Card Rulings:Ancient Gear Golem

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OCG Rulings

• The "If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. " effect is a Continuous Effect.

• The "If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step." effect is a Continuous Effect.

• If "Ancient Gear Golem" is destroyed by battle, the "your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step." effect is no longer applied.

• Even if this effect of "Ancient Gear Golem" is being applied, the effects of face-up Continuous Trap Cards can still be activated.

• You can activate "Spell Gear" if you have 1 copy of "Ancient Gear Golem" in either your hand or Deck. You can activate "Spell Gear" if you have 1 copy of "Ancient Gear Golem" in both your hand and Deck. You cannot activate "Spell Gear" if you have no copies of "Ancient Gear Golem" in either your hand and your Deck.

• "Inferno Reckless Summon" may be activated if your opponent only controls monsters like "Ancient Gear Golem" or "The Wicked Dreadroot" which cannot be Special Summoned. When resolving "Inferno Reckless Summon", your opponent cannot select a monster that cannot be Special Summoned, so only your monsters will be Special Summoned.

• The text "cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards" of "Ancient Gear Golem" means that the opponent cannot activate Quick-Play Spell Cards from the hand or Set Spell/Trap Cards. When "Ancient Gear Golem" attacks, your opponent can activate the effect of an "Ultimate Offering" which is already face-up on the field. Also, if "Ancient Gear Golem" attacks and a Set "Statue of the Wicked" is destroyed, then its effect will activate.

Previously Official Rulings

• If “Ancient Gear Golem” attacks, the effects of Spell or Trap Cards that are already face-up can still have their effects activated, like “Ultimate Offering”, “Royal Oppression”, or “Skull Lair”. However, face-down Spell or Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up), including a face-down “Ultimate Offering”, etc.

• The effect of “Ancient Gear Golem” that prevents your opponent from activating Spell or Trap Cards is a Continuous Effect. It cannot be chained to. “Divine Wrath” cannot be activated against it.

• If “Ancient Gear Golem” attacks, and is destroyed before the end of the Damage Step, its effect is no longer applied after it is destroyed, even if it is still on the field and has not yet been sent to the Graveyard. (A Continuous Effect is no longer applied after the monster generating it has been destroyed, even if the monster is still on the field.) The effect of “Ancient Gear Golem” is applied up until the point it is destroyed, though.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Jetroid: If "Ancient Gear Golem" attacks "Jetroid", the controller of "Jetroid" cannot use its effect.

• Geartown: While "Geartown" is active, you can Tribute "Ancient Gear Castle" with 1 Counter to Tribute Summon "Ancient Gear Golem".

• Spell Gear: You cannot activate "Spell Gear" if you do not have any "Ancient Gear Golem" remaining in your Deck.

• Spell Gear: If an effect is chained that prevents you from Special Summoning "Ancient Gear Golem", you still cannot Normal Summon or Set until the end of your next turn.