Ancient Gear Engineer¶

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://edisonformat.net/card?name=Ancient%20Gear%20Engineer

Edison-Accurate PSCT¶

① Negate any Trap effect that targets this card, and if you do, destroy that Trap Card. ② If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap cards until the end of the Damage Step. ③ At the end of the Damage Step, if this card attacked: Target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy that target.

Card Rulings¶

About the ① effect:

• It is a Continuous Effect, it cannot apply while this card is face-down (e.g. if “Book of Moon” is chained to the Trap)

About the ② effect:

• It is a Continuous Effect, it applies from attack declaration until the Damage Step ends.

• Spell/Trap effects may still be activated (e.g. the effect of an already activated “Ultimate Offerring”/“Royal Oppression” or the GY effect of “Skill Successor”), the Continuous Effect of Traps will also continue to apply.

• After the Damage Step ends, it returns to the Battle Step. Then, the turn player retains priority to declare an attack, there is not a window for the opponent to activate a Spell/Trap inbetween two consecutive “Ancient Gear” attacks.

• If this card is destroyed by battle, this effect stops applying at the start of substep 6 of the Damage Step.

About the ③ effect:

• This mandatory Trigger Effect starts a chain and targets a Spell/Trap your opponent controls.

• This card must remain face-up on the field to activate this effect, it will not activate if this card is destroyed by battle.

Edisonformat.com (Historical, Pre-UTW Rulings)¶

Source: https://www.edisonformat.com/rulings

Card Text¶

① Negate the effect of any Trap Card that targets this card, and destroy that Trap Card. ② If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell or Trap Cards until the end of Damage Step. ③ When this card attacks, destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on your opponent’s side of the field at the end of the Damage Step.

Card Rulings¶

• The ① Continuous Effect does not activate.

  • This card can still be targeted by the effects of Trap Cards, but they resolve without effect.

  • This effect does not apply if a chained effect (like “Book of Moon”) flips this card face-down.

• The ② Continuous Effect applies while this face-up monster is attacking.

  • This effect begins to apply at the Start of the Battle Step - Attack Declaration.

  • This effect applies until the end of Substep 7 - End of the Damage Step.

  • This effect stops applying if “Ancient Gear Engineer” is destroyed by battle (in Substep 4 - Damage Calculation) or by an effect during the Damage Step.

  • Continuous-like Effects of Spell / Trap Cards still apply.

  • The effects of face-up Spell / Trap Cards can still activate (ex: “Ultimate Offering” or “Skull Lair”).

  • Spell / Trap Cards cannot be activated (flipped face-up / played from the hand).

• The ③ mandatory Trigger Effect activates & resolves on the field.

  • This effect activates in Substep 7 - End of the Damage Step.

  • This card must be face-up on the field to activate this effect.

  • Do not activate this effect if this card is destroyed by battle / flipped face-down / leaves the field.