Yu-Gi-Oh! - Ancient Gear Archetype

[@PrinceKassad95]

Ancient gears are among the best monsters in Yugi GX. First I couldn't stand Crowler but then I really started to like him. His deck is so cool

[@1spitfyre]

He was a dick until he took over as chancellor for a time. After that he got better

[@daezondario]

Im a big fan of all the arc v support ancient gears got personally especially the fusions

[@danielk613]

Crowler was a complete dick until his duel with Camula. His “pep talk” was the turning point for his character from absolute dickhead teacher to the badass motivational chancellor.

[@d4rkpr1nc39]

@@1spitfyre Eh. We see a glimpse of him being kind to his students in that Camula duel.

[@misterOrca4]

He's that Teacher you hate in your first year then at Graduation he's the teacher you'll miss the most.

[@genesis4322]

Ancient Gears have some of the coolest artwork of any archetype in the game in my opinion. They legitimately look like they could have been some ancient secret technology locked away for being too destructive, only to be brought back centuries later. They aren't even that bad of a deck anymore with the waves upon waves of new stuff. They are a nice "attack face" sort of deck, which i love.

[@AztecJester93]

It aint' meta, but sure as hell they are close to getting there with all the new support. All we need now is an Ancient Gear monster that is treated as 2 fusion materials for the fusion summon of an Ancient Gear fusion monster, and/or an Ancient Gear monster that is treated as two tributes for the tribute summon of an Ancient Gear monster while also giving the tribute summoned cards immunities to certain cards.

[@genesis4322]

They are just 1 or 2 cards away from being amazing.

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

But we have Geartown, and we really need something that depends on more Fusion Materials, so Ancient Gear Fusion can have a go.

[@sidecharacter3193]

I think we need some thing like a mix of geartown and ancient gear fortress

[@adronikos7822]

Idk why but you got me thinking about the Dwarven enemy’s from Skyrim

[@sahilm483]

Ancient Machine Thermonuclear Dragon... Holy shit this should have been the official name!

[@first1nameknows396]

Yeah,although the reactor core at first glance wold have you guessing anything but a nuclear reactor, maybe if it was colored blue or stereotypical green then yeah. My guess is that the core powering the ancient tech is the same power source found in cyber-dragon and the likes of those "advanced" machines

[@alexanderholscher6548]

If I had a band, that would be what I named it.

[@waawaaaa]

I wonder if Duel Academy in Arc-v uses Ancient Gear monsters because of Crowler who was able to do what he wanted after Jaden graduated.

[@kimyona9746]

Krowler was a man? Nani?

[@ThatDragonGuy]

Jaden never existed in that timeline tho.

[@hurricane4268]

Yes ancient gear deck was played in arc v

[@heroeus8173]

Crowler became good around season 3 He stopped looking down on red slifers Crowler even in season 1 was quite a good professor in term of attempting to protecting his students even if he wasn't always impartial

[@heroeus8173]

But yeah jaden doesn't exist in arc V and crowler might have really been evil in that another universe Since it's jaden who showed crowler that dorms doesn't always mean to be bad Even if he manipulate the results to be put in slifer While he should have been in ra yellow from the start

[@fangiresaga]

Since I just finished watching GX, yes I know I'm late to the party, I can see why the final duel with Crowler got number 1. It was both heart warming that Jaden and the others wanted to show their appreciation for the years of his teaching. Also heart breaking that Crowler didn't want his favorite students to leave. But we all have to grow up, that's life.

[@sohafeln]

Ancient Gear Golem reminds me of the movie Iron Giant. I really loved the movie when I was a kid and that's why I love this archetype too.

[@keithsansom3106]

Bro I loved that movie

[@damotoneko1500]

Ancient gear golem is hands down one of the coolest monsters in GX.

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

Estarossa: I activate Magic Cyliner! Escanor with Ancient Gears: Who decided that?

[@crystalcortexx]

Lol.

[@thelaughingman6975]

I love the Ancient Gears! I have UAGG (Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem) and that was the main purpose of my ancient gear deck. Crowler wasn't my favorite character but the deck was amazing. I got excited when they showed up a lot in Arc V.

