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{{About|the monster property|the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses'' mechanic|Deck Leader#Rank}}[[File:Rank.png|thumb|A Rank Star]]A '''Rank''' (Japanese: ランク ''Ranku'') is an indicator that is a property exclusive to [[Exceed Xyz Monster|Exceed Monsters]]s, used in place of a [[Level]]. It is indicated by a number of stars, similar An Xyz Monster's Rank corresponds to a Level; however, they are aligned at the left side of the card, and are depicted by a yellow star on a black circle. The Rank of an Exceed Monster is the same as the required [[Level ]]s of its [[Exceed Xyz Material Monster]]s.

It should be noted, however, that the ==Card layout==The [[original Rank itself ]] of an Xyz Monster Card is NOT generally represented by a number of stars [[File:Rank Star.svg|18px|alt=a yellow star on a Level, so therefore cards that pertain 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 Monster, such as "[[Gravity BindRank condition]]", do NOT affact Exceed monstersthat treats their original Rank as a different value.

In the ''[[OCG]]'Example:'and ''<gallery heights="250px" perrow="3" captionalign="left">GachigachiGantetsuYSD6-JP.png |A [[Rank 2 Monster Cards|Rank 2 Exceed MonsterTCG]]'', monsters' original Ranks can range from 1 to 13.No17ReviseDragonGENF-JP-UR.jpg |A [[Rank 3 Monster Cards|monster's printed Rank 3 Exceed Monster]].No39AspiringEmperorHopeYSD6-JP-UR.jpg |A is the same as the Level of its required [[Rank 4 Monster Cards|Rank 4 Exceed MonsterXyz Material]]s, with a handful of exceptional cases where the Summoning requirement has been changed to require Xyz monsters.</gallery>

==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)-->A monster can only have a single Rank at a time.<ref>{{Stubcite book |author=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015 |url=https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/ |page=48}}</ref>

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=={{GameplayShow 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]]}} ==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]]". ==In other languages=={{In other languages| fr_name = Rang| de_name = Rang| it_name = Rango| pt_name = Classe| es_name = Rango| ja_name = ランク| ja_romaji = Ranku| ko_name = 랭크| ko_rr = Raengkeu| tc_name = 階級| tc_pinyin = Jiējí| sc_name = 阶级| sc_pinyin = Jiējí}} ==References==<references/> {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}{{Card layout}} [[Category:Card layout]]