ITT: Ranks never existed and Xyz have Levels

[Neutrality Man]

If Xyz Monsters had Levels like everything else and absolutely nothing else changed, discuss how you feel the game would be affected.

 

I for one almost guarantee that we'd be playing these three a lot more often:

 

[Maeriberii Haan]

Uh huh.

 

No.

 

Giving Xyzs levels instead of Rank is bad. Like, it makes overlaying 2 Xyzs into another Xyz possible, which will make potential loops. Also can turn material-less Xyzs into Synchro materials. Uh huh.

 

Also, Kinka-Byo became ridiculously stupid with Dullahan. Same case with Crane Crane and Alucard.

 

And a loooot of other application.

 

Just..it'll break Xyz Mechanic completely.

 

It's like making Beast-Warrior compatible with Beast and Warrior support cards.

[Sleepy]

You'd be able to stack your Xyz pile a lot more. Any 2 standard Rank 4s would be able to become a Rank 4 with 6 materials with ease.

Along with Synchro and Ritual applications, that's overall just make them more powerful.

 

Also, the need for certain ranks to use some effects becomes less of a balancing factor since molding Levels is easy as pie.

 

Certain cards would become more staple-worthy like Mind Control, and old school stall cards like Gravity Bind go from "too unreliable for use" to the nuisance they used to be, minus the fact card removal in general nowadays would pretty much reduce them to bait anyways.

[Runecatz26]

If they made it so that ranks didn't exist then they would prob make it so that only normal or eff monsters could be used for XYZ summons therefore making it so that you can't overlay xyz cards.

[Catterjune]

Like everyone else already said, it would only work if there was a rule that Xyzs couldn't be overlayed. Or that only specific ones that require an overlay, like the upper forms of Utopia could be overlayed. Otherwise it just gets too silly and easy to summon anything you want at a moment's notice.

[Wildflame]

Atum into Atum into Atum? Legit.