Ancient Gear Fortress-SR03

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Antique Gear Fortress / Ancient Gear Fortress
Continuous Spell Card
(1) “Ancient Gear” monsters cannot be targeted by, or destroyed by, an opponent’s card effect during the turn they are Normal or Special Summoned to your side of the field.
(2) Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of an “Ancient Gear” card effect.
(3) If this card is destroyed in your Spell & Trap Zone: You can Special Summon 1 “Ancient Gear” monster from your hand or Graveyard, but you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except “Ancient Gear” monsters.

 

https://ygorganization.com/lookmahancientgears/

 

spoilers for anime

please discuss

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

Man, they're desperate to make Trap Holes and Torrential sheet aren't they

[The Highlander]

Yes, an assurance card, which prevents AG from falling on the turn they are summoned, not to mention another excellent Catapult target (also to reuse wyvern).

Not what they lack to be worthwhile (though this is most likely the task of the hound dog series), however neverthless both interesting

 

Man, they're desperate to make Trap Holes and Torrential s*** aren't they

 

... I am unsure about that considering AG do not matter **** right now, so this on its own means nothing, as for the idea in general ... holes and torrential are rude interruptions anyways, which just serve to prevent a player from even starting, so I do not mind that, though bottomless is still great against pendulums (though solemn strike and notice do it better).

[Trebuchet MS]

Alas, it still lacks the "ignoring the Summoning conditions" phrase that bypasses some of the more infuriating parts of AG.

 

Well, those monsters with that restriction are more or less obsoleted by now.

[Atypical-Abbie]

Well, it's at least an "if" effect, so that makes it a lot more usable.

[Pchi]

I wonder if that's going to be the IRL effect or if it's just the anime lore. The fact the card pics lack the series number and other details may indicate it's the latter case.

[Toffee.]

So this is the rest of Catapult, huh?

[Delibirb]

Oooooh yis.

 

Ancient Gears always had a slight advantage with their protection from battle tricks like Mirror Force, but cards like Torrential and Bottomless are almost always played in equal or higher numbers, and so it was largely irrelevant.

 

Now, they need only worry about counter traps.

[notcleverusername]

Now, they need only worry about counter traps.

No, their worry is the same as it always was--not bricking so that you can make a substantial play that hopefully doesn't get killed the turn after and leave you with no backup options.

 

Card is very average, if even that, in service of that goal.

[Delibirb]

No, their worry is the same as it always was--not bricking so that you can make a substantial play that hopefully doesn't get killed the turn after and leave you with no backup options.

 

Card is very average, if even that, in service of that goal.

Their bricks aren't nearly as bricky anymore, have you been paying attention? The new support is actually playable, so they don't get stuck on AG Soldiers and Engineers because they no longer need to run them.

 

They won't be meta defining, most likely, but they aren't out of the running for a solid rogue or tier 2 choice.

[Blake]

Um... This SD is funking garbage, they aren't in the running at all.

 

Nick is right, this doesn't really help. It's a worse Aquaactress spell. The only reason you'll play it is because they have nothing better to run, and the deck is still a terrible Tier 3 deck. If anything changes that, it's how they handle the anime AG support's release.

 

Gadget and Wyvern are fine, but they don't fix any problems, they just kinda ignore them and move on to supporting general things.