Rank-Up Magic Beyond Xyz

[YamiNekoChan]

 

A decent card for Xyz decks. Good for deck thinning a bit as well.

[Snatch Steal]

Well, it neuters itself, fortunately, although it is kind of an instant Novafinity, which is always a challenge. I'd have it require a "Number" monster. You might also want it to be a "Once per duel" sort of thing, since an instant Xyz with anything from the deck is pretty good for one card.

[Trebuchet MS]

Being able to freely Rank-Up anything is dangerous. Ptolemaeus-Nova-Infinity was already a big enough headache, and now this card can potentially do it without any setup or resources required prior to this. Admittedly, the Summon lock prevents you from pulling out Nova in a R4 Deck and then jumping straight to Infinity after this effect resolves, but there's nothing stopping you from getting Infinity using literally any R5 combo.

 

That, and also several Rank-Up dependent cards also want their previous form attached as an Xyz Material to unlock all their effects (with a few exceptions). Throwing away the lower form destroys the other main reason for running a Rank-Up.

 

I highly recommend putting restrictions of what you can Rank-Up through this process.

[Sander]

Well, it neuters itself, fortunately, although it is kind of an instant Novafinity, which is always a challenge. I'd have it require a "Number" monster. You might also want it to be a "Once per duel" sort of thing, since an instant Xyz with anything from the deck is pretty good for one card.

 

When are you people going to understand that "once per duel" is a stupid gimmick that does not actually balance a card at all?

[ParadoxCaller]

So, basically, you get two monsters out of your Deck for literaly no cost, and then you get to Xyz Summon ANY Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck using those monsters, again, with no cost.

 

And this is what I don't get, so after you've Summoned that Xyz Monster you instantly send it to the Graveyard to Xyz Summon another monster from your Extra Deck that's one Rank higher than the previously Summoned monster.

 

Like Trebuchet already pointed out, this is a first-turn one-card Infinity, and that's very OP.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Going to remind you guys that this is Casual and not the Advanced area; CDI and the other meta stuff falls under the latter (even though Advanced level CnC is permitted to an extent).

 

But otherwise, card needs a restriction on what it can summon, since being able to make CDI or any other Xyz that isn't taken kindly nowadays without much setup is not good. And yeah, "throwing away" said Xyz is counterproductive to most Decks, especially with the Chaos Numbers and other stuff; some don't care though (and you're getting access to certain Xyz that the Deck shouldn't be able to make in the first place).

 

(I am going to assume that the TC does not know about CDI or whatever happens in the meta, but either way, access to any Xyz you want [even with the throwaway] is dangerous, especially when you factor in the higher Level stuff.)