Number

Number
Numbers
Japanese	Ｎｏ.（ナンバーズ）
Japanese (ruby)	ナンバーズ
Japanese (base text)	Ｎｏ.
Japanese (romanized)	Nanbāzu
Japanese (translated)	Numbers
English	Numbers
Appears in (sets)	Starter Deck 2011 Starter Deck: Dawn of the Xyz Generation Force V Jump Magazine Promotional Cards Photon Shockwave Weekly Jump Magazine Promotional Cards The Valuable Book Promotional Cards: Series 14 Duelist Pack 12: Yuma Tsukumo Order of Chaos V Jump Edition 6
Appears in (anime)	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Appears in (manga)	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Lists	members

The Number monsters (abbreviated as Ｎｏ.（ナンバーズ） in the OCG) are a series of special Xyz Monsters. According to Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, there are 100 of them; so far, 27 are in a known character's possession while 17 are known by name, as well as 1 Chaos version.

Story

When Yuma Tsukumo unlocked the Door with his Emperor's Key, he opened a portal between his own and other dimension, allowing Astral to come into his world. Yuma found himself trapped within a sphere of blank cards, which shortly shattered away. By crossing into Yuma's world, Astral's memories got transformed into the 99 "Number" cards and scattered in unknown directions. In order to regain his lost memories, Astral teamed up with Yuma.

Yuma trapped within a sphere of blank "Numbers".

When they are Summoned, their respective numbers are printed on their users. They have been shown to be very dangerous, as their users are easily possessed by their power (with the exception of Yuma due to his partnership with Astral and Kaito who has powers similar to those of Astral's, as well as Shark who was able to handle a "Number" in episode 22). It is said that these "Number" monsters cannot be destroyed with cards in this world. "Number" monsters can only be defeated by other "Number" monsters. However, when two or more "Numbers" confront themselves in a Duel they'll fight each other to consume one another. When a "Number" is defeated in a Duel by Yuma, Yuma obtains it, and its power is absorbed into Astral. Also when Yuma defeats a "Number" monster Astral gains another part of his memory.

Astral mentions there are 99 Numbers, but according to Kaito Tenjo, there are 100 Numbers. As Astral already had 1 of the Numbers, "Utopia", it is possible Astral was refering to the other 99 Numbers.

Abilities

In the anime, "Numbers" have a few "special" abilities that are unique. "Numbers" can only be destroyed by other "Numbers". The "Numbers" amplify the darkness and desires of humans, whether these cause good or bad. Also, when Summoned, "Numbers" have a special form that they first appear as, then they transform into their artwork. When a "Number" is defeated, they are absorbed into Astral, and can be used by any duelist whom Astral is currently with. Each "Number" contains a piece of Astral's memory, which he recovers each time he absorbs one.

They are also known to manipulate their user into summoning them as soon as possible, sometimes to the point of cheating as seen with Rikuo and Kaio. Numbers also manipulate their users into protecting them at any cost, as seen when "Number 83: Galaxy Queen" made Fuya Okudaira believe that she was his mother. Thus, he equipped her with "Cursed Seal of Dead Max" to protect her from being destroyed by battle, and changed the attack target to his "D.D. ESPer Star Robin" via "Star Robin is Forever!", causing him to lose the Duel.

A person possessed by a "Number" easily becomes addicted to their power and desires to obtain more "Numbers". It is, however, possible for some people to resist this effect, at least temporarily, as Bronk Stone managed to do when he used "Number 39: Utopia" to save Yuma from "Number 96: Black Mist". Number 7: Lucky Stripe did not seem to have this effect; neither Charlie McCoy nor the girl he eventually gave it to were shown to be advesely affected by it. (Although it did seem to give the holder incredible luck.)

Interestingly, whenever a "Number" is Xyz Summoned, they initially appear as a strange object, what is possibly a sealed form, until they transform into the actual monster and gain their Number on their bodies.

Members

Each "Number" monster has its respective number appearing on a part of its body. 27 out of 100 numbers are shown here; 17 by name. 1 Chaos Number (an evolution of the originals) is also known.

