Crystal Change Rod

Pegasus grants the Crystal Change Rods to Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus as the latest evolution of their transformation gear. Holding one lets a guardian ascend to her Super Sailor stage while also opening the door to a stronger technique. The wands are strictly an animated-continuity feature, showing up during the fourth SuperS run, the fifth Sailor Stars run, and the accompanying SuperS theatrical film.

Because the anime never advanced the team into their Eternal stage, these rods stayed in service right through the last season. Their name traces back to a replica toy that Bandai put on shelves rather than to any spoken line in the show.

Each rod triggers a Super Sailor upgrade through a matched call: Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up, Mars Crystal Power, Make Up, Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up, and Venus Crystal Power, Make Up. Alongside the boosted form comes a new offensive move for each user, namely Mercury Aqua Rhapsody, Mars Flame Sniper, Jupiter Oak Evolution, and Venus Love and Beauty Shock.

Small emblems ring the planetary sign on every orb and echo behind each guardian as her sequence closes. Those emblems nod to the printed manga tools that power the same attacks: a lyre for the Mercury Harp, a bow with an arrow for the Mars Arrow, a laurel for the Leaves of Oak, and roses for the Whip of Love.

The four wielders are Super Sailor Mercury, Super Sailor Mars, Super Sailor Jupiter, and Super Sailor Venus. In the printed story the rods have no equivalent, since there each guardian draws on her own Sailor Crystal to reach the Super stage, leaving these devices unnecessary in that telling. The Outer Guardians, meanwhile, were never shown transforming with any comparable item across the Stars episodes despite also gaining Super forms.