Digimon Reviews, Episode 48-X: The X-Mon II

There have been a couple of extra new X-Antibody Digimon that were released here and there, and I felt like it was quite odd tacking one or two at the end of each episode. So I've decided to review the couple that are missing, and then just slap everything here in an article split from the original episode 48. I transplanted the dozen or so X-Antibodies reviewed there here (it was another overloaded article anyway) and reviewed them with the handful we've gotten in the 2020's. 

It's also a nice place for me to note how I'm going to review these X-Antibodies, which is a criteria I use in Pokemon to review non-evolution alternate forms like Regional Forms or Mega Evolutions. Essentially, my criteria for reviewing an X-Antibody isn't just whether Greymon-X itself is a cool design, but as far as scores go:

• Does it necessarily change anything significant about the original design, while keeping the 'spirit' intact?
• Is it just essentially the same design, only drawn with a different, more 'modern anime' art style?
• Is there something interesting in the lore about the addition of this strange new X-Antibody? 

Those are the rough criteria that I'm going to use to review them, and whether they get a high or low score depends on that. So, taking the Greymon X-Antibody example above... I like Greymon. Everybody likes Greymon. But his X-Antibody form is literally the same thing, drawn with a different artstyle and maybe a couple extra horns. 

Conversely, while I'm not the biggest fan of LordKnightmon, his X-Antibody form (which we cover below) changes enough to give a different look while keeping the 'vibe' of his original concept. Sure, extra metal wings and a rose rapier isn't revolutionary, but it 'fits'.

Likewise, I've split the original X-Antibodies away as an 'X' episode (and split Dorumon and Ryudamon's lines, so the Ryudamon family is now episode 32). All the actual reviews are still the same since I really don't have time to go back and re-review everything, but as far as ranking goes, this is my logic. 

It's a concept that I'll go back to the original X-Antibody article at some point and apply to the two dozen or so Digimon there, but slowly. That'll take time! 

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Baalmon (X-Antibody)

• Alternate Names: N/A
• Stage: Perfect
• Type: Demon Man
• Attribute: Free

Baalmon from Xros Wars is popular enough to get an X-Antibody form, and it's... a bit cluttered? A lot of what made Baalmon so cool in the first place was how sleek and smooth it looked even with having a lot of details. Replacing one of the cloak-cape-wings with Beelzemon's demon wings and having him hold a golden cannon just clutters up the design. I liked that original Baalmon fits as a Beelzemon pre-evolution without being too obvious. This is... exactly the opposite. He's even got Beelzemon's boots!

The profile's neat. The X-antibody broke the seals that keeps its powers together. Baalmon X is holding the "Book of Appin" and will give you part of its knowledge if you can go through its ordeals/trials. If you fail, it'll reap your soul. Anyway, I like the original Baalmon a lot better than this one.

 3/10.

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Barbamon-X, Belphemon-X & Demon-X

All the Demon Lords also get X-Antibody forms, too. Barbamon-X is a lot more threatening-looking than the gaunt sorcerer he used to be, and I do like this a lot. The 'wings' made out of energy behind his long sorcerer robes is also pretty neat. It's a bit hard to tell without zooming in, but Barbamon-X has basically fused the demonic staff it used to carry around with its right arm, and you've got a bunch of pretty neat monstrous detailing there. Also, since the original Barbamon really didn't have much to do with "greed", this new form allows Barbamon-X to rip out an enemy's Digicore (a.k.a. their soul) and lay claim to it. 

 4/10.

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Belphemon-X

Belphemon-X is... again, one of those X-Antibody forms that just looks like the original design drawn in a slightly different art style, but there's enough changes done to Belphemon-X to really make him look a fair bit more impressive, like those pinky-pink giant claws. I do like the new arrangement of the wings, and keeping the chains and the huge 'face' in the middle of his torso are both neat details. 

 4/10.

