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==Playing style==

The "Ice Barrier" archetype consists of a large amount of Main Deck Effect Monsters, several [[Synchro Monster]]s that act as boss monsters, and some archetypal Spell/Trap support. The archetype's playstyle is roughly focused on summoning multiple different Main Deck "Ice Barrier" monsters, combining their individual protection effects to handicap the opponent, and ideally summon its Synchro boss monsters to break the opponent's board and push for game. However, the archetype had historically lacked consistency cards, lacked synergy between its card effects, had no swarming capabilities, and its individual protection effects are not strong enough to sustain the deck as the game's power level increased.

''[[Structure Deck: Ice Barrier of the Frozen Prison]]'', and cards added after the Structure Deck, gave the archetype some much needed support cards that adresses some of its issues with consistency and swarming.

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|effect monsters =

* [[General Wayne of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Prior of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Speaker for the Ice Barriers]]

* [[Zuijin of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Silent Angler]]

* [[Minairuka]]

* [[Silent Sea Nettle]]

* [[Ice Knight]]

* [[Tenyi Spirit - Shthana]]

* [[Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju]]

* [[Hexa Spirit of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Mirror Magic Master of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Crystron Citree]]

* [[Lappis Dragon]]

* [[Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]

* [[Coral Dragon]]

* [[White Aura Whale]]

* [[Adamancipator Risen - Dragite]]

* [[Stealth Kragen Spawn]]

* [[Bahamut Shark]]

* [[Number 37: Hope Woven Dragon Spider Shark]]

* [[Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir]]

|link monsters =

* [[Crystron Halqifibrax]] (Traditional Format Only)

* "Ice Barriers" do need quite a number of generic Spell cards to get started, which makes any option that eliminates Spells effective against the archetype; therefore, "[[Imperial Order]]" and the like can seriously dampen their potential.

* The "Ice Barrier" archetype mostly builds defense against attacks but has little to nothing against burn effects, so decks like "[[Chain Burn]]" or "[[Trickstar]]s" can simply melt the player's life points while completely ignoring any defensive setup.

==References==

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