RK monsters

SoulFire wrote:Okay please explain how the "this card can be used as material" works. Does it replace ALL materials, or just 1?

Scheath666 wrote:|illusory Ninja Finnea RK 3|???|????|Warrior/Xyz/Effect|Water|3||1700|1300|2 level 3 Monsters. When this card is Xyz Summoned: Special Summon 1 "Illusory Ninja Token"(Warrior-type/WATER/Level 3/ATK 1600/DEF 1200). If you do; destroy it at the End Phase of your opponent's turn. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 face-up monster you control; until the End Phase, It cannot leave the field. During your next Standby Phase after a token was destroyed during your opponent's End Phase: You can Xyz Summon "Illusory Ninja RK 4" from your Extra Deck using this card as the Xyz Material.|

basically, use the effect on the token you summoned to ensure a rank-up? the idea seems good, also it's versatile, even without the next ranks. but 1700 for a monster that needs to survive for a turn seems a bit too weak, especially since you have to choose whether to protect the token or this monster. This is really good though.

|Illusory Ninja Finnea RK 4|???|????|Warrior/Xyz/Effect|Water|4||1900|1600|3 Level 4 Monsters. When this card is xyz Summoned using "Illusory Ninja Finnea RK 3" as any of its Materials: Special Summon 2 "Illusory Ninja Token"(Warrior-Type/WATER/Level 4/ATK 1800/DEF 1500). If you do; destroy them at the end Phase of your opponent's turn. While you control a token(s), your opponent must target them for attacks or with card effects. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; face-up "Illusory Ninja" monsters you controls can attack your opponent directly but when it uses this effect, any Battle Damage inflicted to your opponent is halved. During your next Standby Phase after a Token inflict Battle damage to your opponent and was destroyed during your opponent's End Phase: You can Xyz Summon "Illusory Ninja Finnea RK 5" from your Extra Deck using this card as the Material.|

The second of the chain. Seems a bit funny that the rank interval is 1, as opposed to 2 as usual. Faces even worse ranking up condition than the above, but the effect is good. it's like a pseudo dracossack (that dies to a certain toy plane). You can be less strict about the ranking up requirements, or just buff this monster's stats. otherwise it won't survive bar a lifeforce.

|Illusory Ninja Finnea RK 5|Warrior/Xyz/Effect|Water|5||2200|1900|4 Level 5 monsters. When this card is xyz Summoned using "Illusory Ninja Finnea RK 4" as any of its Materials: Special Summon 2 "Illusory Ninja Token"(Warrior-Type/WATER/Level 5/ATK 2200/DEF 1900). If you do; destroy them at the end Phase of your opponent's second turn. When an "Illusory Ninja" monster attacks or is attacked, during damage calculation (in either player's turn): You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target that monster, then target a number of other "Illusory Ninja" monster(s) you control; the first target gains ATK equal to the combined ATK of other targets during that damage calculation only. If the first target destroys a monster by battle when it uses this effect; destroy a number of other targets used for this effect.|

The main problem i see from this is that it seems like it's only a one-time use. You summon this after a long chain, but the token generating is only one shot, and it'll probably die since this one does not have any kind of effect protection. If this become and archetype, this might become good, otherwise its not really worth the effort of summoning it.