Rank - Up - Magic " Rank - Up - Magic " ( " Rankuappu Majikku " ) is an archetype of Spell Card s introduced in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . Their effects allow one to Rank - Up an Xyz Monster . An Xyz Monster with a Rank higher than the target is then Special Summon ed from the Extra Deck , with the targeted Xyz Monster and its Xyz Material s both becoming Xyz Materials on the newly Summoned monster . This process is called either " Chaos Xyz Evolution " ( when performed using Rank - Up - Magic cards that are associated with the power of Chaos ) or " Rank - Up Xyz Evolution " ( when performed using other methods ) . In the Japanese version of the anime , whenever a Duelist declares the activation of a " Rank - Up - Magic " card , they do not say the phrase " I activate the Spell Card . . . " However , if the card is not a Normal Spell Card , they declare the card ' s property . Story . ZEXAL . The Rank - Up - Magic cards were first introduced in the anime by Girag , who used " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " to brainwash residents of Heartland in order to take the " Numbers " from Yuma , Astral and Shark . Each time it would be used to Rank - Up Xyz Monsters into " CXyz " monsters in order to overpower the " Numbers " . Mizar used it next when he himself ranked up his " " in order to form its Chaos form . This monster wasn ' t fully revealed as the Sphere Field collapsed from its power . Alito and Girag both ranked up their respective " Number 10X " monsters . Both of them were defeated by Yuma and Astral ( Girag was also defeated by Vector posing as Ray ) . In the same Duel where Girag was defeated , Yuma gained his own Rank - Up - Magic card in the form of " Limited Barian ' s Force " during his Duel with Girag from " Ray " but was later transformed into " Numeron Force " by ZEXAL II . Vector also demonstrated his mastery of Rank - Up - Magic cards when he used " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " on his " Number 10X " monster , and also to brainwash Brooke Walker . When Yuma went to the Astral World looking for Astral , he Dueled against Eliphas who used " Rank - Up - Magic Astral Force " in his Duel against Yuma , resulting in the first appearance of " Rank - Up Xyz Evolution " . Vetrix and Quinton researched the Barian World and managed to create " Rank - Up - Magic Argent Chaos Force " . Due to it being reverse engineered from the Barian cards , its effect is weaker , only Ranking Up the monster and doing nothing else . Quattro , Trey and Quinton would go on to use this card against the Seven Barian Emperors " . When Shark became Nash ( his Barian alter - ego ) once again he augmented the Barian Emperors with the Spell Card " Rank - Up - Magic - The Seventh One " which worked specifically for their " Number 10X " monsters and was used by all the Emperors except Vector . They still retained the original " Barian ' s Force " , and Alito used it to Summon " " . Vector gained a new " Rank - Up - Magic " card during his Duel against Nash in Episode 137 : " Admiration of the Thousands " . During the same Duel Nash also demonstrated a new " Rank - Up - Magic " card : " Quick Chaos " , the first " Rank - Up - Magic " Quick - Play Spell Card . Astral ' s final Duel against Yuma revealed him to possess three " Rank - Up - Magic " cards : " ( Double - ) Utopia Force " , " Dark Force " , and " ( Hyper - ) Ultimate Force " . In the " ZEXAL " manga , Yuma obtained " Rank - Up - Magic Shining Force " during his second Duel against Kaito . ARC - V . In the " ARC - V " anime , four Duelists possess the following amount of " Rank - Up - Magic " cards : " Rank - Up - Magic " cards are implied to not exist in the Standard Dimension , as Dipper O ' rion has stated that LID doesn ' t instruct people in their use .