Card Rulings:Ancient Gear Cannon
OCG Rulings
- The effect of "Ancient Gear Cannon" is an Ignition Effect. (It does not target.)[1]
- Tributing "Ancient Gear Cannon" is a cost to activate this effect.[1]
- When the effect of "Ancient Gear Cannon" resolves, inflicting damage to your opponent is considered to be the last thing to happen. ("neither player can activate Trap Cards during the Battle Phase of this turn." is also applied.)[1]
- After the effect of "Ancient Gear Cannon" is applied, neither player can activate Trap Cards during the Battle Phase of this turn. (The effects of face-up Continuous Trap Cards can be activated.)[1]
Previously Official Rulings
These TCG rulings were issued by Upper Deck Entertainment and have since been declared unofficial by Konami.[2] They were previously considered official and can still be correct, as long as they follow the official gameplay rules, or unless Konami has issued a ruling that says otherwise. References: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
- While “Ancient Gear Cannon’s” effect is active, you can still activate the effect of a Continuous Trap Card that was already face-up, such as “Type Zero Magic Crusher”. But you cannot activate (flip face-up) any more Trap Cards.
- The restriction on Trap Cards is tied to “Ancient Gear Cannon” inflicting damage. If “Barrel Behind the Door” is chained to the effect of “Ancient Gear Cannon”, the rest of “Ancient Gear Cannon”’s effect is not applied and Trap Cards can still be activated.
- If “Pikeru’s Circle of Enchantment” is chained to “Ancient Gear Cannon’s” effect to prevent the damage, the rest of “Ancient Gear Cannon”’s effect is not applied and Trap Cards can still be activated.
- The effect of “Ancient Gear Cannon” is an Ignition Effect and can be chained to.
References
- ↑ a b c d Konami OCG Card Database: Ancient Gear Cannon
- ↑ Konami Judge Program Forum: Individual Email Rulings VS Individual Card Rulings
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [A-C]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [D-E]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [F-H]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [I-K]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [L-O]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [P-R]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [S-T]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: Individual Card Rulings [U-Z]
- ↑ UDE FAQ: SPECIFIC CARDS RULINGS