CH.505 Rank-Up Experiments
<span style="font-weight:400">I know the chapter title, okay. But before I can get to that, I have a few things I need to do.
<span style="font-weight:400">The first being a mysterious gift box that was left on my bedside table. Apparently someone wanted to give me ate birthday gift.
<span style="font-weight:400">I opened the box and found a device that looked like a Zexal Duel Gazer. Or a DBZ scouter, if you prefer that. But I’ll call it a Duel Gazer.
<span style="font-weight:400">There were no instructions in the box, so I decided I should just test it out. No way it is dangerous, considering how it looks.
<span style="font-weight:400">So I quickly set it over my left eye and pressed what I assumed was the on button. Because it was the only button on the thing.
<span style="font-weight:400">It quickly activated and the small screen then showed me something I wasn’t exactly expecting to see, the inside of my Factory.
<span style="font-weight:400">There, a bunch of my monsters were lined up, reminding me of the time they had all lined up to me the day after I got the Different Dimension Factory skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">They all then wished me a bted birthday, before a few of them began exining their gift.
<span style="font-weight:400">My Duel Gazer not only allowed me to see into the Factory, and it would even help adjust for the regr time dtion between the Factory and the real world, so it wasn’t as bad as when it is done with System Supports, but it also allowed me to do so many other things.
<span style="font-weight:400">I could look at any and all security cameras that I’d usually look at with Dungeon Founder, I could ess the entire Factory library, I could talk to individual monsters.
<span style="font-weight:400">I could even do things like check what cards I have set on myself or others, in case I forget. And the D-Gazer could even sense when set cards have been activated.
<span style="font-weight:400">And that wasn’t even all my monsters nned to add to the device, it was just all they had time to add. So it was a really nice gift.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Next on the menu, I have a few new Synchroes to summon.
<span style="font-weight:400">I have 12 I haven’t summoned, so let’s summon them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Ally of Justice Field Marshal; Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier; Drill Warrior; Fabled Valkyrus; Geo Genex; Jurrac Giganoto; Mist Valley Thunder Lord; Naturia Beast; Naturia Leodrake; Thermal Genex; Windmill Genex; XX-Saber Hyunlei.
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<span style="font-weight:400">That brought my total up to 73, so I can im two rewards, and then after I summon those two rewards, I’ll get to 75 and get one more reward.
<span style="font-weight:400">At 65, I got Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo and Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Then for 70, I got Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon and Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice. Clear Wing was the very first reward I got for the Synchro challenge, so it is interesting that it took to 70 to get Crystal Wing.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Then, for 75, I got something amazing. At least in my opinion.
<span style="font-weight:400">I got the Blue-Eyes Spirit Ultimate Dragon. I didn’t even know they printed something like this. It also came with two tuner monsters, Maiden with Eyes of Blue and Maiden of White.
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Aromaseraphy Rosemary; Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram; Red Dragon Archfiend; ck Rose Dragon; Psychic Lifetrancer; Clear Wing Synchro Dragon; Magical Android; Avenging Knight Parshath; Goyo Guardian; Nitro Warrior; Thought Ruler Archfiend; Ruddy Rose Dragon; Cosmic Fortress Gol''gar; Light End Dragon; Power Tool Dragon; Garden Rose Flora; T.G. Hyper Librarian; Dark End Dragon; Hundred Eyes Dragon; Lightning Warrior; Seven Swords Warrior; X-Saber Souza; Stardust Dragon; Minerva, the Athenian Lightsworn; Shooting Quasar Dragon; Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon; Shooting Star Dragon; Turbo Warrior; Tempest Magician; Revived King Ha Des; Queen of Thorns; Iron Chain Dragon; Doomkaiser Dragon; ckwing Armor Master; Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon; el Synchro Stardust Dragon; Ally of Justice Catastor; Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier; mvell Uruquizas; Mist Wurm; X-Saber Urbellum; Power Tool Braver Dragon; Ancient Fairy Dragon; Ancient Sacred Wyvern; Arcanite Magician; Archfiend Zombie-Skull; ckwing Armed Wing; Dark Strike Fighter; Exploder Dragonwing; Hyper Psychic ster; Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon; Trident Dragion; Turbo Cannon; XX-Saber Gottoms; Red Rising Dragon; Scarlight Red Dragon; Red Nova Dragon; Red Supernova Dragon; Garden Rose Maiden; Fortune Lady Every; Deep Sea Repetiteur; Ally of Justice Field Marshal; Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier; Drill Warrior; Fabled Valkyrus; Geo Genex; Jurrac Giganoto; Mist Valley Thunder Lord; Naturia Beast; Naturia Leodrake; Thermal Genex; Windmill Genex; XX-Saber Hyunlei; Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo; Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon; Blue-Eyes Spirit Ultimate Dragon</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">And my next reward is more Deep Sea stuff. Interestingly Artisan is a non-Tuner, despite Prima Donna being generic. I guess my challenge is just doing what it wants now.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, the Deep Sea monsters aren’t bad, and Artisan sounds like she could be helpful, so I don’t really care.
<span style="font-weight:400">Now, let’s talk about Xyz monsters and Rank-Up-Magics.