[@jacobfoxall5633]

Antoine Landreth I recently got into ancient gears myself and they are awesome in my opinion especially with the support that just makes if not close to complete. Wish it was the same with cyber dragons. They need a lot of support in the main deck.

[@alfredjeffersonii2063]

@@jacobfoxall5633 I have an AG deck irl as well. Had it since middle school and its seen me through a lot of duels ^^. Really good when dueling people that rely on traps and spells to do things like stop attacks, destroy monsters, turn damage into life points, etc. And I also decided to add a few Machine Kings (Prototype, normal King, and Perfect machine king) since I found a good combo that would give me about 3 AG mosnters on the field in one turn.

[@reynaldojpruneda7847]

Gotta love the sheer contrast between TGS Anime's Ancient Gears and R10YGO's Ancient Gears, love them both tbh. One is informative and the other is hilarious

[@kingconniebonnie2178]

Ancient Gear Reactor dragon is my favorite card Can attack twice, inflicts piercing battle damage and it can destroy spell or traps. It’s plain awesome

[@ShayTheValiant]

I've been waiting for this one for quite some time. Great that you've finally gotten around to it.

[@uuu12343]

I’m running a bunch of decks, So far for some reason, ancient gear seems to be one of the more consistent - well designed archetypes that should get more focus

[@TGSAnime]

Hope You Enjoy! Whats Your Favourite Ancient Gear Monster?

[@dariusparry4067]

TGS Anime ancient gear golem. Its busted :p

[@scodeknight3178]

TGS Anime can you please do zodiacs

[@strictlybizznizz]

Ancient Gear Box.

[@pennyworthington7052]

My is ancient gear reactor dragon also please do elemental hero

[@nicholasarcila9391]

TGS Anime Ancient Gear is my favorite archetype. Also chaos giant

[@KOTK11]

I thought the tail of chimera is green gadget. If I had to guess, the purple beast head represents the other gadgets like stronghold and metalhold as they are traps(purple). Just thought I’d speak up a bit.

[@GatorRay]

+King11k Yeah that makes more sense to me.

[@oliverbean6955]

Ancient Gear remains to this day, my favourite Archetype in the game. They bring back memories of watching GX years ago and are quite fun to use in the actual card game.

[@first1nameknows396]

Machine cards in general are my favorite but the ancient set in particular are the ones I like best,pretty rad artwork and their standard hex proof effect is quite handy

[@keithsansom3106]

Agreed especially machina

[@Carzeyday]

Fun fact:Back when KidsWB was a thing there was a contest for having your monster become a card. Guess who designed Ancient gear golem? This,guy..But,he went by Lord of wars golem. I'm not even joking,I just find it funny.

[@paytopray1468]

congrats on making arguably the coolest looking card in the series

[@phantoms001]

Carzeyday would make sense if you used this deck irl

[@Desvaswarrior]

Fav card man,

[@duelistemissary7680]

That doesn't make sense but ok

[@NaschAzure]

???

[@ivanhrvatin5075]

My favorite deck. Built in Anti magic arrow monsters... whats not to like 💪💪💪

[@PhotonKingShark77]

I love metabots until season two because the killabots were too overpowered. METABEE META FORCE!

[@TheKpa11]

Sora Shiun'in MR REFEREE!

[@rsookchand919]

Mecha Phantom Beast Archetype next! So hyped this video was made!

[@simonrief1013]

They really had more gear than greek in this theme. I didn't even realised it till you said it. The potential could have been amazing for artworks and cards. Really sad they didn't went all out in this design

[@KaizerSozeRaps]

My friend's Ancient Gear deck is insaaaaane lol.

[@nkyfong]

Deck list?

[@theburgerking1236]

One of my favorite archetypes

[@omgitsjjvlogz8373]

Thanks for doing Ancient Gears Sam, they’re my favourite archetype!

