Editing Rank

{{About|the monster property|the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses'' mechanic|Deck Leader#Rank}}
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| kanji      = ランク
| romaji     = Ranku
| english    = Rank
| french     = Rang
| german     = Rang
| italian    = Rango
| korean     = 랭크 ''Raengkeu''
| spanish    = Rango
| chinese    = 階級 ''Jiējí / Gaai1 kap1''
| portuguese = Classe
| simplified chinese = 阶级 ''Jiējí''
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A '''Rank''' (Japanese: ランク ''Ranku'') is a property exclusive to [[Xyz Monster]]s, in place of a [[Level]]. An Xyz Monster's Rank corresponds to the required [[Level]]s of its [[Xyz Material]]s.

==Card layout==
The [[original Rank]] of an Xyz Monster Card is generally represented by a number of stars [[File:Rank Star.svg|18px|alt=a yellow star on a black circle]] 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 monsters without Levels as Material, and have 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 Material]]s, with a handful of exceptional cases where the Summoning requirement has been changed to require Xyz monsters.

==Mechanics==
<!--In the ''OCG'' and ''TCG'', monsters cannot have a Rank lower than 1, but [[effect]]s can freely raise a monster's Rank to arbitrarily large values in excess of 12. (commented out because there are no specific rulings on this, but it would be consistent with the rulings for Levels)
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A monster can only have a single Rank at a time.<ref>{{cite book |author=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015 |url=https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/ |page=48}}</ref>

When [[Xyz Summon]]ing 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 Summon|Synchro]] or [[Xyz Summon]]s (unless specifically permitted, such as with the [[Pendulum Effect]] of "[[Xiangke Magician]]"); and any [[effect]]s that refer to the Level of a monster (such as "[[Gravity Bind]]" and most [[Ritual Spell Card]]s) 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==
{{Show card image gallery
| Number F0: Utopic Future             | A [[Rank 0 Monster Cards|Rank 0 Xyz Monster]]
| Ghostrick Dullahan                   | A [[Rank 1 Monster Cards|Rank 1 Xyz Monster]]
| Number 64: Ronin Raccoon Sandayu     | A [[Rank 2 Monster Cards|Rank 2 Xyz Monster]]
| Battlin' Boxer Cheat Commissioner    | A [[Rank 3 Monster Cards|Rank 3 Xyz Monster]]
| Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer     | A [[Rank 4 Monster Cards|Rank 4 Xyz Monster]]
| Crimson Knight Vampire Bram          | A [[Rank 5 Monster Cards|Rank 5 Xyz Monster]]
| Number 39: Utopia Beyond             | A [[Rank 6 Monster Cards|Rank 6 Xyz Monster]]
| CXyz Barian Hope                     | A [[Rank 7 Monster Cards|Rank 7 Xyz Monster]]
| Teardrop the Rikka Queen             | A [[Rank 8 Monster Cards|Rank 8 Xyz Monster]]
| Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon        | A [[Rank 9 Monster Cards|Rank 9 Xyz Monster]]
| Number 99: Utopic Dragon             | A [[Rank 10 Monster Cards|Rank 10 Xyz Monster]]
| CXyz Skypalace Babylon               | A [[Rank 11 Monster Cards|Rank 11 Xyz Monster]]
| Super Quantal Mech King Great Magnus | A [[Rank 12 Monster Cards|Rank 12 Xyz Monster]]
| Number iC1000: Numeronius Numeronia  | A [[Rank 13 Monster Cards|Rank 13 Xyz Monster]]
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==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]]".

==References==
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