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<span style="font-weight:400">So first of all, thanks to Number 39: Utopia Double’s effect, I’ve acquired a few other Utopia monsters.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Currently, I’ve gotten the regr Utopia, S39: Utopia the Lightning, S39: Utopia Prime and C39: Utopia Ray.
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<span style="font-weight:400">For those that don’t know, or need a reminder on how this works, I activate Utopia Double’s effect. It gives me a copy of Double or Nothing!, and then summons one random Utopia monster on top of my Utopia Double, with its attack doubled.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Since the monster summoned this way doesn’t have a sleeve or a toploader, it would normally disappear after the summoning time runs out. But I use Compulsory Evacuation Device, or some other ‘return to hand’ card, to return the random Utopia into my Collection.
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<span style="font-weight:400">And from there, the new Utopia acts like any other card, so I can put a sleeve and a toploader on it.
<span style="font-weight:400">So yeah. And because of that, Xyz challenge is now at 10/10, so next reward.
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Crimson Knight Vampire Bram; Dhampir Vampire Sheridan; The Zombie Vampire; Number 24: Drags the Vampiric Dragon; Number 71: Rebarian Shark; Number 39: Utopia Double; Number 39: Utopia; Number S39: Utopia the Lightning; Number S39: Utopia Prime; Number C39: Utopia Ray</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Like with the first reward, I got a monster and a spell.
<span style="font-weight:400">I expected to get Dark Rebellion at some point, since I did get Clear Wing very early on into the Synchro challenge. Xyz Unit is also a great equip spell for Xyz monsters, so it’s nice to have it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Now, onto some Rank-Up experiments I ran.
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<span style="font-weight:400">So, with Rebarian Shark, I’ve been acquiring more Rank-Up-Magics.
<span style="font-weight:400">I now, on top of the Limited Barian’s Force that I got first, have Rank-Up-Magic Barian''s Force, Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force, Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force and Rank-Up-Magic Cipher Ascension.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Sadly I can’t use two of those, as they require specific targets, but I got the two good generic ones, so I was able to experiment with them.
<span style="font-weight:400">First of all, depending on if I use Barian’s Force or Numeron Force, the monster I rank up evolves differently.
<span style="font-weight:400">I tested this a lot on HomeBase monsters, which I then executed after the fact, as to not leave more powerful monsters in the dungeon.
<span style="font-weight:400">For example, if I rank up a B-rank wind griffin with Barian’s Force, it evolves into an A-rank dark-wind griffin. But with Numeron Force, the same B-rank wind griffin will evolve into a radiant-wind griffin.
<span style="font-weight:400">Not really a huge difference, but still interesting to note. Numeron Force tends to evolve things into Light attribute monsters, while Barian’s Force favors the dark.
<span style="font-weight:400">It isn’t a 100% guarantee, but it is a base they work with. I wonder if other Rank-Ups have simr limits? I know there is at least Astral Force, and then the archetype specific ones.
<span style="font-weight:400">I need to ask Alice to remove the archetype restrictions of Skip Force and Cipher Ascension. Then I can test how they react.
<span style="font-weight:400">And yes, Alice can do that. Erasure Magic can do some crazy things.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Skip Force was basic. It took the most … should I call it direct or natural path? Maybe direct.
<span style="font-weight:400">It is just … a treant evolves into arger treant, no attribute changes, multi-attributes or anything. Same goes for everything else. It just gets bigger and stronger. And like the name suggests, Skip Force does skip one evolutionary step.
<span style="font-weight:400">Cipher Ascension on the other hand picked the most powerful evolution avable. I think it is because of Cipher Ascension’s secondary effect of giving the +500 attack boost to your monster.
<span style="font-weight:400">So yeah. Rank-Up-Magics are really interesting. The variety really allows me to grow monsters the way I want. I just need to set up a Factory room for Rank-Up research, so I’ll know what to expect, before I permanently evolve one of our tamed monsters, or summonable monsters, into something we don’t want.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Now, to end the day, I’ll open some packs. to be specific.
<span style="font-weight:400">It is the next set on my list to get fullypleted, but I want to open some singles before I get to the speedrun openings. So today I’ll do 20 packs.
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 1
<span style="font-weight:400">Gemini Booster; Relinquished Spider; Limit Impulse; Molting Escape; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Energy Bravery; Reptilianne Scy; Spider Egg; Fortune Lady Dark
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<span style="font-weight:400">Welp, nothing new in the first pack. Next.
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 2
<span style="font-weight:400">Stygian Dirge; Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing; Insect Neglect; Reptilianne Scy; Moray of Greed; Ritual of Grace; Bending Destiny; Reptilianne Medusa; Gemini Scorpion
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 3
<span style="font-weight:400">Regulus; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Tuned Magician; Bending Destiny; Gemini Booster; Spyder Spider; Reptilianne Scy; Spider Egg; Lord British Space Fighter
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 4
<span style="font-weight:400">Energy Bravery; Gemini Spark; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Relinquished Spider; Regulus; Swap Frog; Gemini Counter; Solitaire Magician; Fortune Lady Water
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<span style="font-weight:400">Fortune Lady Water is new, and she is about as good as all the other Fortune Ladies. I guess she can also make Pack tokens, so extra points for that.
