Rank (2024)

Rank

Japanese

ランク

Japanese (romanized)

Ranku

English

Rank

Othernames
French: Rang German: Rang Italian: Rango Portuguese: Classe Spanish: Rango Korean: 랭크 Raengkeu 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.

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.

In the OCG and TCG, monsters' printed Ranks can range from 0 to 13. Monsters with a printed Rank of 0 have a Rank condition that states their original rank. With the exception of "Number 93: Utopia Kaiser" and "Number 100: Numeron Dragon", a monster's printed Rank is the same as the Level of its required Xyz Materials, and in the case of Rank 0 monsters, the Xyz materials are themselves Xyz monsters.

A monster can only have a single Rank at a time.^[1]

An Xyz Monster's Rank is not its Level; Xyz Monsters do not have a Level. Consequently, Xyz Monsters cannot be used for Synchro, Ritual, or Xyz Summons (unless specifically permitted, such as with the Pendulum Effect of "Xiangke Magician"); and any effects that would refer to the Level of a monster, such as those of "Gravity Bind", "Level Limit - Area B" and "Burden of the Mighty", cannot be applied to an Xyz Monster. Since Xyz Monsters do not have Levels, cards such as "Star Changer", "Scanner" and "Give and Take" cannot be used on them at all. Cards that modify Levels such as "Harmonic Waves", "Feedback Warrior", "Synchro Boost" and "Demotion" also cannot be used on Xyz Monsters.

The average ATK for monsters of each Rank are a fair bit higher than for their respective Levels (for example, barring negative effects, 2-Material Rank 3 monsters can reach 2100 ATK and 2-Material Rank 4 monsters can reach 2600 ATK, compared to 1750 ATK for a Level 3 monster and 2000 ATK for a Level 4 monster). Just as with any other category of monsters, Xyz Monsters with more powerful effects may have lower ATK and DEF than other monsters of the same Rank, while Xyz Monsters with negative effects or more difficult Summoning conditions may have higher ATK and DEF.

Gallery[]

A Rank 0 Xyz Monster

References[]

↑ Konami. Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015. p.48. https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/.

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Level	?^† ???^† -8^† -7^† -6^† -5^† -4^† 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Rank	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Monster type	Normal Effect Fusion Ritual Synchro Pendulum Dark Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta Accel Synchro^† Limit Over Accel Synchro^† Xyz Link Token

Monster subtype	Tuner Special Summon Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

Ability	Toon Union Spirit Gemini Flip

Alignment^†	Black Magic Demon Magic Divine Earth Fire Forest Illusion Magic Thunder Water White Magic Wind

Attribute	DARK EARTH FIRE LIGHT WATER WIND DIVINE ?^† ???^†

Type	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Black Magic^† Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Dragon Magic^† Fairy Fiend Fish Galaxy^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Beast^† Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior White Magic^† Winged Beast Wyrm Yokai^† Zombie ???^†

ATK	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 920 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1380 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1610 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2501 2510 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 2850 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3450 3500 3600 3700 3750 3800 4000 4200 4400 4500 4600 5000 10000 100000

DEF	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2030 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2700 2800 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3450 3500 3600 3700 3800 3850 4000 4100 4500 4800 5000 100000

Pendulum Scale	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11^† 12 13

Link Rating	1 2 3 4 5 6

Link Arrow	Top-Left Top Top-Right Left Right Bottom-Left Bottom Bottom-Right

Rules	Rule of 3000 ATK and DEF Level 4 ATK and DEF Rules

^† Does not exist in the OCG or TCG (ATK and DEF not marked) See also `{{Card types}}` and `{{Card lists}}`

Gameplay and terminology

Alignments^†	Divine Earth Fire Forest Thunder Water Wind Black Magic Demon Magic Illusion Magic White Magic

Attributes	DARK DIVINE EARTH FIRE LAUGH^† LIGHT WATER WIND

Types	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Charisma^† Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Fairy Fiend Fish Illusion Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior Winged Beast Wyrm Zombie Black Magic^† Celestial Warrior^† Cyborg^† Dragon Magic^† High Dragon^† Galaxy^† Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Magical Knight^† Omega Psychic^† Sea Beast^† White Magic^† Yokai^†

Monster types	Normal Effect Non-Effect Ritual Fusion Synchro Dark^† Accel^† Delta Accel^† Limit Over Accel^† Xyz Pendulum Link Token Spell^† Trap Field^† Pseudo

Monster subtypes	Tuner Dark^† Special Summon Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†

Abilities	Flip Toon Spirit Union Gemini

Spell

Trap

Other^†

Non-game

Game
mechanics

General	Match Duel DRAW Surrender LP Counter Damage Battle Piercing Effect Card limits Deck Minimum Maximum Hand Three-card rule Spell Speed Position Face-down Face-up Battle position Attack Position Defense Position Public knowledge

Areas	Deck Main Extra Side Field In Play Hand Graveyard Banished Limbo^† Attached

Zones	Deck Extra Deck Monster Main Monster Extra Monster Spell & Trap Field Pendulum Column

Turns	Count Player Phase Draw Normal draw Standby Main 1 Battle Start Step Battle Step Damage Step Damage calculation End Step Main 2 End

Actions	Owner Possess Control Look Reveal Pick up a card Excavate Add a card Draw a card Shuffle Cut Random Summon Set Flip Change battle position Send Discard Tribute Destroy By battle Banish Attach Detach Transfer Equip Unequip Leave the field Bounce Spin Return Linked Co-linked Extra Link Points to Attack Direct Target Replay Double^† Battle Activate Pay Declare Select Target Respond Chain Link Resolve Unaffected Negate

Card effects

Types	Condition Archetype Archetype-exclusion Level Name Rank Summoning Common Normal Special Fusion Strict Ritual Victory Cost Maintenance cost Monster Continuous like Ignition Like Quick Like Trigger Like Flip Pseudo Unclassified Control only one Field-Unique Match winner Summon monster Unconfirmed Mandatory Optional Lingering Once per turn

Speeds	Spell Speed 1 Fast effect Spell Speed 2 Spell Speed 3

Timing	Game state Priority Fast effect timing Post-resolution window Summon negation window Summon response window Attack declaration window SEGOC Missing the timing

Summoning

Types	Normal Tribute Set Normal Tribute Flip Special By own condition Fusion Ritual Synchro Xyz Pendulum Link Contact Fusion^† Transformation^† Double Tuning^† Dark Synchro^† Phantom Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta^† Limit Over^† Xyz Evolution^† Rank-Up^† Rank-Down^† Cross Xyz^† Dimension^† Integration^† Overscale Pendulum^† Transcendent Pendulum^† Reincarnation Link^†

Mechanics	Summoning Rules Double Tributer Material Fusion Substitute Synchro Substitute Xyz Link Normal Summon Monster Special Summon-only Nomi Ignoring its Summoning conditions

Other

^† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCG
See also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}