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Demon-X

Demon/Daemon-X also basically looks a lot more monstrous than before, losing a lot of the goofiness of the fur-man of his original design and basically just going for a monstrous demon-man with a lot of metallic-esque detailing. He's got two giant claw-cannon things on his shoulders, which looks neat. Again, there's really not a whole ton for me to say here. The Demon Lords actually look like variants and look a lot more distinct, I feel. 

 5/10.

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Leviamon-X

See, Examon? This is how you do an X-Antibody update. You can still retain your monstrous form and add a more humanoid gait, y'know? Leviamon is still a giant long-mouthed crocodile creature, it's still got its ridiculously long crocodile head, and he's got the expected addition of giant demonic wings, a giant halo over his head and two giant horns, plut a bunch of armour over him, but he's still got the basic Leviamon look and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Basically, Leviamon-X can now run around in land, sea and air, which is a pretty neat upgrade. 

 7/10.

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Lilithmon-X

Lilithmon-X's new design is pretty simple, you basically give her a pimped-out kimono and two giant butterfly wings, plus a gauntlet with a giant middle finger. It's not the most exciting update and she still looks too humanoid to be a Digimon, but apparently Lilithmon is so into this whole obsession of beauty that she just wants to evolve into a more beautiful form. Okay, then. Also, she's taken the extra title of a 'god of death', mind-controlling enemies with her Lust powers, then watching as they die serving her. Great butterfly wings, but otherwise kind of boring. 

 4/10.

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Lucemon-X

Lucemon-X is... well, at least it's different? He's now fully armoured, and both sides of his half-angelic half-demonic wings are all golden, bringing a sense of symmetry to his originally asymmetric design. I really don't have a whole ton to say here, but I do think it's a more pleasant-looking design than the original Lucemon. 

 7/10.

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Ogudomon-X

All of the Seven Deadly Sins got X-Antibody forms, and so do their big boss, Ogudomon-X, which is, like, their master or something, and... and I do appreciate that he still remains somewhat bizarre? It's no walking giant crab-spider creature, and there's something that vaguely resembles a torso like structure at the center of those twisting tentacles, claws and wings, but I do appreciate that it still looks bizarrely formless. I'm not sure if that's by design, or if the art's a bit too cluttered, but either way, I do like that Ogudomon-X still remains somewhat indecipherable. The X-Antibody has apparently mutated Ogudomon that all of the Seven Demon Lords' sins are overflowing and that Ogudomon-X is basically a massive force of destruction that will destroy the world by merely existing (et cetera, et cetera, every Royal Knight and Demon Lord basically has a similar 'it is so awesome it will break the world' vibe to their bios), and it's so mindless that it's going to attack anything nearby it, whether it be friend or foe. A neat concept, but a messy one.

 3/10.

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Keramon-X

After the whole Royal Knights and Demon Lords stuff, the next couple of entries are going to be Child and Ultimate forms of some of the main characters of previous Digimon series, and what better way to start off than our good old movie antagonist, Keramon? And hoo boy what the fuck is going on here. The original Keramon always had this thing where the head's orientation is either a smiling face or a frowning face thanks to multiple sets of eyes, but Keramon-X just went over-the-top by essentially stapling like three Keramon faces together into a single sphere, and I'm not sure how to read that face, and that's glorious. It's either a massive multi-jawed mouth like some sort of hideous deep-sea worm, or it's just what it looks like, a bunch of grinning faces glued into a single face. Its original weird jellyfish body has basically grown to be a bit more bizarre -- it's still got a single pair of zombie arms, but the amount of tendrils and 'wings' and whatnot seems to be the result of, well, a bunch of Keramon glued together. Keramon-X is noted to have "divided its face" so that it can chew through even more data, and apparently this includes Ultimate-level Digimon because Keramon is a badass. 