[@Apo11o-i1c]

It would be pretty cool to see an update video on the new cards that released gears are sick ⚙️

[@streetsurfer24]

thank you for this. my first structure deck I bought was the ancient gear one years ago. I stopped playing at xyz and im trying to sell almost all my old YGO cards and once I do, I might just make an ancient gear deck :)

[@ramonmoreno2526]

THANK YOU SAM AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!! I've been waiting for this one!!! THE BEST OTK ARCHTYPE NEXT TO CYBER DRAGONS!!!

[@daneyal7162]

One of my favorite archetpyes. Machinery just makes everything awesome, and The Ancient Gears are no exception! :D

[@Mystic-Aidan]

“Mechanized Melee” is probably my new favorite attack name. That’s sick.

[@MegaUmi]

Perfect trivia before heading off to make ancient gears video

[@darkestdiaboloslordofthela8829]

MegaUmi nice

[@C454D]

Ancient Gears, my original loved archetype in YGO and the amount of people I managed to bully at my school thanks to Soldier and Beast. As for their appearance and character who used them, it was one of those situations where I think the character developed and was epitomised by their deck. Crowler was set-up as a Villain at first as would be easy for a show aiming for a young audience, a typical "student vs. teacher" story but what set it apart was that Crowler was portrayed as a caring teacher multiple times later on after his first showing regardless of dormitory the student came from. Eventually we see that he is hard on the Slifers because he knows they can do better, they can achieve greater things and only wants to see students thrive. This drives the idea that he does care, acting callus as to keep the students on their toes not as a primary fear campaign wanting only respect. Multiple times we see his compassion shine through, the big one being his duel against Bonaparte where he in a twist becomes a defender of the Slifers (when we at first thought he hated them) and even broke a trope of a "villain" character losing power when switching sides, he quite cleanly defeated Bonaparte and without changing how he works: You can't approach his deck with typical spell and traps to win, you need to assess of change your tack as needed to win. Again we see another soft side against Chumley where this cements his ideology of not antagonising for sake of causing pain, but to test and push others. Even after the duel he makes sure to say that it wasn't about winning but showing that Chumley was indeed growing and improving showing his true goals: not to put others down but to help them become better (what a teacher should be). Finally, he shows a sentimental side the duel against Jaden a second time, commenting on how he had grown but never changed as he was beaten in the same way in their first duel (Flamewing Man beating over Ancient Gear Golemn with Skyscraper). An eccentric character who only wants his students to become better. Not to mention: He did have the coolest Duel Disk in all series to this day. I mean...who can argue? (and no Bonaparte doesn't count because his short ass needed a support wheel for that annoyance).

[@jakoblent4694]

The Academic Duel Disc is the coolest in all of yugioh i mean ya need a phd to get one of those bad boys

[@ExivusSol]

So thanks to this, his gadget monster video, and to some clever planning, i found a way to mess with my friends with AG Reactor Dragon. Since AG Gadget classifiies as both a Gear and a Gadget, you can sacrfice this card and you if have Geartown on to reduce the tribute cost by 1, you can essentially have a monster that can negate traps and spells when attacking, can attack twice, and deals damahe Def Position monster in about a few turns if you're lucky. And it is FUN.

[@factsheet4930]

16:48 Not entirely true, UFOroid Fighter, another Machine fusion monster that can have even higher original original ATK, although not listed on the card. The maximum ATK that card can achieve with its effect is 7800, which can be done by using "Windwitch - Crystal Bell" to copy the name of "UFOroid" from either players graveyard and fusing it with "Flower Cardian Lightflare" as the Warrior monster. Although realistically doing this will be extremely impracticable, and difficult. although could make for a nice challenge! 😂😂

[@Wter-oy1dh]

Fact Sheet chimeretech overdragon can actually achieve an original Attack of 10400 but it requires a lot of planning and forethought but worth it if pulled off

[@GoonTunez97]

Is no one gonna talk about how with double summon you can: play AG wyvern, search AG box, use its effect to search AG frame, then use double summon to summon AG frame to the field to then discard and search either AG fusion or AG golem if you already have it in hand? That's a 2 card plus 3 I think and I love doing it

[@zakariarehhaf3828]

I love ancient gear deck it is my favorite deck since the beginning and it keeps being stronger and stronger with the new cards! The cards that i love the most are all fusion cards when it comes to extra-deck and ancient gear golem pound when it comes to normal deck!

