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'''Tribute''', known as '''Release''' in the ''OCG'' and the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime and as '''Sacrifice''' in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' animes, is usually a way of voluntarily [[send]]ing a card from your side of the [[Playing Field|field]] to the [[Graveyard]], often used to [[activate]] a [[card effect]] or perform a [[Summon]]. When you Tribute a card it is not considered [[destroy]]ed. | '''Tribute''', known as '''Release''' in the ''OCG'' and the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime and as '''Sacrifice''' in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' animes, is usually a way of voluntarily [[send]]ing a card from your side of the [[Playing Field|field]] to the [[Graveyard]], often used to [[activate]] a [[card effect]] or perform a [[Summon]]. When you Tribute a card it is not considered [[destroy]]ed. | ||
Some examples include: | Some examples include: | ||
| − | * [[Monster Card|Monsters]] being Tributed for a [[Tribute Summon]]. | + | * [[Monster Card|Monsters]] being Tributed for a [[Tribute Summon]] or [[Fusion Summon]]. |
* "[[Exiled Force]]" Tributing itself in order to activate its effect to [[destroy]] one [[Monster Card|monster]] on the field. | * "[[Exiled Force]]" Tributing itself in order to activate its effect to [[destroy]] one [[Monster Card|monster]] on the field. | ||
* [[Ritual Monster]]s requiring their corresponding [[Ritual Spell Card]] and a Tribute of Monster Cards whose total [[Level]] is greater than or equal to the Level of the Ritual Monster in order for it to be [[Summoning Conditions|summon]]ed to the field. | * [[Ritual Monster]]s requiring their corresponding [[Ritual Spell Card]] and a Tribute of Monster Cards whose total [[Level]] is greater than or equal to the Level of the Ritual Monster in order for it to be [[Summoning Conditions|summon]]ed to the field. | ||
Revision as of 21:33, 6 March 2012
Tribute, known as Release in the OCG and the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime and as Sacrifice in the Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX animes, is usually a way of voluntarily sending a card from your side of the field to the Graveyard, often used to activate a card effect or perform a Summon. When you Tribute a card it is not considered destroyed. Some examples include:
- Monsters being Tributed for a Tribute Summon or Fusion Summon.
- "Exiled Force" Tributing itself in order to activate its effect to destroy one monster on the field.
- Ritual Monsters requiring their corresponding Ritual Spell Card and a Tribute of Monster Cards whose total Level is greater than or equal to the Level of the Ritual Monster in order for it to be summoned to the field.
- ExiledForce5DS1-EN-C-1E.png
An example of a card that Tributes itself as cost for its effect.
- HamburgerRecipeMRL-EN-C.jpg
An example of a Ritual Spell Card that requires a total amount of Level star monster(s) to be Summoned onto the field
Unless the card specifically states that you can Tribute your opponent's monsters like "Soul Exchange" or "Lava Golem", a player can only Tribute monsters on their side of the field.
When Tributing for a card effect, the Tribute(s) are considered Costs, which means players cannot respond to the Tributes with card effects, since paying a Cost has no Spell Speed. This also means that Tributes occur before the activation of the effect that they are being Tributed for.
While Tributing a monster for a Tribute Summon is not technically considered a Cost, the Tributed monster still leaves the field before a player can respond to the action. Some monsters have restrictions on being used as tributes for a Tribute Summon (e.g. "Scapegoat" tokens, "Fires of Doomsday" tokens etc.).
Cards which involved Tributing formerly worded it as "offer as a Tribute", as "Tributing" and "Tributed" are not actually words. This practice was eventually stopped.
