YuGiOh! Ancient Gears becoming Tier 1?!?

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Looking into the Future, by Using the Past



Posted 1 Week Ago at 03:24 PM by Blitzkreig

Updated 1 Week Ago at 08:03 AM by raybomb

Another week, another blog. And this time, we are going to be talking about an Archtype that is very interesting to some people, but especially me. We are of course, going to be talking about.....Ancient gears (I tried to pun the title ). They are one of my most favorite Archtypes, ranking up there close to the Synchrons, and have only gotten better since their initial release in The Lost Millenium. Back then, only Ancient Gear Soldier, Beast, and Golem were released, being absued by then manly Crowler, maybe girly, don't really know. But anyways, they soon gained more and more support by obtaining more power through a Structure deck and a couple of other Booster Packs. Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon was a brute force, who could actually be Special Summoned unlike his stronger counterpart, while Chimera provided greater attack power than Beast. Through their aging, they have grown stronger as a deck, not saying that they are the best, but evolved, yes! Another card that people should be familiar with, Geartown, is one of the bases for many of the Ancient Gear decks floating around today. It not only helps with summoning Golem easier, but gives a free Gadjiltron Dragon, being one of the best Archtype Field Spells in the game, atleast, in my opinion. FYI***This is going to be extensive.



But many have overlooked these antiques. Demise Geartown was a forced to be reckon with, and the Magical Hats/Geartown combo could fil the field with Dragons. They even had a Fusion monster who almost matched the legendary BEUD in Attack power, but unlike the no-effect creature, Ancient Gear Golem]Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem[/URL] can not only pierce, but summon an Ancient Gear Golem from the Graveyard, ignoring the conditions (An amazing feat for such a card to pull off; summoning a powerhouse of a monster back from the Grave, who is not suppose to come back that easily). Why though, have they not succeeded in placing higher than Tier 3. Other Archtypes can do it; Lightsworns, Blackwings, Gladiator Beasts. What makes the Ancient Gears so different? Easy, they lack the speed and destructive force. They are old machines trying to fit in a new world. In other words, they have not hit the Industrialization Era yet. Ancient Gears can outpower many creatures played in the game today, such as Dark Armed Dragon, Archlord Kristya, Blackwing Synchros, and they can even tie with Judgment Dragon. At times, they can swarm a field with 2, maybe 3 creatures if they are lucky, and deal massive amounts of damage with a Limiter Removal, potentially depleting the entire 8000 Lifepoints to 0000. However, they can not move quick enough to keep with the Special Summoning abilities, nor deck thinning ways of Zombies, Lightsworn, and Blackwings. Now how are we going to address this problem, so that in the future, they may stand a chance?



One theory is to boost their Special Summoning powers. You can try to Special Summon Gadjiltron Dragons up the way with the regular Magical Hats/Geartown combo, which I remind you, has not had a major impact on anything, or you can try to fit in a Cyber Dragon, The Trickys, Giant Rats, Jester Confits, and other cards to try and get enough monsters out to call a win. Hwever, based on what I know and what I have seen, this method is not going to work, at the present time. But, in time, more cards are going to be released, as well as the Machina Mayhem Structure deck. Machina Gearframe, Fortress, and Soldier will all be coming out of it (Not to mention Soldier reminds me of Ancient Gear Knight, and Machina Sniper looks like Ancient Gear Soldier, they are the "newer" versions per se). And the reason that I mention these cards is because they work fantastically with the Ancient Gears. Machina Fortress provides a security block when he is destroyed, but, this is not his interesting part. He is Special Summonable from the HAND or GRAVEYARD by discarding Monster(s) whose total levels equal 8 or more. What do the 2 big power houses of Ancient Gears have in common besides looking cool, they are both level 8. Which, by the way, will also give new meaning to Ancient Gear Workshop and Trade-In. Finally, a card that will be able to use up those dead Golems, and Graveyard wanted Gadjiltron Dragon (Gadjiltron Dragon works great in the Graveyard as he can be SS from it by abusing Geartown.) for an advantage. Machina Fortress is going to be highly observed coming up. However, what if the deck fails to provide you with any Ancient Gear cards to use his effect? Other decks can provide cards to work with others easily, and one of those cards here is Machina Soldier, counting in that Machina Fortress is in your hand and your field isYuGiOh! Ancient Gears becoming Tier 1?!?
I am afraid that Ancient Gears will not become Tier 1, I do like them but they sort of suck against Lightsworn, Glads, and Blackwings.

The new Tier 1 decks will actually be new decks, such as Spider or Reptilianne. And if there was a machine deck to become Top Tier then it would be Cyber Dragon.YuGiOh! Ancient Gears becoming Tier 1?!?
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