ITT: Black makes a RUM

[Blake]

Rank-Up-Magic Seeking Force
Normal Spell
When you activate this card, choose 1 of these effects. You can only activate 1 "Rank-Up-Magic Seeking Force" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
●Target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" or "CXyz" monster with the same Attribute as that monster you control, but 1 Rank higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.)
●Target 1 Monster you control; until the End Phase, it gains 600 ATK. Also, until the End Phase, each time it destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

[goddamnit names are a pain]

In theory Utopia can Asura blow for OTKs, and if not he gets 2+ RUMs for that. Not sure how I feel about it, though I love the concept.

 

 

In addition it can search this which continues to keep on hurting.

Good thing you can't use more than 1 in a turn.

[evilfusion]

This is definitely an interesting concept. It can either be a Rank-Up for Attribute (which is pretty cool, actually), which gives you a lot of flexibility on itself. Or it can be a Rush Recklessly type of effect for an Xyz that'll search Rank-Up Magics, but as a result, the RUM have to be used during Main Phase 2.

 

Yeah, Utopia can abuse it pretty badly...but Utopia also has 3 different Rank-Up forms (one being 2 Ranks higher).

[Toffee.]

First effect is absolutely amazing. Just sayin'

[Nathanael D. Striker]

I could have sworn that the AC is applicable here in Written Cards, but oh well.

 

OT: First effect just takes what we are used to seeing from RUM and makes it applicable to Attributes instead of Type: much more flexible than the other RUM cards.. Second effect creates a much needed searcher that requires player interaction to use: balanced and effective on its own. I do have a concern/question though: couldn't you just use two copies of this on the same monster? I mean, the current restriction only prevents an effect of this from being used twice, but it doesn't say that you can't activate one for the first effect and then another for the second effect. I understand that that method is a -2 and situational before any search can happen, but couldn't that pose some problems? I'm probably over thinking this, but I'm just curious.

[Vector Nightmare]

Rank-Up-Magic Seeking Force
Normal Spell
When you activate this card, choose 1 of these effects. You can only activate 1 "Rank-Up-Magic Seeking Force" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
●Target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" or "CXyz" monster with the same Attribute as that monster you control, but 1 Rank higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.)
●Target 1 Monster you control; until the End Phase, it gains 600 ATK. Also, until the End Phase, each time it destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

 

I actually like this card. But I feel like the second effect should say "and sends to the Graveyard", just in case of Ojama Trio things. But otherwise it's fair, I don't think the Attribute part would pose many problems.

[Blake]

I could have sworn that the AC is applicable here in Written Cards, but oh well.
 
OT: First effect just takes what we are used to seeing from RUM and makes it applicable to Attributes instead of Type: much more flexible than the other RUM cards.. Second effect creates a much needed searcher that requires player interaction to use: balanced and effective on its own. I do have a concern/question though: couldn't you just use two copies of this on the same monster? I mean, the current restriction only prevents an effect of this from being used twice, but it doesn't say that you can't activate one for the first effect and then another for the second effect. I understand that that method is a -2 and situational before any search can happen, but couldn't that pose some problems? I'm probably over thinking this, but I'm just curious.

It says only one effect and only once per turn, so no. See Hysteric Sign.
 
 

I actually like this card. But I feel like the second effect should say "and sends to the Graveyard", just in case of Ojama Trio things. But otherwise it's fair, I don't think the Attribute part would pose many problems.

Spellbook of Power was the design idea. Not making it Graveyard because that defeats the point, somewhat.

[Nathanael D. Striker]

It says only one effect and only once per turn, so no. See Hysteric Sign.

 

Ah, alright. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Darj]

Not really sure of this, but wouldn't the OPT restriction conflict with the second effect by disabling it from getting a second RUM search should the monster destroy an additional monster by battle?

 

But that can be fixed easily with the following change:

You can only activate 1 "Rank-Up-Magic Seeking Force" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

 

You don't need to restrict each effect when you can simply restrict the use of the Spell itself to OPT.