EARTH
8Toon Ancient Gear Golem
Archetype:
Toon
ATK:
3000
DEF:
3000
View:
4792
Cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.
Toon Ancient Gear Golem — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Toon Ancient Gear Golem is a 3000-ATK Boss body whose only real value is its attack: it can attack directly and deal piercing damage while the controller has Toon World and the opponent controls no Toon monsters. Its 3000 ATK and Level 8 earn no points by themselves; the score rests on the text-conditioned attack and on the Toon deck's routes to it. With no combo boards recorded, the conversion score is text-only inference and the card is held to a mid-range Boss rating.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Live in 117 recent decks, mostly as a single copy, with Toon-support partners such as Toon Kingdom and Toon Table of Contents, but no recorded starter or searched appearances (observed deck frequency; route inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text converts it into a 3000-ATK piercing attacker under Toon World, but no combo boards or power index are supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | The card text gives no draw, search, or recursion, so it yields no card advantage (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Its only interaction is that an attack stops the opponent activating Spell/Trap cards until the end of the Damage Step, which is situational and timing-bound (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Level 8 Earth Machine it is a usable material, but it is a Toon-restricted body with no evidence of material use in recorded boards (inferred from text and stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It cannot attack the turn it is Summoned and its direct attack needs Toon World and a Toon-free opponent field, so one Toon blocker or a Toon World removal shuts it down (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Run mostly at one copy, with no garnet or self-lock text in the description, so it costs one slot in a Toon build (observed deck copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Boss/End-board profile, single role (no secondary). Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Conditional attack restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- 3000 ATK piercing body that converts to direct damage under Toon World
- Recurring Toon-deck presence across 23 archetype homes in the sample
- Single-copy slot cost with no garnet text
Weaknesses
- Cannot attack the turn it is Summoned
- Direct attack requires Toon World and no opposing Toon monsters
- No card advantage or interaction beyond the attack-time Spell/Trap lock
Counters / choke points
- Any opposing Toon monster blocks its direct attack
- Removal or disruption of Toon World
Best use
Boss/End-board finisher for Toon builds. Decks: Toon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: cannot attack the turn it is Summoned; direct attack and piercing conditions; attack locks Spell/Trap activation until end of Damage Step; 117 decks run it, 102 at one copy
- Observed: Toon-support partners in the deck sample (Toon Kingdom 94.9%, Toon Table of Contents 93.2%); Guide mentions frame it as a Toon body that cannot attack on its Summon turn
- Inferred: Accessibility route depends on Toon searchers and support that the evidence does not table; Blocking and removal counters inferred from the direct-attack condition
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only