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Yeah, but Contact Fusion and Mask Change are pretty much evolved mechanics that border on being something new entirely, kind of like Rank-Up and Accel Synchro, with appropriately flashy introductions in the anime or manga. And yeah, Konami certainly had the chance to make Xyz Monsters like this, but they haven't, and saying they haven't done so [i]yet[/i] is just speculation. Konami could have taken Xyz Monsters down the path of Fusions and Synchros by requiring different materials, but they didn't, and that's probably because they have a specific idea of what Xyz Monsters should be. By the way, I think you might be underestimating just how small card text can be.
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I'm not. There's a reason I outright rejected a certain card, it was more like a novel rather than anything else.

Also, the anime-only monster that was a Rank 13 was a thing. Please tell me how you're going to summon that with actual Xyz materials. Or Dark Synchros, those were pretty wonky too. I know the idea behind Xyz, but if we're really going down that path, then there's a clear divide between specifics and splashable materials. There's a ton of generic rank 4's, but then some require actual named cards (hello fiend eagle). I'd consider this just another way of specifying what type of monster you need. I mean, you could use those very same monsters to Xyz Summon Exciton Knight and Castel. Hardly fair imo.