Advent

Advent (煌臨, Kōrin) is a keyword introduced in BS39. It then became the main mechanic and namesake of the next saga, being possessed by every color. On its introduction, the text was as follows:
* Flash - Advent: [Conditions] (Either Attack Step) By sending (Soul Core) to your Trash, this card in your Hand can be stacked onto your <[Conditions]> Spirit in the same position.
But as of SD37/SD38, the text was changed to:
* Flash - Advent: [Conditions] (Either Attack Step) By sending your Soul Core to the Trash, stack this from your Hand onto your target Spirit.
Advent can be activated in many different timings, the "flash" condition of the effect can only be "main", and the steps the cards can advent are either main step or attack step. There are more additional effects to allow the cards to advent outside of the usual conditions.
Advent is an evolution of Tribute, to the point cards which had Tribute were revived with Advent instead, and allows the player to change their Spirits for ones with a higher cost on a faster pace.
It is important to note that the action of stacking is not the same as summoning, hence when adventing a Spirit/Ultimate, it cannot activate (When Summoned) effects, nor can it trigger any other effects that activate on summon. Because it is not a summon, players also cannot put additional cores to the adventing Spirit/Ultimate.
As Advent is directly stacking a card onto another, it will cause a situation where there are face-up cards under a Spirit/Ultimate. Those cards are called pre-advent cards, and this state is called [During Advent]. There are effects that can only activate when a Spirit/Ultimate is [During Advent]. Even through effects, currently it is impossible to put face-up cards under Spirits/Ultimates without the Advent keyword. When the Spirit/Ultimate leaves the field, all pre-advent cards under it follow where it goes. For example, if the Spirit/Ultimate is returned to the deck, so are its pre-advent cards; if the Spirit/Ultimate is destroyed and sent to the trash, so are the pre-advent cards going to the trash. In the case of returning to the hand, pre-advent cards do not count towards the number of cards increased in the hand.
Unless effects allow, Spirits/Ultimates cannot advent onto Braves in Spirit condition, Bunshin Spirits, or Nexuses treated as Spirits.
The EvilGodKing Deathpeers-Zorc is the only exception where the Advent keyword it uses is simply "Advent", but the text of its Advent is different to the rest in the game (banishing the Soul Core instead of sending it the Trash).
===See Also:===
*List of cards with Advent
==Grand Advent==
Grand Advent (神煌臨, Shinkōrin), introduced in BS46, is a subcategory of Advent, which allows the player to advent by moving a core from a Grandwalker Nexus to a spirit as the cost instead of sending the Soul Core to trash. The text reads as follows:
*Flash - Grand Advent: [Condition] (Timing) By either sending your to the Trash, or putting a core from your Grandwalker Nexus to a Spirit you control, stack this from your Hand onto your target Spirit.
Only Avatars of supreme deities (and their respective Diva versions) have this effect, limiting it to a few Spirits and decks. In CB12, Kamen Rider Kuuga Ultimate Form［2］ was also released with Grand Advent, the only collaboration card to have that. Later in the future, ［Diva Academy］Rei-Ohba was also released with Grand Advent, as a representation of Rei-Ohba being the most popular Diva among players' choices.
Grand Advent allows the player to Advent a strong Spirit while still keeping the Soul Core stored, allowing for multiple Advents and still have Soul Core-exclusive effects available and it also doubles as a discreet Unleash effect.
===See Also:===
*List of cards with Grand Advent
==Dan Kuroto Deus Advent==
Dan Kuroto Deus Advent (檀黎斗神煌臨, Dan Kuroto Toshin Kōrin), introduced in CB08, is a subcategory of Grand Advent. This effect also allows the player to advent by paying the alternate cost of moving a core from a Grandwalker Nexus to the Spirit instead of sending the Soul Core to trash.
However, Dan Kuroto Deus Advent differs in that it specifies that the core must be moved from a "Dan Kuroto"-named Nexus. Currently, the only card to have this effect is Kamen Rider Genm God Maximum Gamer Level Billion.
==Ultra Advent==
Ultra Advent (超煌臨; Choukourin) is a keyword introduced in BS51, exclusive to The SuperCentaurusDeity Grand-Sagitto-Nova.
The effect is worded as follows:
*Flash - Ultra Advent: During Advent (Either Attack Step) By putting from your Reserve/Trash to a "Superstar"/"Galaxian" family Spirit you control, stack this from your hand onto your target Spirit.
While Advent consists of sending Soul Core from anywhere to the Trash, Ultra Advent brings it from outside the Field onto a Galaxian/Superstar family Spirit. This way, while it cannot be used consecutively with itself, Ultra Advent can be used after regular Advent.
== Contract Advent ==
Contract Advent (契約煌臨 ; keiyaku kourin), introduced in BS60, is a subcategory of Advent which has the exact same effect text as the original advent wording. The biggest difference is, however, that you can also advent cards with Contract Advent onto your Contract cards that are in Soul State via the effect written on the Contract cards. When adventing on cards in Soul State, you can put as many cores as you want from the Field/Reserve to the now advented spirit, instead of "keeping the same amount of cores" like in normal advent, as there are no cores on cards in Soul State to begin with. Such effect is worded as follows on the Contract cards: 
* While this card is in Soul State, you can Contract Advent onto it. When you do, you can put any number of cores from your Field/Reserve to the advent card. 
