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I hope it will be understandable, I made it quick but here is the combos lines to show the potential of white sardine engine : When I write « Toad » it means resolving the white sardine engine, with crystron quandax synchro 4 and white sunfish making bahamut shark and summon toad. Sometimes you have abyss shark who search white sunfish. Toad + abyss + magic = anemone avec abyss et bahamut, reborn sardine non tuner - tribute anemone 2 tokens- magic + sardine = purpoise EMZ reborn 2 sardine tuners and search speaker - dragite EMZ avec purpoise et sardine + coral avec speaker et sardine -croco avec coral et 3 token Toad + revealer spe magic - Anemone avec bahamut et revealer, reborn sardine non tuner - magic tribute anemone 2 tokens - magic + sardine = Purpoise EMZ reborn 2 sardine tuners - search speaker - Purpoise + sardine = dragite en EMZ - speaker + sardine = coral - Croco avec Coral + 3 tokens Toad EMZ + abyss + revealer spe magic Magic tribute bahamut 2 tokens - Magic lvl 4 + 2 tokens = purpoise search georgius - Purpoise reborn 2 sardines 1 tuner 1 non Abyss + 2 sardines = croco Georgius reborn magic Georgius + revealer = synchro 10 Purpoise + magic = dragite
@@thomasberenguer5842how do you resolve the White Sardine engine? What do you need in hand? White Sardine and Sunfish (or a way to get to Sunfish)? I’m finding that only opening 1 white sardine isn’t generating anything significant for me haha
@@yugi.woah11 you need white sardine and white sunfish. White sunfish alone is a brick so I just play 1 and 3 abyss shark. White reincarnation give you the missing piece
Slick combos. These could easily make your opponent Slip up. Your opponent is going to have a Hail of a time and can hopefully Chill out long enough to not feel Ice-olated.
@@Cbsaiyan not yet, homie! Still refining and optimizing the deck. I’ll be out-of-country for a couple weeks but will be updating my community tabs page with list variations (with a more formal profile to be recorded when I get back). Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out - thank you for supporting!✌🏻
in 5:52 you can chain block but not in the right way, swap is a when effect that means you have to do chain 1 frog chain 2 mirror magic in order to resolve and not the other way arroud
@@yeleyuu hey there! I dug into this more, and it doesnt matter how you order the chain link of his search effect (if you summon him by his own effect or by normal summoning him) it only matters that swap frog was summoned as the last part of a chain link. This has been corroborated by several judges and also on simulators. Thank you for watching!! ✌🏻🧊
I am guilty of overlooking Swap Frog. In a side note: Mirror Mage is 100% the type of support card many decks need during a wave two release. Great work with combos as always! 😊 Adamanciptor synchro is so busted in Ice Barrier in conjunction with Icejade; ceiling is high with Ice Barrier now. This is my favorite starting combo, by the way. Toadally is so good.
@@lowtierhero_ thank you for the kind words, homie! Yeah, I love the resiliency that Swap Frog provides, and it just feels so synergistic with Mage (which I couldn’t agree more about with your evaluation). Definitely an archetype to keep tabs on! 🌊⚡️❄️
@@victorprado2389 I’m still testing and optimizing but it’s been a lot of fun working with various extenders and ratios. Keep it locked here so you don’t miss out - thanks for watching! 🧊🔥
@@RGARDL yeah that’s a cool tech-play! Obviously you want to limit the number of garnets you have, but that’s pretty interesting! Thank you for watching and your suggestion! ✌🏻
@@RGARDL I just realized this won’t work, because Hexa’s level *becomes* the level of the sent monster. It does not increase its level by the sent monster’s. Thank you for the suggestion, regardless!
I've been playing Ice Barrier without Revealer and Speaker because I just can't find copies in Australia, even without them it has been really fun, Water decks rise up.
I want to start off by saying great video, I didn't catch all the utility that swap provides. I did come up with an alternative end bored using enigmaster and the armored xyz cards
@@jameelr5244 firstly, thank you so much! And that sounds interesting! I was trying out Packbit as an alternative synchro 8 option, but I prefer White Aura Whale as a definitive board breaker. The armored xyz package is really cool, but because we can be synchro locked, I feel like they could be a bit awkward to go into. Thanks for watching!!
