Watching Yu-Gi-Oh! short videos is making the veteran players lose...

The students, especially those who had lost to Professor Crowler multiple times, were now trembling as they looked at him. Alright, then. This Ancient Gear deck showcase had once again established Professor Crowler's authority. Before, in the eyes of others, he was a somewhat comical and foolish teacher. Now, even though the current Professor Crowler didn't possess the strength of this new AG deck, he still made them tremble.

As for Professor Crowler, he was now blooming with joy. "Hahaha! Mamma Mia! I can't take it anymore! I can't take it! Did you all see that?! Who still dares to call my AG a bricky monster? You all better get to know Ancient Gear Megaton Golem and Ancient Gear Chaos Giant! Take a good look at what true overwhelming offense is!"

Professor Crowler was getting more and more carried away.

Meanwhile, in the DM World, after seeing these Fusion monsters with powerful attacks and multi-attack pressure, even Seto Kaiba had fallen silent. Compared to Blue-Eyes, Ancient Gears didn't seem weak at all! Or rather, both decks had their own strengths and weaknesses. But... why was it so annoying? Looking at Ancient Gears now was even more annoying than looking at Dark Magician. Kaiba gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, trying to calm himself down.

"Kaiba-boy!" Maximillion Pegasus said with a strange smile. "It seems that AG and your Blue-Eyes have certain similar characteristics. But it doesn't matter. You must understand one thing, the description on the Blue-Eyes White Dragon vanilla card..."

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ARC-V World, Fusion Dimension

Sora Perse narrowed his eyes as he looked at the few Ancient Gear Fusion monsters on the screen. As a user of the Frightfur Fusion deck, he felt a hint of fear from this Ancient Gear Fusion archetype for the first time.

"What terrifying fusion power," Sora muttered to himself before shaking his head. "I wonder how it compares to Yuri and Celina's decks... Who is stronger?" What am I thinking? How could I have such an idea? Obviously, Predaplants are the strongest! Sora would not forget how Yuri's Predaplants became famous in one battle. "Forget it, I should hurry to the Standard Dimension. I need to speed things up." After snapping back to reality, Sora stopped watching the AG showcase and continued with his own plans.

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The showcase of the Ancient Gear Fusion monsters in the short video was not over. Ancient Gear is Faith continued his explanation.

Ancient Gear is Faith: "Hahaha, after seeing these, have many of you already fallen in love with AG? Actually, AG's strength is far more than this. In this archetype, there is one more Fusion monster. Although his ATK is not high, and his offensive desire is weak, I can tell you that this card can give the Ancient Gear build a unique second spring. This card is... Ancient Gear Howitzer!!!" (Note: The text uses Devil/魔神, but the description matches Howitzer)

[Card Name: Ancient Gear Howitzer (Level 8)]

[Attribute: EARTH]

[Type: Machine]

[ATK/DEF: 1000/1800]

What the hell? Only 1000 ATK? And only 1800 DEF? Are you sure this is an Ancient Gear monster? When did the archetype start running such a weak card? No, wait! It seems... it's not that simple!

The duelists across the six worlds were stunned at first! While they were suspecting this card was a joke, they noticed its effects!

Effect 1: Unaffected by other cards' effects. (Simple, easy to understand, and awesome! A weak body with god-like protection! What is this card's origin?! It has the same protection as an Egyptian God?!)

Effect 2: During your Main Phase: You can inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. (Simple and powerful! Degenerate burn! 1000 burn damage in the main phase might not be much in the higher world, but this was their lower-level duel world! If this card could easily burn for 1000, the duel could be over in four turns! Couldn't you just play a degenerate stall strategy with this? Wait a minute... a dream collaboration with Eldlich?)

As for Effect 3: If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. (Alright! Its final word effect can also help with an unconditional Special Summon! After being destroyed by battle, it can even help the opponent... wait, help you combo off! Ridiculous! What kind of disgusting card was this?)

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GX World

Even Professor Crowler was dumbfounded! This... this was an Ancient Gear? Are you sure it wasn't the illegitimate child of an Egyptian God? Could Ancient Gears really have a support Fusion card with god-like protection?! But soon, Professor Crowler was about to cry out loud! Indeed. The protection was amazing. The card's intimidating presence was strong. But... its stats were too weak! 1000 ATK! Wasn't this clearly telling him that if he played this "Howitzer," he could only rely on burn damage to deal with the enemy?

