy Dragon

Armory Arm

Black Rose Dragon

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

2x Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier

Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Magical Android

Mist Wurm

Red Dragon Archfiend

Scrap Dragon

Stardust Dragon

Tech Genus Hyper Librarian

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