 9/10.
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Diablomon-X

Diaboromon-X is... it is another one that originally looks like "oh, it's the original but with a ton of extra details", but the more I look at this thing, the more I like it. The way its body is contorted, and the fact that those lavender parts of his body doesn't even seem to be solid and looks more like wispy streams of gas or something that's only holding the extensions of his body like the claws and boots and tails to his main body is a very interesting visual image. His official bio notes that Diaboromon-X moves "like a mollusk", especially the fact that apparently that pose with his legs clutching his tail like a pogo-stick is something it loves to do to disorient the enemy. Overall, a pretty cool design.

 8/10.

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Renamon-X

I like regular Renamon and regular Sakuyamon, but their X-versions are just them drawn in a fancier art style. Renamon-X's sure got a cool art but as a variant it's wholly unnecessary.. 

 0/10.

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Sakuyamon-X

In Sakuyamon's case, with a massive ghostly fox, bringing home the fox theme that was sorta-lost in the original Sakuyamon. They're neat, but ultimately don't feel like they're alternate versions of the original designs moreso than someone with a different art style drew them. 

 1/10.

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Terriermon-X & 

Likewise, Terriormon-X is cute, but ultimately it's just the original design with a bunch of jewelry and fur details slapped on. 

 2/10.

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Rapidmon-X

Instead of the Ultimate form, though, we get... Rapidmon-X? This is meant to be the golden Rapidmon, though, the super-special-awesome-one from the movie, so, eh? I kind of find it hard to tell what's going on at first glance, but I guess they swapped out Rapidmon's original cannon arms for, blade arms that split apart into tridents? I think? I do like that they the bizarre chunky abdomen and clown shoes, but ultimately this isn't a design I like.

 2/10.

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Cyberdramon-X

Oookay, so Xros Wars isn't the last Cyberdramon variant we're getting. Look at this motherfucker! Is this still even Cyberdramon? Cyberdramon-X is still a robotic dragon-man (emphasis more on 'robot' and 'man') and while it's nowhere as monstrous as Cyberdramon-2010, it's still a pretty cool design. I mostly just like the post and the disproportionately large claws, as well as the random bits of glowing laser wings and stuff. A pretty cool standalone design, and one that actually feels like it stands apart from a lot of the other dragon-man and robot-man Digimon out there. 

 7/10.

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Justimon-X

Justimon-X, everyone's favourite Kamen Rider themed Digimon, is back in red, and while I'm kind of sad we're not referencing any specific Kamen Rider, they do really go all-in on the cyborg enhancements for Justimon, and the concept for this one is basically an 'ultimate form' that combines all of Justimon's original three arms (the 'blitz arm', 'accel arm' and 'critical arm'), with all of his original arms forms represented on each limb, and that's why Justimon-X has a huge chunky robotic left leg. It's very tokusatsu, and I can't dislike this one.

I'm trying to think who he reminds me of. Kamen Rider Accel? From W? 

 7/10.

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Lopmon-X

Lopmon-X is basically a recoloured Terriermon-X, just like the original Lopmon and Terriermon, but where Terriermon-X has a bunch of random furs that don't really make sense, Lopmon-X's huge puffballs look a lot more organic and integrated into her design. 

 2/10.

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Cherubimon-X

Cherubimon, meanwhile, has always been my favourite 'angel' Digimon due to how bizarrely different it looks from regular angels, and the X-Antibody forms they gave for both Vice and Virtue forms of Cherubimon certainly doesn't disappoint. They exaggerate all the features of Cherubimon in the best way, making the comparatively small head smaller, the pot belly even rounder, the legs look super-robotic, the collar spikier and the arms even longer and ganglier than before. The difference between the two forms are simple but pronounced, with the legs, belt, ears and hands all looking different between the two forms. The exaggeration works well, and both Cherubimon-X (particularly, of course, Vice form) look even more bizarre than it originally did. I'm not sure what those weird little spheres on Virtue's hands are, or what those wire-like structures on Vice's hands are. Not a disappointment.

 7/10.