@yugi.woah11 so we already go into the xyz first, it's just extending a few more times after. Then get ride of it the same way. You use the xyz spell to equip dark knight to anything but toad and then enigmaster to bring it back on your opponents turn. It can be accomplished as a 1.5 card combo with ice barrier trap and revealer or 2.5 combo with revealer and georgius and any discard
@@jameelr5244 ouuuu - I like that! How very Snake-Eyes of you to summon from the backrow haha. I’ll have to look into it more. Feel free to DM me on IG to show your lines! Thank you! 💪🏻🔥
@@ekksee3702 yes absolutely! It’s in and out of my rotation right now. It has some great utility going second as well to bait interaction. Thanks for watching!!
I tested swap frog and I don’t know what to think about it. It’s either great if your normal summon get negated or if you don’t have a starter in hand. But if you have already a starter and combo, it’s useless the only good foolish target is magic, and as an extender discard 1 is really bad
@@thomasberenguer5842 I think I’d rather have a contingency plan for Revealer being negated (which, let’s be honest, she has a huge target on her back). Also being able to hard-make Toadally Awesome isn’t something that should be ignored. I think more ways to access Revealer or any missing card in combo is something that should be considered. Thanks for watching! ✌🏻
@@hahathatsgreat2 fundamentally (or morally lol), I’m not a huge Runick fan, but there’s no denying how strong it is in combination with Ice Barriers. Congrats on the record!!
@@yugi.woah11 Well, check it out Fon fun if you're feeling evil. There's a lot of synergy for example Imperm/Mourner/Veiler on Hexa does nothing to me. I summon Slepnir and go into Lancea anyway. Runick has good bodies.
@@haroutkayabalian8591 great question! We’re trying both an all gas build to push through interruption and a hand trap variant that really excels when you’re able to make your draw 4 play (or can see 2 hand traps in hand when going second). I think there’s still a lot more testing to be done, but I feel like the hand trap variant is more reliable as of right now. I will be updating the channel as more results come through - make sure to follow to stay in the loop. Thanks for watching!!
What type of extenders do you play? My main problem with the deck was relying too much on normal summon making it die sometime on 1 HT. Was mainly playing Icejade Ran Aegirine, deep sea diva, and the usual ice barrier cards. Prob should try swap frog now that I see it
@@fracazer Swap Frog is a huge addition to the deck and ups it’s resiliency. I play Aegirine, as shown, but I also really like Fishborg Harpooner and Silent Sea Nettle to help unbrick hands and recur graveyard material (respectively). I’m also trying Moray of Greed to push the consistency ceiling higher. Thanks for watching!!
@@fracazer I definitely don’t hate Tremora as an extender! Just gotta be careful because our hand-economy can be depleted rather quickly, and it feels bad if you only have non-water non-engine in hand. The fun of this build will be experimenting with all sorts of extenders!
I play the white sardine engine, it’s just insane you can do everything with it : Toad before normal summon Synchro 6-8-10. Swap frog and fishborg are nice but exept discard magic it’s a -1 which sucks :/
@@Lewie707 it’s really hand-dependent. Swap has absolutely come clutch in both scenarios. I think I would be more adventurous to use Swap as a starter in game 1 (putting my opponent on “better have it”), and then opt to use Swap as an extender in games 2/3 if Revealer is negated. Ultimately, you have to look at your hand and navigate your sequencing based on how vulnerable your plays could be. Thanks for watching!
@@Lewie707 alternatively, pending your hand resources, you can: special Swap, dump MM, MM get Revealer, summon Revealer, Revealer discard for Gorgeous, Gorgeous special MM, overlay MM and swap for a hard cast Toad, then extend or sync for Lancea. It makes you Nib proof before the 5th summon and you no longer care about Droll (courtesy of my friend RJ)
@@SharkShaa I’m just out of the country right now on holiday but will be bringing some big ideas when I get back in a couple of weeks! Appreciate your patience and support!!
@@yugi.woah11 hell yeah dude !!! i only play water decks !! i feel ice barrier is best with board breakers because they need to play through interuptions with more engine and they rely on the normal summon alot
@@SharkShaa very nice! Yeah, depending on how you deck build, board breakers might be a good way to go, but it’s unfortunate that they don’t really do a whole lot to the top meta threats. I think handtraps with some key extenders is also very viable.
