Forbidden Deck Breakdown

EARTH 4

You can send 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" from your hand, Deck, or face-up Monster Zone to the GY; immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster. If you Normal or Special Summon "Ancient Gear Golem" (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" from your hand or GY, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can banish this card from your GY; place 1 "Ancient Gear" Continuous Trap from your hand face-up on your field. You can only use each effect of "Ancient Gear Commander" once per turn.

EARTH 8

This card's name becomes "Ancient Gear Golem" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add up to 2 cards ("Ancient Gear" cards and/or "Geartown") from your Deck to your hand, except "Ancient Gear Dark Golem", then discard 1 card, also you cannot Set cards for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Dark Golem" once per turn. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.

EARTH 4

You can discard 1 card; add 1 "Ancient Gear Golem", or 1 Spell/Trap that specifically lists the card "Ancient Gear Golem" in its text, from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Frame" once per turn. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this face-up card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon up to 3 "Ancient Gear Golem" and/or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" from your hand, ignoring their Summoning conditions.

EARTH 8

Cannot be Special Summoned. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage.

EARTH 2

If your opponent controls more monsters than you do, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Ancient Gear Statue" once per turn this way. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon from your hand or Deck, 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" or 1 monster that mentions it, except "Ancient Gear Statue", ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Statue" once per turn.

EARTH 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your hand, except "Ancient Gear Tanker", ignoring its Summoning conditions, or, if your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon from your GY instead. You can target 1 face-up card you control; destroy it, also for the rest of this turn, all monsters you control that are "Ancient Gear Golem", or mention it, gain 600 ATK. You can only use each effect of "Ancient Gear Tanker" once per turn.

EARTH 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Ancient Gear" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ancient Gear Wyvern", also you cannot Set cards for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Wyvern" once per turn. If this card attacks, your opponent's monsters cannot activate their effects until the end of the Damage Step.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

WATER 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to your opponent's field in Defense Position, by Tributing 1 monster they control. If Summoned this way, once, during the End Phase of this turn: You can draw 1 card.

EARTH 8

2 "Ancient Gear" monsters Unaffected by other cards' effects. During your Main Phase: You can inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Howitzer" once per turn. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

EARTH 9

3 "Ancient Gear" monsters If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card was Fusion Summoned using 2 or more "Ancient Gear Golem" and/or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" as material, it can attack up to that many times during each Battle Phase. If this face-up Fusion Summoned card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem" from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

LIGHT 6

1 "Melodious Maestra" monster + 1 "Melodious" monster Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, also you take no battle damage from attacks involving this card. If this card battles a Special Summoned monster, after damage calculation: You can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference between the original ATK of that opponent's monster and this card, and if you do, destroy that opponent's monster.

DARK 10

4 "Ancient Gear" monsters Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Unaffected by Spell/Trap effects. Your opponent's monsters cannot activate their effects during the Battle Phase. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

WIND 6

"Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" + "Berfomet" (This card is always treated as a "Phantom Beast" card.) When this card is destroyed: You can target 1 "Berfomet" or 1 "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target.

DARK 8

"Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" + 1+ Illusion monsters This card's name becomes "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" while on the field or in the GY. This card can attack monsters a number of times each Battle Phase, up to the number of materials used for it. If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. At the end of the Damage Step, if this card battled an opponent's monster: You can change that opponent's monster's ATK to 0, also negate its effects.

LIGHT 8

1 "Melodious Maestra" monster + 2 "Melodious" monsters (Quick Effect): You can banish (until the End Phase) any number of "Melodious" monsters you control, then you can return up to that many face-up cards your opponent controls to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Flowering Etoile the Melodious Magnificat" once per turn. If this face-up Fusion Summoned card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card: You can Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck, except "Flowering Etoile the Melodious Magnificat".

LIGHT 6

2 "Melodious" monsters During either player's turn: You can target up to 3 cards in any Graveyard(s); banish them, and if you do, this card gains 200 ATK for each. This effect can only be used once while this card is face-up on the field.

EARTH 10

"Ancient Gear Golem" + 2 "Ancient Gear" monsters Must be Fusion Summoned. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is destroyed: You can target 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" in your GY; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: Add 1 "Ancient Gear" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, except "Ancient Gear Advance". Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 monster; draw 1 card and apply this effect for the rest of this turn (even if this card leaves the field). ● You can Normal Summon "Ancient Gear Golem", or Level 5 or higher monsters that mention it, without Tributing. You cannot Set cards the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Ancient Gear Advance" per turn.

