Can Face Down Monsters be Used for a Ritual Summon?
Yes, face-down monsters can be used for a Ritual Summon, as their level will become known when sent to the Graveyard, and they can be tributed for the summon. The Ritual Summon process involves tributing monsters from your side of the field or your hand until the sum of all the Levels of the tributed monsters are equal to or higher than the Level of the monster you’re trying to Ritual Summon.
Understanding Ritual Summons
To understand how face-down monsters can be used for a Ritual Summon, it’s essential to know the basics of Ritual Summons. A Ritual Summon is a type of Special Summon that requires a Ritual Spell Card and tributing monsters with levels equal to or higher than the Ritual Monster being summoned.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
- What can you summon with face-down monsters?: Face-down monsters on the field can be used as Fusion Materials, as long as they are controlled by the player performing the Fusion Summon and the card performing the Summon allows it.
- What are the requirements for a Ritual Summon?: Ritual Summons are a kind of Special Summon that you perform by playing a Ritual Spell Card, and you need to have the monster you want to Ritual Summon and an appropriate Ritual Spell Card in your hand.
- Can you use face-down monsters to tribute summon?: You can always tribute your own face-down monsters, even if the tribute relies on factors which would not be public knowledge.
Ritual Summoning
- How does Ritual Summoning work?: Ritual Summoning involves tributing monsters from your side of the field or your hand until the sum of all the Levels of the tributed monsters are equal to or higher than the Level of the monster you’re trying to Ritual Summon.
- Do Ritual Monsters have to be properly summoned?: Ritual Monsters are Special Summon-only monsters, so they must first be Ritual Summoned before they can be Special Summoned by any other effect.
- Can Ritual Monsters be revived?: If a Ritual Monster was Ritual Summoned successfully and destroyed in any way, or removed from play, it may be Special Summoned by cards like Monster Reborn or Return from the Different Dimension.
Face-Down Monsters
- Can face-down monsters activate their effects?: Yes, face-down monsters can activate their effects, even if they are destroyed while face-down.
- Do face-down monsters count as monsters you control?: Face-down monsters do count as monsters you control, but if you control only a face-down monster, it does count as controlling no effect monster.
- Can face-down monsters be used to XYZ summon?: No, Xyz Materials must be face-up before you can use them for an Xyz Summon.
Advanced Topics
- Can you use Scapegoat to Ritual Summon?: Yes, you can use Scapegoat tokens for Ritual Summons and Toon Summons, as they are considered Special Summons.
- Can you Pendulum Summon Ritual Monsters?: Ritual Pendulum Monsters are a special kind of Pendulum Monster that also count as a Ritual Monster, and they can be Pendulum Summoned if they were properly Ritual Summoned at first.
- Can you use face-down cards to Link Summon?: No, a monster used as Link Material for a Link Summon must be face-up in the Monster Zone.
Fusion and Ritual Summons
- Can you Fusion Summon with face-down cards?: Yes, face-down monsters on the field can be used as Fusion Materials, as long as they are controlled by the player performing the Fusion Summon and the card performing the Summon allows it.
- Can face-down cards be used to Fusion Summon?: Yes, when Fusion Summoning with Polymerization, you can use a monster which is face-down on the field as a Fusion Material monster.
- Does Ritual Summon start a chain?: Yes, every Ritual Summon starts a chain, which means the Summon cannot be negated because the monster is summoned in a resolving chain, so you have to negate the Ritual Spell Card instead.