NeoArkadiaSome Background First
Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force is a card that originates from recent episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, currently airing in Japan, that the U.S. and the rest of the world are at least 40 episodes behind. The card is the key Spell Card in the deck strategy of the character Eliphas, a character who serves as basically the will (read: Leader) of the Astral World, and a temporary antagonist to Yuma, later turned ally. The card is repeatedly used by him to transform a Rank 4 Xyz Monster known as "New Orders 4: Etheric Anubis" ultimately into the unprecedented Rank 13 Xyz Monster "New Orders 13: Etheric Amon".
These "New Orders" Xyz currently doen't exist in the actual card game in either territory, as of the writing of this article, but Astral Force does. And it can open some rather interesting strategies by transforming your Xyz into new, bigger, and more powerful options.
So what is this Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force thing anyways? Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force
Normal Spell Card Target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control with the highest Rank; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 Xyz Monster with the same Type and Attribute as that monster you control but 2 Ranks higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to that target also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) During your Draw Phase, instead of conducting your normal draw: You can add this card from your Graveyard to your hand. You cannot Special Summon any monsters, except with "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force", the turn you activate this effect. Let's focus on its return to the hand effect first, and clear something up, that you guys might get confused on: You're only barred from Special Summoning monsters with anything other than "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force" when you return Astral Force to your hand. Using Astral Force to Rank-Up won't impede your other Summons for the turn.
The other effect is fairly self explanatory, and players should have experience with "Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force" and "Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force" (and possibly "Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force). To put it simply, these Spell Cards let you Xyz Summon a bigger Xyz Monster on top of your current one, and Astral Force follows this idea.
So who can you make with these cards? Well, let's find out with this dinky list!
SPELLCASTER-TYPE DARK RANK 4 Alchemic Magician Downerd Magician
↓ RANK 6 Magi Magi☆Magician Gal
RANK 5 Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade
↓ RANK 7 Number 11: Big Eye Hierophant of Prophecy Legendary Magician of Dark
LIGHT RANK 4 Number 104: Masquerade
↓ RANK 6 E☆HERO Pit Boss Norito the Moral Leader
RANK 5 Empress of Prophecy
↓ RANK 7 CXyz Simon the Great Moral Leader
DRAGON-TYPE LIGHT RANK 4 Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon
↓ RANK 6 Hieratic King Dragon of Atum
↓ RANK 8 Thunder End Dragon Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis Number 46: Dragluon Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon Legendary Dragon of White
FIRE RANK 4 Evolzar Laggia Evolzar Dolkka Number 57: Tri-Head Dust Dragon
↓ RANK 6 Evolzar Solde
ZOMBIE-TYPE DARK RANK 3 Ghostrick Alucard Number 48: Shadow Lich
↓ RANK 5 Crimson Knight Vampire Bram
WARRIOR-TYPE LIGHT RANK 4 Number C39: Utopia Ray Starliege Paladynamo Starliege Lord Galaxion Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights Number S39: Utopia ONE One-Eyed Skill Gainer Number 10: Illumiknight Number 39: Utopia Heroic Champion - Excalibur Photon Alexandra Queen Photon Papilloperative
↓ RANK 6 Photon Strike Bounzer
↓ RANK 8 Divine Dragon Knight Felgrand
EARTH RANK 4 Gagaga Cowboy Comics Hero King Arthur Zubaba General Heroic Champion - Gandiva Heroic Champion - Kusanagi Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien
↓ RANK 6 Gauntlet Launcher Sword Breaker
RANK 1 Number 54: Lion Heart
↓ RANK 3 M-X-Saber Invoker
↓ RANK 5 CXyz Comics Hero Legend Arthur Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja
FIRE RANK 3 Battlin' Boxer Cheat Commissioner Lavalval Ignis
↓ RANK 5 Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus
BEAST-TYPE EARTH RANK 2 Number 64: Ronin Raccoon Sandayu
↓ RANK 4 Diamond Dire Wolf
FIEND-TYPE DARK RANK 2 Number 65: Djinn Buster Number 96: Dark Mist
↓ RANK 4 Steelswarm Roach Evilswarm Thanatos Evilswarm Nightmare Maestroke the Symphony Djinn Number 85: Crazy Box
RANK 1 Ghostrick Dullahan
↓ RANK 3 Number C65: King Overfiend Number C96: Dark Storm
↓ RANK 5 Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon Number 53: Heart-eartH
FAIRY-TYPE LIGHT RANK 2 Herald of Pure Light
↓ RANK 4 Vylon Disigma Number 16: Shock Master Number 102: Star Seraph Sentry Fairy Cheer Girl Princess Cologne
RANK 1 Number 63: Shamoji Soldier
↓ RANK 3 Mechquipped Angineer
↓ RANK 5 Tiras, Keeper of Genesis
↓ RANK 7 Number 7: Lucky Stripe
INSECT-TYPE DARK
RANK 4 Number 66: Master Key Beetle
↓ RANK 6 Inzektor Exa-Beetle
DINOSAUR-TYPE FIRE RANK 3 Grenosaurus
↓ RANK 5 Number 61: Volcasaurus
AQUA-TYPE WATER RANK 5 Number C101: Silent Honor's Dark Knight
↓ RANK 7 Mermail Abyssgaios
PYRO-TYPE FIRE RANK 4 Infernal Flame Vixen
↓ RANK 6 Hazy Flame Basilitrice
ROCK-TYPE EARTH RANK 2 Gachi Gachi Gantetsu
↓ RANK 4 Gem-Knight Pearl Number 106: Giant Hand
RANK 3 Soul of Silvermountain Giant Soldier of Steel
↓ RANK 5 Number C106: Giant Hand Red
PLANT-TYPE LIGHT RANK 6 Queen Nereia the Silvercrown
↓ RANK 8 Shinra no Morigami Alsei
EARTH RANK 4 CXyz Battleship Cherry Blossom Fairy King Albverdich
↓ RANK 6 Fairy Knight Ingunar
MACHINE-TYPE LIGHT RANK 4 Constellar Praesepe Number 36: Chronomaly Fork Hoyuk
↓ RANK 6 Constellar Ptolemy M7 Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis Number 25: Force Focus
↓ RANK 8 Grandopolis, The Eternal Golden City
↓ RANK 10 Super Dimensional Robo Galaxy Destroyer
EARTH RANK 8 Googly-Eyes Drum Dragon
↓ RANK 10 Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max
RANK 3 Geargiagear X Gigant
↓ RANK 5 Digvorzhak, King of Heavy Industry
WIND RANK 5 Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh
↓ RANK 7 Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack Number 42: Starship Galaxy Tomahawk
PSYCHIC-TYPE LIGHT RANK 3 Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut
↓ RANK 5 Number C69: Heraldry Chaos Crest