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Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound
- #COTD-EN099
Cannot be Special Summoned. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. Up to twice per turn, when this attacking card destroys a monster by battle: You can discard 1 Machine monster; this card can attack again in a row. If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can add 1 "Polymerization" from your Deck to your hand, and if you do, add 1 other "Ancient Gear" monster from your GY to your hand.
Card Rating
Advanced:
2.92
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 is Horrible.
3 is Average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2017
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Kingof
Lullaby |
Hello Pojo Fans,
Ancient Gear Golem gets an upgrade of sorts with
Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound.
Same stats as its predecessor, but another attack at
the cost of a Machine monster from the hand to the
grave is a great upgrade. Ultimate Pound destroys a
monster, ditch a Machine and then get another attack
on a monster or a direct attack, sounds like an even
trade. Once destroyed, you can get a Poly from the
deck, and, then get an Ancient Gear from your grave
if you added the Poly. The search is good if you are
running Poly for more than just an Ancient Gear
fusion, and the add of an Ancient Gear from the
grave can add back a card you used for the second
attack this card can do. A downside though is that
while Ultimate Pound gained the extra attack ability
and search, it loses the protection ability that
made Ancient Gears a playable archetype. You'll have
to protect him during the Battle Phase against
cards, but that second attack could be useful. It
retained the piercing damage effect, though I'm sure
players would've wanted the protection versus the
piercing.
Can't be Special Summoned, loses protection its
previous effect had, all negatives. Extra attack is
good, but it may not matter in the long run.
Advanced-2.5/5
Art-3/5
Until Next Time
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Crunch$G |
Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound:
We got a decent amount of Ancient Gear support in
2017, and they now have become more of a Fusion
archetype as well as improving their beatdown
strategy. This card is meant to help Ancient Gears
with that new strategy they have, and it is a
retrain of Ancient Gear Golem, only adding its anime
attack name to it. Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate
Pound.
Ultimate Pound cannot be Special Summoned, just like
the original Ancient Gear Golem, as well as it
pierces just like the original. Piercing is very
powerful on a 3000 body, which made Ancient Gear
Golem a decent card when it came out, though it was
never really meta relevant. What Ancient Gear Golem
has that the retrain didn't get is the ability to
lock your opponent out of using Spells and Traps
when it battles, so it is weak to Mirror Force or
whatever your opponent might use. At least Ultimate
Pound has effects to try and make up for its lack of
blocking disruption from your battles. Up to twice
per turn, if this card destroys a monster in battle,
you can discard a Machine to let it attack again.
Nice to get around opponent monsters in Defense
Mode, but again it would of been nice to have that
Spell and Trap protection. Also it can be nice to
fuel your GY for if your Ancient Gear Fortress is
destroyed or you have Overload Fusion and want to go
for Chaos Ancient Gear Giant. If Ultimate Pound is
destroyed, you can search a Polymerization from the
deck to the hand and get an Ancient Gear back from
the GY, except the copy of Ultimate Pound that went
to the grave (so you can get another Ultimate
Pound).
This does give a little assist to Ancient Gears, but
I really wish it had that effect to stop Spells and
Traps while battling, as well as I wish it was
treated as Ancient Gear Golem somewhere like the
hand and field just in case you need to go for
Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem. Card is good, but I
would still run the original Ancient Gear Golem as
well just to have access to Ultimate Ancient Gear
Golem when you need it.
Advanced Rating: 3.25/5 |
Alex Searcy |
Ancient Gear Golem-Ultimate Pound also joins a large
family of cards. It's Earth, Level 8, a
Machine, and has 3000 attack and defense, which I
imagine sounds familiar if you play these cards or
not. So it can't be Special Summoned (bad),
has trample (good), has a pseudo BLS double attack
effect (by discarding a Machine after successfully
destroying a Monster on the Field) and is pro
Fusion. When destroyed by Battle or Card
Effect, you can add Polymerization to your Hand from
your Deck. If successful, you can add another
Ancient Gear Monster from your Graveyard to your
Hand. It's interesting that you have to
successfully add Poly to get the second effect
there, but if you do, you +1 off this guy being
destroyed. He's nifty, I'll give him that.
Rating: 3/5
Art: 4.5/5
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