The card is still excellent for red decks, and it is the gold standard for cheap counter Events
You dont even need other deserts to consider this
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Because of the cycling, the Serpent was easily the best of the blue "sleeping" enchantments, able to completely stifle an opponent's offense early in the game
Geartown's destruction even lets you bring out a monster as strong as Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon for free, which is awesome, there's a Trap Card called Ancient Gear Reborn in where anytime your field's empty, you can Special Summon Ancient Gear monsters from the Graveyard and it's a Continuous trap so you can do it as many times as you want and the archetype even combos brilliantly with Urgent Schedule
UR Ultra Rare The Breaking Ruin God X SPELL Quick-Play The activation of this card, or its effects, cannot be negated, nor can its effects be negated