@@sakethparimi7664 okay that is SO FUNNY you ask that! I’m gonna be dropping a combo video tomorrow with the White Aura engine! If you specifically cater the build around the engine, I think it offers a ton of value!
@@sakethparimi7664 I explain in the video that I believe a Gas/High Impact Board Breaker count is probably the way to go with the build. I’ll post the list (most likely) next week. I’m just getting my reps in with it to make sure it feels right.
@@jaredricci9278 I think it’s starting to come up a lot more often now, but initial lists didn’t have Swap at all. In any case, it’s good that it’s getting some recognition! 60 piles are always fun haha thanks for watching!
@yugi.woah11 plus with 60 your opponent will have a hard time determining what route u are going....not just the typical Ice barrier lines. But great video and well explained
@@jaredricci9278 I haven’t tried a 60 pile gas build yet, but we’re on a larger deck count and trying both a HT and gas variant - both have their merits for sure! And thank you for the kind words!
Its nice and all, but isnt the Toad on the 6 summon so you can get nibbed before. Why not send MM and search the reborn and go directly into Toad. Or play to Reborn and hope you hard draw, so you can search something else
@@s.p.963 you can absolutely do that line - just depends on your hand and what you have available. I wanted to show a “worse case scenario” and see what can be done. Thank you for watching!
I hate when y’all tubers showcase us combos, and how the hand looks or w.e and the extra cards y’all draw or add y’all put face down we trying to see what else you drew so we can think of our own combos or see how you can keep extending but no y’all want to be weird sheets annoying
@@andel681 hey there! Sorry you feel that way - most people don’t like when we draw cards face up because they’ll say “of course you drew cracked hands, that never happens.” So I’m just trying to be reasonable and realistic; sometimes we can’t win no matter what we do lmao 😅
What is going on, everyone! I hope you are digging the Ice Barrier content! I’m really excited to explore this reinvigorated archetype and push it in some interesting directions! If you want to see more content like this, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE, and consider joining the Guu Gang for exclusive deck profiles and tech ideas. Let’s get to 1.5k subs! 🌊❄️⚡️
I hope it will be understandable, I made it quick but here is the combos lines to show the potential of white sardine engine :
When I write « Toad » it means resolving the white sardine engine, with crystron quandax synchro 4 and white sunfish making bahamut shark and summon toad.
Sometimes you have abyss shark who search white sunfish.
Toad + abyss + magic = anemone avec abyss et bahamut, reborn sardine non tuner - tribute anemone 2 tokens- magic + sardine = purpoise EMZ reborn 2 sardine tuners and search speaker - dragite EMZ avec purpoise et sardine + coral avec speaker et sardine -croco avec coral et 3 token
Toad + revealer spe magic -
Anemone avec bahamut et revealer, reborn sardine non tuner - magic tribute anemone 2 tokens - magic + sardine =
Purpoise EMZ reborn 2 sardine tuners - search speaker - Purpoise + sardine = dragite en EMZ - speaker + sardine = coral - Croco avec Coral + 3 tokens
Toad EMZ + abyss + revealer spe magic
Magic tribute bahamut 2 tokens -
Magic lvl 4 + 2 tokens = purpoise search georgius -
Purpoise reborn 2 sardines 1 tuner 1 non
Abyss + 2 sardines = croco
Georgius reborn magic
Georgius + revealer = synchro 10
Purpoise + magic = dragite
@@thomasberenguer5842 thank you for this! I’ll review it and try it out! 💪🏻
What is spe Magic?
@@danieldejesusyanezhernande4675 mirror mage sorry I used to call him magic mirror before official tcg name 😅
@@thomasberenguer5842how do you resolve the White Sardine engine? What do you need in hand? White Sardine and Sunfish (or a way to get to Sunfish)? I’m finding that only opening 1 white sardine isn’t generating anything significant for me haha
@@yugi.woah11 you need white sardine and white sunfish.
White sunfish alone is a brick so I just play 1 and 3 abyss shark.
White reincarnation give you the missing piece
Yessir! Great combos! Love the work done here !