[@finnishnin]

Chaos Ancient Gear Giant is best used with Overload Fusion since that spell fusion summons Dark Machine Fusion monsters. It’s great for a surprise.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

There is a chronomaly monster based on the antikythira mechanism now as well. It's name is simply Antikythira Gear, but it isn't available outside of the anime yet.

[@kylebarile9550]

My favorite archetype yeeeeeessssss

[@georgethomas4567]

I love these cards they were the first GX deck I made and it was just so much fun to play with them. Sure not the greatest but still very fun.

[@Ashelybee]

They are a bit rusty but still you can use them (unlike blue eyes white dragon)

[@arcomateria116]

As a note from an Ancient Gear player, I also feel Howitzer is loosely based of of a phoenix, as it is a large bird that both burns your opponent, and has the special summoning effect (even though it doesnt float itself)

[@xtronv2118]

Can you do the gladiator beast archetype?

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

Done!

[@Robin-yk6vf]

wait... I've just noticed that the background music sounds like a track from the Castlevania game series

[@poiosMalphite]

I found your channel recently and im from greece.I know the man whom you used the source for the video and you did good research about the topic.Also keep up the good work

[@smoke264]

great video, ,you forgot "cross-dimensional duel", while it's not exactly an "ancient gear" archetype card, it's first effect specifies "ancient gear monster", and it's second "ancient gear goler or ancient gear golem ultimate pound" so I think it can be considered a support card for the archetype

[@ChoomOfDoom]

Ahh Ancient Gears. A good solid deck that's pretty fun to use.

[@chrisdobson4597]

TGS love your videos. I'm mostly a Duel Links player but played tcg back in 2010. Love the archetype videos. Must take a long time to make the quality and informative videos

[@griffingower1883]

Fact: Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem has 100 atk less than Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon

[@beyourselfdontcopyanyone]

more fun fact : chaos giant level 10 atk 4500 is same is level 12 blue eyes ultimate dragon atk 4500

[@tankl6375]

Ah yes... I want this archtype banned in Duel Links, unfortunately most of the important cards are paid to get.

[@EbilDerp]

It's not all powerful though, since it can't block card effects only spell and traps, so there are many cards that can remove it from play or destroy it

[@0xeus]

Ancient Gear Monsters are cool in their own way.

[@chrisshorten4406]

Ancient Gear Beast is so cool! I remember pulling it from a pack. Wish I never traded it... at least I think that's what I did. I can't find it anymore... or my original Fiend Skull Dragon.

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

My favorite archetype is DDD/Dark Contract

[@KageOni858]

i though u already did this???... just realized that i was thinking of the scraps + u did a separate vid on the golem cards.

[@goremagician7972]

What if we got another golem retrain (a good one this time) that was a gundam reference (maybe holding a mega sword)? That would be pretty sick to me😎

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

I made a post on Reddit talking about a bunch of fan made ancient gear monsters i came up with called ancient gear Mk2 monsters plus a few nwa ones Here's a link to it if you wanna read about it www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/yugioh/comments/coq7ln/ancient_gear_mk_2_monsters_fan_made_cards/

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

0:46 Antikythera Mechanism? 5:20 So that's a Wyvern 8:18 What's a Chimera? 12:29 Top Duels of each show according to Shueisha V-Jump Polls

[@gabrielho1874]

The Antikythera Mechanism is a clockwork device dated to Ancient Greece, noted for being unusually advanced for what is expected of the time period and location and theorised as simulating the movement of the stars for religious reasons. The Chimera refers to a mix of creatures as one single animal, with the original myth from Ancient Greece being a combination of the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. It is descended from Typhon and Echidna, father and mother of most notorious creatures in Greek mythology.