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Impmon-X

Impmon-X is also another winner, which I grouped together with Beelstarmon-X because of his connection with Beelzebumon. Impmon-X has actually became the badass that he acts like, and I do love the somewhat over-the-top art style that the original Impmon was designed with. The eyepatch and the grinning smiley face on his belt is neat, and the huge chunky fingres wielding red and blue flames genuinely look cool. I absolutely love that Impmon-X thinks that the eyepatch unlocks some sort of power, like an anime character, but it's just a regular eyepatch. A very fun update.

 6/10.
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BeelStarmon-X

I'd brush off BeelStarmon-X as a bland revisit of a fan-popular Digimon (gee, I wonder why?) with the simple addition of tacky demon wings... but the fact that she shoots little bullets shaped like her own helmet, making tiny little Sharpedo bullets, is just hilarious to me. I do think Beelstarmon-X is a straight-up just improvement on the original, pretty bland design, so yeah. It's still T&A, but at least Beelstarmon-X has something going on more than just fanservice.

 5/10.

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Meramon-X

Meramon-X is actually a pretty cool variant. the original Meramon was just a dude made entirely out of fire with a stitched mouth, but Meramon-X shows off that he's got a body beneath, a bunch of sharp claws, and it's posing like it's summoning the power of Grayskull or like he's a Power Ranger or Kamen Rider that's just completed transformation. I love this. It's got a lot of personality. 

I originally reviewed Meramon-X alongside the Black Agumon X evolutionary line, because they were missing the Virus Greymon-X (which didn't debut until after my big Digimon review hiatus). Meramon was originally an Agumon evolution, after all. 

 6/10. 

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Angewomon-X

Angewomon-X is... she actually covers up, looking more like a holy nun-angel-lady. It still looks a lot like an Angewomon, but also different enough while still working off the same concept of an angel lady. 

 3/10.

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LadyDevimon-X

But her transformation pales compared to LadyDevimon-X! LadyDevimon-X always had a little ghost-friend made out of a torn patch of her dominatrix outfit hanging off her shoulder, and LadyDevimon-X's ghost buddy has grown into a full-blown giant specter, and her left arm has transformed into an awesome giant skeletal claw of doom, replacing the original bandaged Devimon arm. LadyDevimon-X's ghost buddy is apparently her 'familiar', and that's a pretty cool term to call a part of your latex suit that's tranfsormed into a demonic ghost. The more I look at this design, the more I appreciate how much it enhances the original LadyDevimon's design, with the zippers now having teeth, there being a random spine-and-sacrum design on LadyDevimon's front, and her new cowl also looks awesome.

 7/10.

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Hououmon-X

Hououmon, meanwhile, went from a phoenix into a holy bird, but I'm not the biggest fan of this one. I'm not sure why the body of a big holy bird is randomly shaped like a lady, either. I guess she could be some sort of a harpy that still has a bird's head, but I dunno, I just don't like this one.  

 2/10.

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Ophanimon-X

Oh, hey, it's Ophanimon-X. Ofanimon? Ophanimon? I don't care enough. Regular Ophanimon-X looks like she's clad in a dress-armour that's a lot more practical for fighting compared to the regular Ophanimon, but while the dress is a lot more sensible, she's gotten two lightsaber-lance things glued onto her shoulders, and that is both ridiculous and awesome at the same time. Also, she has a random little yo-yo wheel under her leg. Okay. Ophanimon Falldown Mode also gets an X-Antibody form, and apparently that one yo-yo wheel has multiplied into three spiky yo-yo wheels, and Ophanimon-X Falldown Mode has turned one into the core of an energy scythe. As usual, Falldown Mode is always a lot cooler compared to regular Ophanimon.

 4/10. Yo-Yo power.

