Edison format ruling

Ancient Gear Castle

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Ancient Gear Castle
Card effect (current official text)All "Ancient Gear" monsters gain 300 ATK. Each time a monster is Normal Summoned/Set, place 1 counter on this card. If you Tribute Summon an "Ancient Gear" monster face-up, you can Tribute this card instead, if the number of its counters is equal to or greater than the number of required Tribute(s).

Rulings

(1) Face-up Ancient Gear monsters gain 300 ATK. (2) Each time a monster(s) is Normal Summoned or Set, put 1 counter on this card. (3) If you Tribute Summon an Ancient Gear monster, you can substitute this card for a Tribute(s), if the number of counters is equal to or greater than the number of required Tribute(s).

  • The (1) Continuous-like Effect applies to Ancient Gear monsters on BOTH sides of the field.
  • The (2) Continuous-like Effect does not start a Chain.
  • "Set" means to Set from the hand.
  • This card gains counters when a monster is Normal Summoned or Set (from the hand), even if a card effect performs the action (such as Ultimate Offering).
  • This card does not gain counters when a monster is Set by a card effect (by "Book of Moon").
  • This card does not gain counters when a monster is Special Summoned face-down (by "The Shallow Grave").
  • The (3) Continuous-like Effect does not start a Chain.
  • While Geartown is active, you can Tribute Ancient Gear Castle with 1 Counter to Tribute Summon Ancient Gear Golem.
  • This is not an extra Normal Summon, it only substitutes the monster(s) to be Tributed.
  • This effect does not apply for a Tribute Set.
source: Rulings_Edison (Format Library)
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