Apart from that, everything for Contract Advent is similar to that of the original Advent, with timing and conditions to follow. 
=== See Also: ===
* List of Contract Cards
* List of cards with Contract Advent
==Ultra Contract Advent==
Ultra Contract Advent (超契約煌臨; Chou keiyaku kourin), introduced in BS63, is a subcategory of Advent and Contract Advent. It's a combination of Contract Advent and Ultra Advent, possessed by the six new forms of Wanderer Dan's Contract Spirits.
The biggest difference between Ultra Advent and Ultra Contract Advent is that you can also advent cards with Ultra Contract Advent onto your Contract cards that are in Soul State or Spirits with the designated Contract Spirits as their pre-advent cards. When adventing onto the Contract cards in Soul State directly, you can put as many cores as you want from the Field/Reserve to the now advented Spirit, instead of "keeping the same amount of cores" like in normal advent, as there are no cores on cards in Soul State to begin with. 
The effect is worded as follows:
* Ultra Contract Advent: XXXX (Timing)(Once per Turn: Same Name) By stacking this card from your Hand onto its target, including those that are in Soul State/pre-advent condition, send your to this Spirit.
While normal Contract Advent consisted of sending Soul Core from anywhere to the Trash, Ultra Contract Advent brings it from anywhere onto your targeted Contract Spirit/Spirit with the Contract Spirit as pre-advent card, including Trash. This enables player to Ultra Contract Advent after performing regular Advent/Contract Advent in the same turn, and save the Soul Core for another advent. Since it is a very powerful effect, all Ultra Contract Advents currently are limited to (Once per Turn: Same Name), and are name-limited. 
A key point to note is also that since Ultra Contract Advent is "by sending the Soul Core to the designated Spirit", you can't Ultra Contract Advent onto a Spirit with Soul Core on it, or carry out Ultra Contract Advent via "advent treating Soul Core as sent" effects like that of Cloudy Blow's. 
=== See Also: ===
* List of cards with Ultra Contract Advent
==Reverse Contract Advent==
Reverse Contract Advent (裏契約煌臨; ura keiyaku kourin), introduced in BS64, is a subcategory of Advent and Contract Advent, possessed by the six partners of Contractor Kai.
The effect is worded as follows:
* Reverse Contract Advent: XXXX (Timing)(Once per Turn: Same Name) By sending your or the opposing to the Trash, or by -1 opposing counter, stacking this card from your Hand onto its target, including those that are in Soul State/pre-advent condition.
Different to any of the previous Advent variants, Reverse Contract Advent is the first variant which can use the opposing Soul Core directly, and is also the first variant which can manipulate counters as the cost. This provides a counter option for the player when facing against decks of the same structure (e.g. when both decks are Advent-based), giving themselves an advantage over the opponent. It also means the player can save the Soul Core for another chance of Advent. Reducing the opposing counter can also potentially disable some of the opposing effects which require a certain number of counters as conditions. Since Reverse Contract Advent is a very powerful effect, all its texts currently are limited to (Once per Turn: Same Name), and are name-limited.
From the name to design, Reverse Contract Advent makes itself a parallel to Ultra Contract Advent owned by Dan's side Contract Spirits. Instead of returning Soul Core to use Advent again, it takes the opposing Soul Core and allows the player to advent again by not using their Soul Core at first. In a way, it also eats up the opposing Soul Core returned via their Ultra Contract Advent, if they didn't immediately use the Soul Core afterwards, making it an interesting counter against decks with Ultra Contract Advents. 
Unlike Ultra Contract Advents, however, since cards with Reverse Contract Advent can be normally advented by "sending Soul Core to the Trash", you can advent the cards with Reverse Contract Advent via "advent treating Soul Core as sent" effects like that of The OracleTwentyOnePillars II The High Priestess's.
=== See Also: ===
* List of cards with Reverse Contract Advent
==Final Contract Advent==
Final Contract Advent (最終契約煌臨; saishuu keiyaku kourin), introduced in BS64, is a subcategory of Advent and Contract Advent, currently possessed exclusively by The Ruler of FourDemonLords God-Javad.
The effect is worded as follows:
* Final Contract Advent: XXX (Timing)By banishing the from your Field/Reserve, stack this from the Hand onto your target Ultimate.
While seems underwhelming on first sight, the harsh condition of Final Contract Advent can be understood with the rest of God-Javad's effects, which can be devastating when all conditions are met. This is also to make sure that God-Javad would not be abused at multiple copies, which had happened before with the domination of The Hellsoil FourDemonLord Magnamiser.
Final Contract Advent serves as a reference to The EvilGodKing Deathpeers-Zorc, which, before Final Contract Advent was introduced, had been the only card in the game which also banishes the Soul Core to Advent. Deathpeers-Zorc was also the first card with Advent revealed in the anime, as well as the first Ultimate with the ability to advent.
==Official Q&As==
See Q&As for Advent.
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