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RizeGreymon-X 

Oh, huh, we get a random Savers protagonist Digimon. I've never been the most fond of the original RizeGreymon, but it's a solid design. And basically, that's what I can say about RizeGreymon-X. It changes just enough of the original RizeGreymon to actually feel somewhat different, actually mechanizing the entire body instead of just the upper half while retaining regular Greymon's lower body. The new arm-cannon also looks pretty cool. And they do change a fair bit of RizeGreymon's look, and... it's a pretty decent design? I really can't find much to say here. It's yet another Gundam-dragonman, but probably one of the nicer-looking ones. At least it looks different.

 2/10.
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OmegaShoutmon-X

A bunch of the Xros Wars cast join in on the X-Antibody fun. OmegaShoutmon is... basically the same design, except his fingers are no slightly disconnected from his arms, which become a bit more word-like. It's essentially the same design drawn in a grungier art style, though, and I really don't have much to say here. 

 1/10. 

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DarkKnightmon-X

DarkKnightmon likewise gets a pretty cool artwork, and I must stress that I really do enjoy the cool new looks for these X-Antibody designs. I really do like the fact that SkullKnightmon's dumb face actually is a skull now, but it's still fundamentally the same design. Not terrible, but not super-innovative.

 2/10.

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Minervamon-X

Minervamon-X would be a boring revisit of an unremarkable Digimon, but the fact that her hair has became sentient and became massive chain chomps have basically made her one of the most memorable X-Antibody variants to me. I don't care a whole ton for either regular Minervamon or Mervamon, but this is the first time it actually feels like a Digimon,.

 4/10. Mostly for the chain chomps.

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Numemon-X

As we leave the updates to anime protagonist partners, we're actually headed to a bunch of random Digimon that got X-Antibodies and almost all of them are actually winners in terms of design. Take good ol' Numemon-X, for example, which is just hilarious! It's eyestalks are now crossed in an 'X',its body is now huge and shocking pick, and it's got a bunch of fangs. It's got a completely different crazed and manic expression compared to the original Numemon (or any of its evolutions) and I love it. Easily the best feature though, is that it's apparently completely slimy now instead of just being a slug, creating and budding off mini-Numemons from its body that float around it like spores. A very simple concept, yet one that's applied very well to good ol' Numemon. 

 9/10.

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Monzaemon-X

Monzaemon-X, meanwhile, retains a lot of its original teddy-bear look, albeit, again, drawn in a slightly more detailed art-style... but now it's got a halo and angel wings... made entirely out of... goop? The bio calls these "lovely gel". But said goop-wings are also budding off into little hearts and it's just so adorable, Monzaemon just really wants to love you even though it's oozing off goop. Now if you remember, the original concept for Monzaemon in both the Digimon World and Digivice games is that it's a 'hidden' Perfect evolution if you take care of your Adult-level Numemon, and while it's lost in translation to the anime, Monzaemon's original concept is that it's essentially a fluffy mecha suit piloted by a Numemon. So yeah, those goopy angelic wings and halo? It's created by a Numemon-X hiding inside Monzaemon-X, isn't it? Either way, though, all it still wants to do is to be a good buddy and bring happiness. Aww. Overall, an actually awesome update for these two.

 8/10.

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Black Agumon-X

Agumon-X-Antibody (Black) is basically the obligatory repaint to the regular Agumon-X. Not much to say here. The red markings are nice, but otherwise EH

 1/10.

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Greymon (Blue X-Antibody)

• Alternate Names: N/A
• Stage: Adult
• Type: Dinosaur
• Attribute: Virus

Didn't we already have one of these? It essentially is the 2010 Xros Wars Greymon drawn in the old-school proportions, with the blade on the tip of the tail and more metallic horns. It's a bit subtler but it's got 2006 Agumon's arm bands as well. This was one of the more recent ones, released in 2022 or something. 

Nice art, but we've had so many Greymons that I struggle to say anything much about this one that I haven't said in Greymon, Greymon-X, GeoGreymon, Greymon Virus, and Greymon 2010's articles. Great art, I still like Greymon, but show me this art and I wouldn't even think it's a new form of either Virus Greymon or the 2010 Xros Wars Greymon. That's why he gets:

 0/10.