Crowler rubbed his temples with a headache. He never would have thought that the Ancient Gear deck, after a series of powerful offensive cards with over 3000 ATK, would end up with this card that gained invincible protection but had the stats of a 1000 ATK weakling.

"Oh, Mamma Mia, what a pity," Crowler lamented. "If I have to rely on a burn strategy, that's too disgraceful! The Ancient Gear deck is not meant to win like that!" As a respectable professor, he naturally couldn't stand winning with a degenerate burn strategy. As Ancient Gears, you had to OTK the opponent with overwhelming force! That's what was satisfying!

"Professor Crowler, you should be happy!" Alexis Rhodes rolled her eyes. "The archetype has a card with protection comparable to a god! And you're not satisfied? My Cyber Angels don't even know if they have a future! Now Ancient Gears have powerful offensive cards and a card with god-like protection to stall turns. And you're still complaining?"

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5DS World

After seeing this card with protection stronger than the Earthbound Immortals, Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, and the others all showed grave expressions.

"This card's protection and effect are indeed not weak," they thought. "It can be compared with the Earthbound Immortals! A pity its stats are really too weak. That's a fatal flaw. But! This is a scoop! I must take a picture!" The news-loving Carly Carmine had arrived on the scene. After seeing this card, she excitedly took out her camera and kept taking pictures of the screen. Perhaps because of Carly's comical actions, Yusei and Jack, who had been worried about this card involving dark powers similar to the Earthbound Immortals, relaxed. This card's protection was indeed over the top, but it should just be an ordinary card. Besides, with its attack power, a card that could only rely on burn damage to win probably didn't have any dark powers.

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While the duelists in the six worlds were thinking about this card in their own ways, the introduction of the Fusion engine in the short video had concluded. The next part was about the one-card combo of the Ancient Gear deck.

Ancient Gear is Faith: "Alright, after seeing the few ace Fusion monsters, next is the explanation of why I said Wyvern was the key card. As we all know, Wyvern can search for most of the in-archetype cards. So, how does it combo with the in-archetype Spells and Traps? Let's first look at a simple one-card combo. First, we have just one Ancient Gear Wyvern in our hand! We Normal Summon Ancient Gear Wyvern! Wyvern's effect activates, we search for the Continuous Spell Ancient Gear Catapult! Activate Ancient Gear Catapult! Catapult's effect activates, we search for the Spell Card Ancient Gear Catapult! Catapult's effect activates again, we Tribute Wyvern to draw 1 card and gain resources. Activate Ancient Gear Catapult! Catapult's effect activates, destroy Catapult, Special Summon Ancient Gear Dark Golem from the deck!"

[Card Name: Ancient Gear Dark Golem (Level 8)]

[Attribute: EARTH]

[Type: Machine]

[ATK/DEF: 3000/3000]

[Effect: This card's name becomes "Ancient Gear Golem" while on the field or in the GY. (And other effects...)]

"Here, this involves this card! After a simple look at its effect, we'll understand that there are two lines of play! First, going second, we search for Ancient Gear Fusion and Ancient Gear Fortress! Discard the resource we gained earlier. One allows for fusion from the deck, the other provides targeting and effect destruction immunity on summon. Second, going first, we search for Ancient Gear Commander and the Trap card Ancient Gear Reborn! Discarding Commander to the GY can lift our restriction of not being able to set cards, and the Trap Reborn can also perform a fusion during the opponent's turn! Have you learned it? This is the most basic operational strategy and opening play for AG! I think it's very simple, right?"

Silence. The duelists across the six worlds once again fell into silence. A series of outputs, combined with the one-card Wyvern combo on the screen, made the duelists of the old-school worlds feel like they were listening to an English class, not understanding a single word! They recognized every word, but when they were put together, they were completely baffled! What search? What destruction? Why can you still make plays after summoning an ace monster? What is any of this?

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DM World

Except for Kaiba and Yugi, the other duelists were already dumbfounded and speechless. They were all thinking, what on earth was this video blogger talking about? This whole string of explanations had left them completely confused! And what was even more absurd was that this was really a one-card combo! It only required one Wyvern to fill the board with resources! This was too ridiculous, wasn't it? When did dueling evolve to this point?

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