@@DestinedToDuel appreciate you! Thank you so much for watching!
I'm happy with the new support, been using barriers since the freezing chains deck
@@jorgeisdead6355 it does a lot for the archetype! Good to see an OG Barrier player approve 🫡🌊
Mirror mage is so insane! So glad I bumped it to 3 in my Ursarctic build! Well explained video as always buddy!! Let's cook!
@@Nickscruiser it’s so custom!! Love seeing it as discard fodder or as a search/send target. Thanks homie 💪🏻
@@yugi.woah11 yea going ursarctic departure discarding mage as cost always feels dirty lol
ICE BARRIER GUUU, its been a munute since I've seen Crocodragon on the field! Can't wait to see a deck profile 🥶🐸
@@Hotshotfrontier we’re on that WAVE 🌊⚡️ - croc is our homie now haha
Deck profile coming soon; thank you for the support brother!!
This video was really nice, thank you!
@@butti0903 my pleasure! Thank you so much for watching! 💙
Slick combos. These could easily make your opponent Slip up. Your opponent is going to have a Hail of a time and can hopefully Chill out long enough to not feel Ice-olated.
Okay THIS comment wins 😭🔥
You got a profile on your page my guy
@@Cbsaiyan not yet, homie! Still refining and optimizing the deck. I’ll be out-of-country for a couple weeks but will be updating my community tabs page with list variations (with a more formal profile to be recorded when I get back). Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out - thank you for supporting!✌🏻
in 5:52 you can chain block but not in the right way, swap is a when effect that means you have to do chain 1 frog chain 2 mirror magic in order to resolve and not the other way arroud
@@yeleyuu hey there! I dug into this more, and it doesnt matter how you order the chain link of his search effect (if you summon him by his own effect or by normal summoning him) it only matters that swap frog was summoned as the last part of a chain link.
This has been corroborated by several judges and also on simulators.
Thank you for watching!! ✌🏻🧊
I am guilty of overlooking Swap Frog.
In a side note: Mirror Mage is 100% the type of support card many decks need during a wave two release.
Great work with combos as always! 😊 Adamanciptor synchro is so busted in Ice Barrier in conjunction with Icejade; ceiling is high with Ice Barrier now.
This is my favorite starting combo, by the way. Toadally is so good.
@@lowtierhero_ thank you for the kind words, homie! Yeah, I love the resiliency that Swap Frog provides, and it just feels so synergistic with Mage (which I couldn’t agree more about with your evaluation).
Definitely an archetype to keep tabs on! 🌊⚡️❄️
@@yugi.woah11 When are you making your first event appearance? You’ll have to either take Mikanko or Ice Barrier. 😎
@@lowtierhero_ there is a YCS coming to Niagara Falls (about an hour away from me) this fall…I might have to break the barrier 😈⚡️😉
@@yugi.woah11 I’ll be rooting for when the time comes. 🔥
Hope to see a deck list soon, gonna take this deck to locals and hopefully to some OTS and win
@@victorprado2389 I’m still testing and optimizing but it’s been a lot of fun working with various extenders and ratios. Keep it locked here so you don’t miss out - thanks for watching! 🧊🔥
05:25 right here , if u had Defender in the deck , u could send him and make Hexa lvl 4 , that way u don't even need speaker for bahamut
@@RGARDL yeah that’s a cool tech-play! Obviously you want to limit the number of garnets you have, but that’s pretty interesting! Thank you for watching and your suggestion! ✌🏻
@@RGARDL I just realized this won’t work, because Hexa’s level *becomes* the level of the sent monster. It does not increase its level by the sent monster’s.
Thank you for the suggestion, regardless!
@@yugi.woah11 o , didn't realise that either , some lvl4 tuner instead then 😆if ice barriers have lvl4 tuner at all
@@RGARDL we couldn’t even do that because Hexa only allows you to send a level 3 or lower 😭😅
@yugi.woah11 that's sucks , back to drawing board 😆
I've been playing Ice Barrier without Revealer and Speaker because I just can't find copies in Australia, even without them it has been really fun, Water decks rise up.
