Tribute

"Sacrifice" redirects here. For the card known as "Sacrifice" in the OCG, see "Relinquished".

Tribute (known as Release in the OCG, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, and as Sacrifice in the previous OCG, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX animes) is an act of moving card from field or hand to the Graveyard.

Cards can be Tributed either by a card that use the word "Tribute" as a term of this act ^[note], or for Tribute Summons.

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  A monster that requires a Tribute to Tribute Summon.

• ExiledForce5DS1-EN-C-1E.png

  An example of a card that Tributes itself as cost for its effect.

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  An example of a Ritual Spell Card that requires Tributes to Ritual Summon.

Unless the card specifically states that you can Tribute your opponent's card like "Soul Exchange" or "Lava Golem", a player can only Tribute card they control.

When a card is Tributed, it is sent to the Graveyard as a result.

Notes

^ Cards which involved Tributing formerly worded it as "offer as a Tribute", "Tributing" and "Tributed" are not actually words. This practice was eventually stopped.