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MetalGreymon (Blue X-Antibody)

    

So despite allof that, and despite MetalGreymon-X already existing... MetalGreymon-X (Virus) is the same design, but with blue, and with a lot more evil detailing, like that completely mean-looking chunky sci-fi cannon that also looks like the jaws of a crocodile or something. A pretty cool design, actually, different enough from the regular MetalGreymon and the X-Antibody MetalGreymon, and looking pretty dang monstrous. I approve. 

 5/10. 

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Tyrannomon-X

Holy shit, Tyrannomon got an X-form! Okay, this zombie franchise is still good for something, then. And it's even posed in the same way that real Tyrannosaurs are now known to be posed like, instead of the shuffling Godzilla-esque "dude in a tokusatsu suit" that the original Tyrannomon was. This is AWESOME, and I don't care that the only reason I love Tyrannomon-X is because of my own personal geekiness. 

 6/10.
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DarkTyrannomon-X

DarkTyrannomon-X is also pretty damn cool, and while the huge "X" on its forehead is a bit much, I do love the update for the massive amounts of straps on the original DarkTyrannomon's hands, and the crystal-spikes and glowing tail. It's apparently able to produce green flames from within its body. That's cool. The artwork is cool.

 8/10.
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Dracomon-X

Dracomon is a Digimon I've honestly never particularly cared about much either, only remembering him because of his role in Xros Wars, but moving the wings to his arms, and buffing up his appearance and face without going overboard, really adds to just how cool this turned out to be. I don't normally care too much for Dracomon, but this is a cool variant. 

 5/10.

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Siesamon-X

Another trio of randoms. Siesamon-X looks glorious and utterly fabulous, but unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think Siesamon ever received a proper Ultimate-level evolution, and I kinda wish that Siesamon-X actually ended up being a proper evolution instead of an X-Antibody 'alternate form'. Actual Shiisa are often explicitly cluttered with a lot of details, so Siesamon-X is pretty on-brand

 6/10.
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Pegasmon-X

Pegasmon-X is an interesting update on an Armor evolution that I've personally always kind of forgot, but turning parts of the original Pegasmon into robotic, Tron-esque parts is pretty dang cool. The leg armour and the glowing robot-energy wings look cool, and Pegasmon-X just looks straight-up majestic. 

 6/10.
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Orgemon-X

Orgemon-X, meanwhile, looks a bit more monstrous and streamlined, and it's gotten a bunch more black and red on its design... but that's because Orgemon's gotten a brand-new career. It's a metal rockstar now, and has traded its femur-bone-club for a combination of a rockstar's guitar, an ax and a chainsaw, and suddenly the changes in its fashion is a lot more understandable. It's basically trying to emulate a heavy-metal performer or something, and it's just something that's so out there for a simple Oni-monster design, but alsosomething that works so well. One of my favourite X-Antibody updates on this page.

 8/10.

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Wizarmon-X

Wizarmon-X is... it's still basically another one of "an old design, but drawn in a cool new art style", but the addition of random details like the eyepatch is admittedly pretty cool. I really do like the stylization of a lot of Wizarmon's features, like the chunky gloves or the massive zipper-mouths and whatnot. 

 4/10.

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Vamdemon-X

Vamdemon-X, however, is far more cooler. The original Vamdemon is already a cool design, and this one... it basically plays up a lot of the 'gentleman vampire' aspects of the original Vamdemon, but there's just something off. His cape looks more like bat wings, and there doesn't seem to be any arms in his sleeves. And despite his very fancy shoes and whatnot, turns out that this entire sexy-vampire routine... is nothing but a big fat fake. The bio notes that Vamdemon-X's face and body are entirely fake, and the true form lies in its cape, so the cape-bat-wings are the true arms, and I think that mask in front of his chest is meant to be the true face? There's always this weirdness with the original Vamdemon that when he evolved into VenomVamdemon, he has a 'true form' on his crotch that went unexplained, and this is a far cooler take on that concept. Very cool.