Spell Normal

While you control no monsters: Target 1 face-up card you control; destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 face-up card you control; destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear Token" (Machine-Type/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0). You can only use 1 "Ancient Gear Catapult" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Spell Continuous

During the turn they were Normal or Special Summoned, your opponent cannot target "Ancient Gear" monsters you control with card effects, and they cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of "Ancient Gear" cards and effects. If this card is destroyed in the Spell & Trap Zone: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your hand or Graveyard, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Ancient Gear" monsters.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material. If you use "Ancient Gear Golem" or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" you control as Fusion Material, you can also use monsters from your Deck as material.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Field

Both players can Normal Summon "Ancient Gear" monsters for 1 less Tribute. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.

Spell Normal

This card's activation and effect cannot be negated. At the start of your Main Phase 1 or 2: Target any number of face-up cards on the field; for each targeted card, banish 1 card from your hand, or 6 cards from your Extra Deck, face-down, then return those targeted cards to the hand.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using 3 or more monsters from your hand or field as material. You can also banish monsters from your Extra Deck as material, up to the number of monsters your opponent controls, but you lose LP equal to the total ATK of monsters banished this way, when the monster is Fusion Summoned.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field.

Spell Normal

Pay 1500 LP and declare 1 Monster Type and 1 Attribute; your opponent must send 1 face-up monster with the declared Type and Attribute from their field to the GY, if possible. For the rest of this turn, your opponent cannot activate the effects of monsters with that sent monster's name. You can only activate 1 "Herald of the Abyss" per turn.

Spell Normal

If you control no face-up cards: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls. ● Destroy all Spells and Traps your opponent controls. You can only activate 1 "Lightning Storm" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during your Main Phase this turn: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Draw 2 cards. ● Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. ● Look at your opponent's hand, and choose 1 card from it to shuffle into the Deck. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Talent" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.

Trap Continuous

"Ancient Gear Golem", and monsters that mention it, in your Monster Zone are unaffected by your opponent's activated monster effects. If your opponent controls a monster: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that mentions "Ancient Gear Golem" from your Extra Deck, by banishing monsters from your field or GY as material, including "Ancient Gear Golem" you control, and if you do, it can make up to 3 attacks during each Battle Phase. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Duel" once per turn.

EARTH 8

This card's name becomes "Ancient Gear Golem" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add up to 2 cards ("Ancient Gear" cards and/or "Geartown") from your Deck to your hand, except "Ancient Gear Dark Golem", then discard 1 card, also you cannot Set cards for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Dark Golem" once per turn. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.

EARTH 2

If your opponent controls more monsters than you do, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Ancient Gear Statue" once per turn this way. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon from your hand or Deck, 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" or 1 monster that mentions it, except "Ancient Gear Statue", ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Statue" once per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

WATER 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

EARTH 9

3 "Ancient Gear" monsters If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card was Fusion Summoned using 2 or more "Ancient Gear Golem" and/or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" as material, it can attack up to that many times during each Battle Phase. If this face-up Fusion Summoned card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem" from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

LIGHT 6

1 "Melodious Maestra" monster + 1 "Melodious" monster Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, also you take no battle damage from attacks involving this card. If this card battles a Special Summoned monster, after damage calculation: You can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference between the original ATK of that opponent's monster and this card, and if you do, destroy that opponent's monster.

DARK 10

4 "Ancient Gear" monsters Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Unaffected by Spell/Trap effects. Your opponent's monsters cannot activate their effects during the Battle Phase. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

LIGHT 8

1 "Melodious Maestra" monster + 2 "Melodious" monsters (Quick Effect): You can banish (until the End Phase) any number of "Melodious" monsters you control, then you can return up to that many face-up cards your opponent controls to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Flowering Etoile the Melodious Magnificat" once per turn. If this face-up Fusion Summoned card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card: You can Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck, except "Flowering Etoile the Melodious Magnificat".

EARTH 10

"Ancient Gear Golem" + 2 "Ancient Gear" monsters Must be Fusion Summoned. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is destroyed: You can target 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" in your GY; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Field

Both players can Normal Summon "Ancient Gear" monsters for 1 less Tribute. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.

Spell Normal

This card's activation and effect cannot be negated. At the start of your Main Phase 1 or 2: Target any number of face-up cards on the field; for each targeted card, banish 1 card from your hand, or 6 cards from your Extra Deck, face-down, then return those targeted cards to the hand.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field.

Spell Normal

If you control no face-up cards: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls. ● Destroy all Spells and Traps your opponent controls. You can only activate 1 "Lightning Storm" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during your Main Phase this turn: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Draw 2 cards. ● Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. ● Look at your opponent's hand, and choose 1 card from it to shuffle into the Deck. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Talent" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.