Tribute Summon

Tribute Summon
Japanese	アドバンス召（しょう）喚（かん）
Japanese (ruby)	アドバンスしょうかん
Japanese (base text)	アドバンス召喚
Japanese (romanized)	Adobansu Shōkan
Japanese (translated)	Advance Summon
English	Tribute Summon
Other names French: Invocation Sacrifice Verb: Invoquer par Sacrifice German: Tributbeschwörung Verb: beschwören als Tributbeschwörung Italian: Evocazione tramite Tributo Verb: Evocare tramite Tributo Korean: 어드밴스 소환 (Advance 召喚) Eodeubaenseu Sohwan Portuguese: Invocação-Tributo Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Tributo Spanish: Invocación por Sacrificio Verb: Invocar por Sacrificio Traditional Chinese: 升級召喚 Shēngjí Zhàohuàn / Sing1 kap1 Ziu6 wun6

A Tribute Summon (Japanese: アドバンス召（しょう）喚（かん） Adobansu Shōkan "Advance Summon") is a form of Normal Summoning a Level 5 or higher monster by Tributing another monster(s) you control. Level 5 and 6 monsters require one Tribute, while Level 7 and higher require two Tributes.

Tributing a monster for a Tribute Summon is part of a Summoning condition. Therefore, if the Tribute Summon is negated, the Tributed monster(s) will not return to the field.

Some cards require 3 Tributes to be Normal Summoned, such as "The Wicked Avatar". Other monsters can be Tribute Summoned with varying numbers of monsters, such as "Moisture Creature".

Some cards allow Spell or Trap Cards to be Tributed in place of monsters, such as "Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter" and "Ancient Gear Castle".

Some cards allow high-Level monsters to be Normal Summoned with fewer or no Tributes. "Fog King" can be Tribute Summoned with 1 Tribute, or Normal Summoned without a Tribute. "Mausoleum of the Emperor" allows either player to pay Life Points instead of Tributing monsters. However, if no cards are Tributed to perform the Normal Summon (as in the case of "Mausoleum of the Emperor"), the Summon is not a Tribute Summon, unless a card specifies otherwise (such as "Tribute Burial").

The "Monarch" monsters focus on Tribute Summons.

See also

• Tribute Set