 9/10.

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Duftmon X-Antibody

Introduced during the Savers era shortly after the debut of the original Duftmon... I'm not really feeling this one. The original Duftmon had a rather neat "slender fencer" vibe going on, and that makes it a bit more unique. Duftmon-X bulks up random parts of the armour and gives him a lightsaber, which robs Duftmon of what made him felt unique in the first place. It also downplays the wings and we don't even get new art for the Leopard Mode!

 1/10. 

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Sleipmon-X

I really apologize to Royal Knight fans, but I am even more unimpressed by their X-Antibody forms. They're honestly still the same old style of "let's draw this in a completely different art style!" Once you get past the busy artwork, Sleipmon-X at least changes some stuff, giving him extra arms to go with his extra feet. It's something. 

 2/10.

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Craniummon-X

I actually like Craniummon-X a bit, mostly because the different art style actually makes him feel different. Original Craniummon was very much a clunky suit of armour knight, but Cranniummon-X looks a lot pointier, sharper, and actually feels different compared to Sleipmon-X or Duftmon-X. It's not by much, but it's a pleasant enough alternate form. 

 4/10.

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LordKnightmon-X

I didn't really care a whole ton about LordKnightmon-X, and I'm somewhat disappointed he lost the massive metal glove that regular LordKnightmon has. It trades that giant metal gauntlet for two sets of golden feather-like wings, which is decent, but also kind of makes him look a lot more generic compared to how he originally was. It's still at least different, so I can't be too mad. 

 3/10.

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Jesmon-X / Jesmon GX

Jesmon... uh... it sure gets more cluttered. Jesmon-X is a bit more colourful than the original Jesmon... and I do like that Jesmon's little buddies have transformed into creepy looking teeth monsters, though. That's my favourite part of this alternate design. But otherwise, eh. 

Jesmon gets a super-duper-awesome super-Ultimate form called Jesmon GX, who gets your typical extra fire wings, but does the horrible crimes of making the little buddies turn into energy arms.

 3/10. for teeth monsters.

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Gankoomon-X

I really wasn't already a big fan of the Royal Knights, and Gankoomon being just a JoJo character feels the least like a Digimon to me. Now you take even his Stand away? This is just some dude.

These Royal Knight profiles are also a slog to read through too, by the way. It's just very samey BURNING JUSTICE UNDEFEATABLE EPIC POWER bereft of anything actually creative.

 0/10.
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Examon-X

This is technically a major change, but it made Examon from being the one special Royal Knight that wasn't completely humanoid into... just another dragonman? Independent of the Royal Knight label making me treat it with a bit of an instant disdain, though, it is still technically a competently different X-Antibody variant. 

 2/10.

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Mephismon-X

And here we go, after all those negativity, let me close this off with one of my favourite X-Antibody updates. Mephismon was... a very... it's an all right Perfect-level demon Digimon, a cool goat-man design that's cool on its own, but ultimately sort of a forgotten design whose only real claim to fame is being the star of a Digimon Tamers movie, and even then it's his evolved form Gulfmon that takes up more screentime. And then somehow Mephismon ends up getting the chance to become an X-Antibody Digimon... and somehow, this involves Mephismon-X being reimagined as a rather hilarious... I'm not even sure what style this is. Does this count as gothic? Whatever the case, he's gotten an absolutely fancy umbrella, cleaned up a lot of the gross fur and swapped them for more pleasant-looking baggy clothes, and it's just a design that exudes so much style. And this is coming from someone who keeps decrying the amount of repetitive and boring humanoid Digimon, too -- I actually like Mephismon-X a lot, managing to look elegant and creepy at the same time, and that umbrella is glorious. It's attack is even called "merry merry destruction"! A fabulous goat.

 9/10.