Evolute Currency

Evolute Currency (shortened to E-C, and エボリュートカウンター Eboryūto Kauntā in Japanese) is a type of unique to Evolute Monsters. Visually, they are a yellow orb placed where a would be, with a number indicates how many E-Cs an Evolute Monster typically gets. Like, and counters, E-Cs are mostly represented by dice.

Mechanics
Evolute Currency are placed on an Evolute Monster before the Evolute Summon is complete. An Evolute Monster Special Summoned by card effect (e.g " does not generate E-Cs. In addition, they can be placed by card effects. Evolute Currency stays on the monster even if their effects are negated. If the Evolute Monster is flipped face-down, or becomes banished temporarily, their E-Cs will be removed.

Evolute Currency can be removed manually to activate the Evolute Monster's effects, or by card effects like "".

Evolute Monsters with an Evolute Piece(s) Conjoined to it can activate that Piece's effects and use its E-Cs on addition to its original E-Cs.