@@numnut154 damn that’s crazy! Just shows you how versatile the deck can be. Thanks for watching!! 🌊🧊
Nothing but bangers
@@tanklett1640 we do what we can!! Thank you so much! 💪🏻❤️
I want to start off by saying great video, I didn't catch all the utility that swap provides. I did come up with an alternative end bored using enigmaster and the armored xyz cards
@@jameelr5244 firstly, thank you so much! And that sounds interesting! I was trying out Packbit as an alternative synchro 8 option, but I prefer White Aura Whale as a definitive board breaker. The armored xyz package is really cool, but because we can be synchro locked, I feel like they could be a bit awkward to go into.
Thanks for watching!!
@yugi.woah11 so we already go into the xyz first, it's just extending a few more times after. Then get ride of it the same way. You use the xyz spell to equip dark knight to anything but toad and then enigmaster to bring it back on your opponents turn. It can be accomplished as a 1.5 card combo with ice barrier trap and revealer or 2.5 combo with revealer and georgius and any discard
@@jameelr5244 ouuuu - I like that! How very Snake-Eyes of you to summon from the backrow haha.
I’ll have to look into it more. Feel free to DM me on IG to show your lines! Thank you! 💪🏻🔥
have you tried playing Minairuka as another extender? could be a good piece to make Dragite after the whole Draw 4 engine!
@@ekksee3702 yes absolutely! It’s in and out of my rotation right now. It has some great utility going second as well to bait interaction. Thanks for watching!!
I tested swap frog and I don’t know what to think about it.
It’s either great if your normal summon get negated or if you don’t have a starter in hand.
But if you have already a starter and combo, it’s useless the only good foolish target is magic, and as an extender discard 1 is really bad
@@thomasberenguer5842 I think I’d rather have a contingency plan for Revealer being negated (which, let’s be honest, she has a huge target on her back).
Also being able to hard-make Toadally Awesome isn’t something that should be ignored.
I think more ways to access Revealer or any missing card in combo is something that should be considered.
Thanks for watching! ✌🏻
The deck is really crazy. Don't forget to test Runick. I went 4-0 tonight with Runick Ice Barrier.
@@hahathatsgreat2 fundamentally (or morally lol), I’m not a huge Runick fan, but there’s no denying how strong it is in combination with Ice Barriers. Congrats on the record!!
@@yugi.woah11 Well, check it out Fon fun if you're feeling evil. There's a lot of synergy for example Imperm/Mourner/Veiler on Hexa does nothing to me. I summon Slepnir and go into Lancea anyway. Runick has good bodies.
This deck has no issue going 1st no matter how you build it, but going 2nd is where it really struggles I feel.
How do you address that weakness?
@@haroutkayabalian8591 great question! We’re trying both an all gas build to push through interruption and a hand trap variant that really excels when you’re able to make your draw 4 play (or can see 2 hand traps in hand when going second). I think there’s still a lot more testing to be done, but I feel like the hand trap variant is more reliable as of right now. I will be updating the channel as more results come through - make sure to follow to stay in the loop. Thanks for watching!!
What type of extenders do you play?
My main problem with the deck was relying too much on normal summon making it die sometime on 1 HT.
Was mainly playing Icejade Ran Aegirine, deep sea diva, and the usual ice barrier cards.
Prob should try swap frog now that I see it
@@fracazer Swap Frog is a huge addition to the deck and ups it’s resiliency. I play Aegirine, as shown, but I also really like Fishborg Harpooner and Silent Sea Nettle to help unbrick hands and recur graveyard material (respectively). I’m also trying Moray of Greed to push the consistency ceiling higher. Thanks for watching!!
Ooh, silent sea nettle is a neat addition.
Have u tried icejade tremora? discard itself to special summon another water monster.
@@fracazer I definitely don’t hate Tremora as an extender! Just gotta be careful because our hand-economy can be depleted rather quickly, and it feels bad if you only have non-water non-engine in hand. The fun of this build will be experimenting with all sorts of extenders!
I play the white sardine engine, it’s just insane you can do everything with it :
Toad before normal summon
Synchro 6-8-10.
Swap frog and fishborg are nice but exept discard magic it’s a -1 which sucks :/
Deep sea diva is amazing when it resolve, but if not all your ice barriers extenders are useless with it so it’s risky for me.
