Rank

This article is about the monster property. For the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses mechanic, see Deck Leader § Rank.

Rank
Japanese	ランク
Japanese (romanized)	Ranku
English	Rank
Other names French: Rang German: Rang Italian: Rango Korean: 랭크 Raengkeu Portuguese: Classe Spanish: Rango Traditional Chinese: 階級 Jiējí / Gaai1 kap1 Simplified Chinese: 阶级 Jiējí

A Rank (Japanese: ランク Ranku) is a property exclusive to Xyz Monsters, in place of a Level. An Xyz Monster's Rank corresponds to the required Levels of its Xyz Materials.

Card layout

The original Rank of an Xyz Monster Card is generally represented by a number of stars printed in the top-left. The Rank stars being left-aligned contrasts to the right-alignment of Level stars. Monsters with a printed Rank of 0 use other Xyz monsters as Material, and a Rank condition that treats their original Rank as a different value.

In the OCG and TCG, monsters' original Ranks can range from 1 to 13. A monster's printed Rank is the same as the Level of its required Xyz Materials, with a handful of exceptional cases where the Summoning requirement has been changed to require Xyz monsters.

Mechanics

A monster can only have a single Rank at a time.

When Xyz Summoning an Xyz Monster, the player normally must use two or more monsters with the same Level, whose Levels are the same as the Rank of the Xyz Monster being Summoned.

An Xyz Monster's Rank is not its Level—Xyz Monsters do not have a Level. Consequently, Xyz Monsters cannot normally be used as material for a Synchro or Xyz Summons (unless specifically permitted, such as with the Pendulum Effect of "Xiangke Magician"); and any effects that refer to the Level of a monster (such as "Gravity Bind" and most Ritual Spell Cards) cannot be applied to Xyz Monsters. Since Xyz Monsters do not have Levels, cards that modify Levels (such as "Harmonic Waves") do not affect the Rank of Xyz Monsters. However, some card effects refer to both Levels and Ranks together (such as "Al-Lumi'raj" and "Toon Mask").

Gallery

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  A Rank 0 Xyz Monster for its summoning requirement ("Number F0: Utopic Future")

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  A Rank 1 Xyz Monster ("Ghostrick Dullahan")

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  A Rank 2 Xyz Monster ("Number 64: Ronin Raccoon Sandayu")

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  A Rank 3 Xyz Monster ("Battlin' Boxer Cheat Commissioner")

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  A Rank 4 Xyz Monster ("Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer")

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  A Rank 5 Xyz Monster ("Crimson Knight Vampire Bram")

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  A Rank 6 Xyz Monster ("Number 39: Utopia Beyond")

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  A Rank 7 Xyz Monster ("CXyz Barian Hope")

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  A Rank 8 Xyz Monster ("Teardrop the Rikka Queen")

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  A Rank 9 Xyz Monster ("Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon")

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  A Rank 10 Xyz Monster ("Number 99: Utopic Dragon")

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  A Rank 11 Xyz Monster ("CXyz Skypalace Babylon")

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  A Rank 12 Xyz Monster ("Super Quantal Mech King Great Magnus")

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  A Rank 13 Xyz Monster ("Number iC1000: Numerounius Numerounia")

Trivia

• Due to the impracticality of Xyz Summoning them in the normal way, all Rank 11 and higher Xyz Monsters either have an alternate Summoning procedure (Xyz Evolution), or were designed to be Summoned via another card's effect (e.g. a "Rank-Up-Magic" card). However, a few do give a benefit for Summoning them with their printed materials, such as "Number 77: The Seven Sins".