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

The ancient gear monsters always reminded me of the karakuri monsters I use in my own deck. They are bulky and both are similar to each other in appearance. While the ancient gears are consistent with corroded metal and gears while karakuri always have red circular eyes and are made of wood while styling themselves in 1900 Japanese clothing. They are also similar in battle strategy just that ancient gears work on the thought of an endless stream of strong offensive monsters while the karakuri are built on the idea self defense and counter attacks much like samurai. It’s a very neat theme for machine monsters such as this.

[@antona.9361]

I like it how before in the anime anchient gears were rare and legendary cards but then in Arc-v, its was just like "Screw it, mass produce this thing"

[@Ashelybee]

Just like computers

[@user-mh9dx7nz2r]

I've been using them recently and let me tell you. It feels wonderful to power bond giant out after a black hole and backrow clear.

[@pokeperson1000]

Now that you mention it, that really does kind of resemble a medabot's tinpet

[@Jonssniper13]

I always found it weird that ancient gear golem- ultimate pound was named that in English considering its Japanese name is agg mechanised melee as in the English attack name of agg so why did they reverse it?

[@douglasnewdell]

Jon sniper13 same reason old field spells were named Japanese words in English and vice versa

[@Jonssniper13]

Moldark Hunter yeah I guess that’s true or like how we got rigecki instead of thunder I believe?

[@bunnyboyking5215]

Moldark Hunter Same goes for other cards that have Japanese names in English.

[@zearcjustice7837]

Plz also cover the spell/trap cards

[@pukalo]

You forgot one support card: Competition - Cross Dimension Trap Card (normal) Target 1 "Ancient Gear" monster you control; banish it. During the next Standby Phase, return that monster banished by this effect to the field, and its ATK becomes double its original ATK until the end of that turn. If an "Ancient Gear Golem" and/or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

Aaahhh ANCIENT GEARS, pretty much my reason - or THE reason - why moan talking dirty or deep discusing about Any Meta Ever every single year in this game - including dragon rulers - feels OVERRATED and IRRELEVANT since they usually can surprise OTK anyways and even consistently though, oh and did i mention DrawPower too XD - Yuri's voice.... that's a nice pretty championship Link, xyz, synchro field you got there, would be bad if Twin Twister your backrow + UltimateAncientGolem OR AncientGearChaos + 2x Limiter Removal the shit out of something Would Happen XD -

[@jacquehohenheim7934]

AGCG + Power Bond + Limiter Removal = Possible OTK, maybe?

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

@@jacquehohenheim7934 Not even maybe.... it WILL Happen XD, unless you prevent it.

[@MrAlexjmercer]

I’m still waiting for new ancient gear structure deck; it would be cool to have core card in it like shaddoll one

[@phillipcosentino37]

Oh I've been looking forward to this! The Antique Gear Archetype is my favorite archetype!

[@keatonthehyena3019]

now you know why i run these things both in duel links and in pro

[@d6487]

Man, you are really good with narration!!

[@ryansmukala7618]

Holy shit I haven’t thought of Medabots in a long ass time. That’s some deep hardcore nostalgia. God I feel old as hell now

[@VhanchyShu]

God I love this Archetype. Glad you finally did a video about it. :D How I wish the fusion cards will be playable in duel links. xD

[@8bitminer]

These cards are fun to play around with an opponent. I like withering their health down with the howitzer and hunting hounds before delivering an unnecessarily strong chaos giant attack.

[@robertdonaldson5095]

One of my favorites

[@Devastator72]

I love ancient gear monsters and the 2 I like the most are AGG and UAGG,also the card I think that goes with them but don't know if it counts as a ancient gear card is called cross-dimensional duel.

[@pandorasnyactor474]

when im using this archetype im just imagining soldiers shooting from trenches and using altilarry cannon.....AND I LOVE IT

[@FSKyurem]

I hold an irl Ancient Gear deck and a Ancient Gear deck in Duel Links, the latter of which is currently undefeated in online PvP

[@dent41]

My favourite card is Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon. Because i have an 8 card combo with it. (in order of summoning/activating) Geartown, MST (or a spell card that can destroy spell/traps), Ancient Gear Gadget, Psuedo Space, Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon, Ancient Gear Castle, Psychic Blade, Limitor Removal. Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon that can attack twice, piercing battle damage, with up to 10600 attack and 5300 defense. Basicly an instant win against most decks. Tell me a combo that can beat this i want to know. (read all the cards and effects above to know what you're up against)

[@rickmcson3111]

Ash Blossom or you bricking before pulling off that combo.