Swap engine is nice but it plays into nib harder. Have you ran into those issues as a starter or is or a better extender?
@@Lewie707 it’s really hand-dependent. Swap has absolutely come clutch in both scenarios. I think I would be more adventurous to use Swap as a starter in game 1 (putting my opponent on “better have it”), and then opt to use Swap as an extender in games 2/3 if Revealer is negated.
Ultimately, you have to look at your hand and navigate your sequencing based on how vulnerable your plays could be. Thanks for watching!
@@Lewie707 alternatively, pending your hand resources, you can: special Swap, dump MM, MM get Revealer, summon Revealer, Revealer discard for Gorgeous, Gorgeous special MM, overlay MM and swap for a hard cast Toad, then extend or sync for Lancea.
It makes you Nib proof before the 5th summon and you no longer care about Droll
(courtesy of my friend RJ)
wheres the updated video bro so excited for it
@@SharkShaa I’m just out of the country right now on holiday but will be bringing some big ideas when I get back in a couple of weeks! Appreciate your patience and support!!
@@yugi.woah11 hell yeah dude !!! i only play water decks !! i feel ice barrier is best with board breakers because they need to play through interuptions with more engine and they rely on the normal summon alot
@@SharkShaa very nice! Yeah, depending on how you deck build, board breakers might be a good way to go, but it’s unfortunate that they don’t really do a whole lot to the top meta threats. I think handtraps with some key extenders is also very viable.
@@yugi.woah11 12 or 15 hantraps
@@SharkShaa im on 12 with a 45 build, and that seems to be plenty.
Do you run the white fish engine? I'm kinda on the fence with it.
@@sakethparimi7664 okay that is SO FUNNY you ask that! I’m gonna be dropping a combo video tomorrow with the White Aura engine! If you specifically cater the build around the engine, I think it offers a ton of value!
@@yugi.woah11 Wow. What a coincidence! Will it reduce the non-engine count? I have 14 non-engine rn.
@@yugi.woah11 Will you post the deck profile tmrw also?
@@sakethparimi7664 I explain in the video that I believe a Gas/High Impact Board Breaker count is probably the way to go with the build. I’ll post the list (most likely) next week. I’m just getting my reps in with it to make sure it feels right.
Alot of people are showing swap in ice barriers......playing 60 myself with some crazy good stuff....98% gas and 3 handtraps only
@@jaredricci9278 I think it’s starting to come up a lot more often now, but initial lists didn’t have Swap at all. In any case, it’s good that it’s getting some recognition! 60 piles are always fun haha thanks for watching!
@yugi.woah11 plus with 60 your opponent will have a hard time determining what route u are going....not just the typical Ice barrier lines. But great video and well explained
@@jaredricci9278 I haven’t tried a 60 pile gas build yet, but we’re on a larger deck count and trying both a HT and gas variant - both have their merits for sure!
And thank you for the kind words!
Its nice and all, but isnt the Toad on the 6 summon so you can get nibbed before. Why not send MM and search the reborn and go directly into Toad. Or play to Reborn and hope you hard draw, so you can search something else
@@s.p.963 you can absolutely do that line - just depends on your hand and what you have available. I wanted to show a “worse case scenario” and see what can be done. Thank you for watching!
no decklist ???????
@@SharkShaa still refining and optimizing! But keep it locked here for when it drops!! ⚡️❄️
Thanks for watching!
@@yugi.woah11 i have and undefeated list i know all the lines defiantly take your time to think because its easy to miss play with the deck
@@SharkShaa 100% agree - congrats on the list!!
@@yugi.woah11 appreciate it bro much love might have to get you on sharks bro deck is insane
@@SharkShaa oh I’m well aware - sharks are going to go crazy (especially with the incoming support)!
I hate when y’all tubers showcase us combos, and how the hand looks or w.e and the extra cards y’all draw or add y’all put face down we trying to see what else you drew so we can think of our own combos or see how you can keep extending but no y’all want to be weird sheets annoying
@@andel681 hey there! Sorry you feel that way - most people don’t like when we draw cards face up because they’ll say “of course you drew cracked hands, that never happens.”
So I’m just trying to be reasonable and realistic; sometimes we can’t win no matter what we do lmao 😅