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 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, but this is not considered a Tribute Summon. "Tribute Burial" allows a Tribute Summon by banishing a monster from each player's Graveyard.

The "Monarch" monsters focus on Tribute Summons.

See also

• Tribute Set