<span style="font-weight:400">Next pack(s). Because I’m toozy toment on the repeat packs.
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 5
<span style="font-weight:400">Ritual of Grace; Koa''ki Meiru Sea Panther; Solitaire Magician; Swap Frog; Bending Destiny; Limit Impulse; Spyder Spider; Gemini Counter; Catoblepas and the Witch of Fate
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 6
<span style="font-weight:400">Quickdraw Synchron; Attack Pheromones; Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing; Gemini Spark; Ritual of Grace; Energy Bravery; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Spider Web; Nega-Ton Corepanel
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 7
<span style="font-weight:400">Quickdraw Synchron; Herculean Power; Ritual Buster; Koa''ki Meiru Sea Panther; Ritual of Grace; Bending Destiny; Gemini Counter; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Fortune Lady Wind
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 8
<span style="font-weight:400">Enlightenment; Infernity Necromancer; Reptilianne Gorgon; Appointer of the Red Lotus; Ritual of Grace; Spider Egg; Reptilianne Scy; Synchro Barrier; Djinn Releaser of Rituals
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 9
<span style="font-weight:400">Reptilianne Medusa; Reptilianne Spawn; Woond Archer; Gemini Counter; Ritual Buster; Earthbound Wave; Molting Escape; Reptilianne Gorgon; Gemini Scorpion
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 10
<span style="font-weight:400">Koa''ki Meiru Sea Panther; Energy Bravery; Ground Spider; Iron Core Armor; Attack Pheromones; Oshaleon; Spiritual Forest; Lord British Space Fighter; Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca
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<span style="font-weight:400">Finally. Something new. And oh boy is it a good one.
<span style="font-weight:400">Wiraqocha Rasca is considered one of the worst Earthbound Immortals, but lucky me, mine carries its anime effect. The effect where if it doesn’t attack, it can lower my opponent''s life points, or in this case HP, to 1. And I don’t think I need to tell you how powerful that effect is.
<span style="font-weight:400">But despite how amazing Wiraqocha Rasca is, it is kind of sad I only got one higher rarity card from the first ten packs. Let’s hope the next ten are a bit better.
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 11
<span style="font-weight:400">Appointer of the Red Lotus; Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing; Reptilianne Gorgon; Molting Escape; Stygian Dirge; Spider Egg; Reptilianne Spawn; Dark Spider; Fortune Lady Earth
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<span style="font-weight:400">Spyder Spider; Faustian Bargain; Enlightenment; Tuned Magician; Reptilianne Spawn; Gemini Counter; Stygian Dirge; Time Passage; Catoblepas and the Witch of Fate
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<span style="font-weight:400">Savage Colosseum; Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing; Quickdraw Synchron; Stygian Dirge; Attack Pheromones; Spider Egg; Bending Destiny; Level Eater; Shine Pce
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 14
<span style="font-weight:400">Herculean Power; Dark Spider; Stygian Dirge; Tuned Magician; Time Passage; Spiritual Forest; Savage Colosseum; Attack Pheromones; Gemini Scorpion
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 15
<span style="font-weight:400">Earthbound Wave; Herculean Power; Iron Core Armor; Bending Destiny; Infernity Force; Reptilianne Scy; Time Passage; Raging Mad nts; Preparation of Rites
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<span style="font-weight:400">Preparation of Rites is new. And I guess it is okay. I can get Rituals with it, but sadly I have to target a specific Ritual monster, so it has to be from a set I already have ess to.
<span style="font-weight:400">Next pack(s).
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 16
<span style="font-weight:400">Gemini Spark; Molting Escape; Faustian Bargain; Spiritual Forest; Enlightenment; Reptilianne Spawn; Synchro Barrier; Level Eater; Inherited Fortune
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 17
<span style="font-weight:400">Enlightenment; Regulus; Koa''ki Meiru Sea Panther; Quickdraw Synchron; Appointer of the Red Lotus; Gemini Spark; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Ritual Buster; Inherited Fortune
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 18
<span style="font-weight:400">Earthbound Wave; Iron Core Armor; Quickdraw Synchron; Gemini Counter; Ritual of Grace; Reptilianne Viper; Attack Pheromones; Solitaire Magician; Fortune Lady Earth
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<span style="font-weight:400">SOVR 19
<span style="font-weight:400">Oshaleon; Koa''ki Meiru Sea Panther; Tuned Magician; Spiritual Forest; Spider Egg; Reptilianne Gorgon; Moray of Greed; Slip Summon; Nega-Ton Corepanel
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<span style="font-weight:400">Dark Spider; Attack Pheromones; Savage Colosseum; Energy Bravery; Quickdraw Synchron; Gemini Booster; Molting Escape; Enlightenment; Nega-Ton Corepanel
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<span style="font-weight:400">… Okay. The second 20 wasn’t any better. I only got one higher rarity card, again.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, clearly today isn’t my day, so I’ll just call it good here. I’llplete Stardust Overdrive some other time.