Original

#	Monster	Number Location	Owner(s)		Sealed Form	Rank	Attribute	Type	ATK	DEF
			Previous	Current
7	Lucky Stripe	Head of cane	Charlie McCoy	Mayumi	100px	7	LIGHT	Fairy	700	700
10	Illumiknight	Right shoulder plate	Unknown	Kaito Tenjo		4	LIGHT	Warrior	2400	2400
11	Big Eye	Front of outer ring	Jin, Charlie McCoy	Yuma/Astral		7	DARK	Spellcaster	2600	2000
12	Armored Ninja - Crimson Shadow	Left side of chest	Yamikawa	Yuma/Astral	100px	5	EARTH	Warrior	2400	1700
16	Ruler of Color - Shock Ruler	Right side of waist	# holder, Jin	Yuma/Astral	100px	4	LIGHT	Fairy	2300	1600
17	Leviathan Dragon	Right horn	Ryoga Kamishiro	Yuma/Astral		3	WATER	Dragon	2000	0
19	Freezerdon	Right side of the chest	Kaio	Yuma/Astral	100px	5	WATER	Dinosaur	2000	2500
20	Giga-Brilliant	Right wing	# holder	Kaito Tenjo	100px	3	LIGHT	Insect	1800	1800
25	Focus Force	Unknown	-	Shuta	Unknown	?	???	???	???	???
30	Acid Golem of Destruction	Right shin	Unknown	Kaito Tenjo		3	WATER	Rock	3000	3000
34	Terror-Byte	Right shoulder plate	Mr. Kay	Yuma/Astral	100px	3	DARK	Machine	0	2900
39	Utopia	Left shoulder plate	Astral, Yuma, Bronk	Yuma/Astral		4	LIGHT	Warrior	2500	2000
50	Black Corn	Sail	Captain Corn	Yuma/Astral		4	???	???	2100	1500
56	Goldrat	Round plate above head	# holder	Kaito Tenjo	Not shown	1	LIGHT	Beast	500	600
61	Volcasaurus	Left chest spike	Rikuo	Yuma/Astral		5	FIRE	Dinosaur	2500	1000
83	Galaxy Queen	Above cleavage	Nelson Andrews	Yuma/Astral		1	DARK	Spellcaster	500	500
96	Black Mist	Right side of head	# holder	Yuma/Astral	100px	2	DARK	Fiend	100	1000
??	Unknown Number		Jin	Kaito Tenjo	Unknown	?	???	???	???	???
??	9 Unknown Numbers		6 # unknown holders	Kaito Tenjo	Unknown	?	???	???	???	???

Chaos Numbers

#	Monster	Number Location	Owner(s)		Sealed Form	Rank	Attribute	Type	ATK	DEF
			Previous	Current
39	Utopia Ray	Left shoulder plate	-	Yuma/Astral	100px	4	LIGHT	Warrior	2500	2000

Trivia

• If all monsters in this archetype are shown during Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, then this archetype will be the largest archetype in the entire game, even topping such large archetypes such as "Blackwings", and "Six Samurai".

• In the anime, their card texts are in a strange language that nobody except Astral, Kaito and those possessed by "Numbers" can read. This is removed in the dub, as with all other card texts and is replaced by the image being blurred.

• When a "Number" monster is Summoned or taken by control, the number of the card appears somewhere on the card holder's body in the form of curved lines and a dot. Only Yuma and Kaito are excluded from this phenomenon. Bronk Stone remained uncontrolled when controlling "Utopia" and Ryoga Kamishiro when he controlled "Acid Golem", but that was due to Yuma's Emperor Key. Others such as, Jin when he controlled "Shock Ruler" and "Big Eye", and Charlie McCoy with "Lucky Stripe" remained uninfluenced but the respective numbers still appeared on their bodies.

• In the anime, "Numbers" use a different style of Xyz Summon than regular Xyz Monsters. Regular Xyz Summons use a red colored spiral portal, but "Numbers" use a galaxy style portal.

• In the anime, they have something to do with the large structure made up of gears inside The Emperor's Key as seen when Astral presents the "Leviathan Dragon" and "Galaxy Queen" before their corresponding numbers printed on gears inside it which glow making all the gears in the structure turn.

• Xyz Monsters are said to come from an another dimension just like Astral, this probably explains why "Numbers" are Xyz Monsters. Xyz Monsters are also said to be made of anti-matter.

• "Numbers" seem to be blank cards that take the form of what whoever finds them desires the most and design themselves to fit their original owner's Decks. Once they are designed, they keep that form forever.

• In the anime, the effect stating that "Numbers" can only be destroyed by another "Number" is a monster effect. It can be negated. Also, a monster who is treated as a "Number" can destroy them. This means they are not invincible.

• "Utopia" is the only "Number" monster at the moment which has a "Chaos" version - "Utopia Ray" with the same number in its name.

• Some "Numbers" are shown to be sentient and capable of communication. Two examples are Number 83: Galaxy Queen, and Number 96: Black Mist. Another might be Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, since a voice says "let the Number take hold." This could be the Number looking for a host. In the English dub the same voice spoke to Flip when he took over "Utopia".

• "Numbers" that are only single-digit Numbers (such as "Lucky Stripe") show up in their card artworks as "0#", despite the 0 not appearing in their names.

• It would seem not all the "Numbers" take over their owners, this is shown when Charlie McCoy gave "Lucky Stripe" to Mayumi. Instead of transferring its influence to take over the child, "Lucky Stripe" transferred its luck so she would successfully get through a serious surgery.