[@beyourselfdontcopyanyone]

i know 1 card only (1 card combo) that can bring out chaos giant with 9000 atk in one turn without power pond or limiter remover ;)

[@Meewthree]

Always liked the Ancient Gear cards, but when I go up against them I always forget that I won't be able to activate traps until the end of the battle phase XD

[@jacquescadeau5513]

I can imagine this deck having synchros. Maybe the guy who used it in 5D’S had added synchros to it. :P

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

They got a Link. Ancient Gear Ballista.

[@tingle7986]

My absolute favorite archtype in all of yugioh

[@neetynayd2859]

This archetype is so cool!!! Found the one... Hope to see cards of ancient gear in duel links! That would be badass!!!! Who did pause the video to look at the results of fave duels of each yugioh series?? Arc-V is Only One that the side chararcters won the #1 fan fave duel.... hahaha.... poor yuya

[@FamousGames111]

Got soooo many otks with this deck Chaos Ancient Gear Giant is an absolute mad lad and I love playing this deck That is before someone stole it…

[@Crazy_Dialga]

Take a drink every time Sam says 'Ancient Gear' (or may just gear if you're brave)

[@Actionfan19]

Unless you’re already planning it you should do a trivia video for the Supreme King cards.

[@Arcaco829]

I think that is humanoid are more likely based on Talos the first robot in Greek mythology, who is made by Hephaestus God of engineering

[@spiersy1162]

Really really want Konami to release all the hunting hound monsters

[@nyleo04]

I've been looking for the Archfiend Archetype video but I don't believe you've made one. Would you be able to? It's always been one of my favorites!

[@adamvoid555]

Yeah, I think they are cool too and worth making a video

[@zgct3648]

Nice Video, My Dude! I can't wait until you do the Elementsaber and Elemental Lords!

[@Coolmusicplaylist]

U get a like for the Medabots AND classic Medabee refrence

[@hanakoisbestgirl4752]

Medabots. I loved medabots as a kid. I dressed up as Metabee for Halloween

[@rylanortheunyielding3811]

Wyverns are dragons without front legs AND the ability to breathe elements such as,fire,ice,lighting,etc

[@sandwormsandwhale6886]

But thank you for showing me all the ancient gears.

[@joshuareyes988]

Chaos giant is one of the most powerful fusion cards in my opinion

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

It is one of the strongest Seriously that thing can end the duel as soon as it's summoned and there's not much you can do to stop it due to it's massive 4500 attack and irs ability to prevent the opponent can't use monster effects during the battle phase plus it's immune to spell and traps.

[@Shortstack06]

if you use ancient gear hydra , use ancient gear gadget to use both effects

[@davidmartin5483]

The Hydra looks like to have right under the heads a space were the green, yellow and red gadget can be placed looking like the dile wich is similar to all those machines

[@GatorRay]

And to think that Sam forgot that he did episodes on Ancient Gear Golem & Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem before.

[@gustavofring2246]

I look at these vids for the fact i want to know whats goes into duel links and we need MOST of the Ancient Gears at this point

[@Desvaswarrior]

My Favorite deck is a ancient gear mixed with newer gears. Plus rank 8 numbers xyz

[@MunchVGC]

YES!!! MY FAVORITE ARCHETYPE IS HERE!!! THANKS MATE!!! :)

[@LovableScouse]

There’s one thing that makes ancient gear reactor dragon broken as fuck, if you use “ancient gear gadget” as a tribute for it then it gains both effects

[@clockwise6130]

OMG I LOVED METABOTS, THAT SHOW WAS SO GOOD.

[@bsbcosplay]

Should update with the new link monster