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| arabic kanji = وحوش الطقوس | kanji = {{Ruby|儀|ぎ}}{{Ruby|式|しき}}(モンスター)<ref group=Notes>The parentheses here specify what part is not shown on the cards' [[Type]]/[[Ability]] line.</ref> | japanese = 儀式(モンスター) | furigana = ぎしき(モンスター) | romaji = Gishiki (Monsutā) | japanese translated = | english = Ritual (Monster) | french = (Monstre) Rituel | german = Ritual(monster) | italian = (Mostro) Rituale | korean = 의식 (몬스터) (儀式 (Monster)) ''Uisik (Monseuteo)'' | portuguese = (Monstro de) Ritual | spanish = (Monstruo de) Ritual | chinese = 儀式怪獸 ''Yíshì Guàishòu / Ji4 sik1 (Gwaai3 sau3)''

| list = List of Ritual Monsters | support list = List of Ritual Monster support cards | anti-support list = List of Ritual Monster anti-support cards

'''Ritual Monsters''' (Japanese: {{Ruby|儀|ぎ}}{{Ruby|式|しき}}モンスター ''Gishiki Monsutā''), colored blue, are [[Monster Card|monsters]] that must normally be [[Special Summon]]ed with a [[Ritual Spell Card]]. Examples include "[[Magician of Black Chaos]]", "[[Demise, King of Armageddon]]", and "[[Nekroz of Trishula]]".

Ritual Monsters are [[Special Summon-only monster]]s. This means that they cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from the [[hand]] or [[Main Deck|Deck]] except by [[Ritual Summon]] and cards like Examples include "[[Ritual ForegoneMagician of Black Chaos]]" or , "[[Baegriller de NouvellezDemise, King of Armageddon]]", and cannot be Special Summoned from the [[Graveyard]] or while [[banish]]ed unless they were first Ritual Summoned (even with a card like "[[Fulfillment Nekroz of the ContractTrishula]]").

==Ritual SummoningCharacteristics=={{main|Ritual Monsters are stored in the [[Main Deck]]. They are [[Special Summon}}Monster]]s; they cannot be [[Normal Summon]]ed or [[Set]], cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed with [[Pendulum Summon]]ing, and cannot be Special Summoned from the [[hand]] or [[Deck]] by non-Ritual Summoning [[effect|card effects]], unless:

In some ways, Level 5 or higher * The effect specifically states that it Special Summons Ritual Monsters are easier to Summon than (e.g. "[[Normal Monster|NormalRitual Foregone]] or [[Effect "), and the Ritual Monster]]s of the same Level, since their Tributes do being Summoned does not need to have a "Must be on the field. HoweverRitual Summoned" condition, they do require specific cards to be in the handOR, which can be difficult to achieve. Some * The effect [[Ritual Spell CardIgnoring the Summoning conditions|Ignores the monster's Summoning conditions]]s such as "Advanced Ritual Art" can ameliorate this by using monsters from the Main Deck instead, as opposed to using monsters from the hand and/or field.

Cards such as "If a Ritual Monster is not properly [[Preparation of RitesRitual Summon]]" and "ed before being sent to the [[Manju of the Ten Thousand HandsGraveyard]]" help assemble necessary components for a Ritual Summonor banished, while cards such as "it cannot be [[Ascending SoulSpecial Summon]]" and "[[Ritual Buster]]" help alleviate ed from there by non-Ritual Summoning costscard effects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search. The action?ope=5&fid=14410&request_locale=ja |date=20 November 2014 |title=Ｑ＆Ａ » 手札やデッキから墓地へ送られた「トリシューラの影霊衣」を、「影霊衣の反魂術」によって墓地から特殊召喚できますか？ |publisher=Konami |language=Japanese |trans-title=Q&A » If "[[Djinn Nekroz of Rituals]]Trishula" monsters can serve dual purposes, by making is sent from the Ritual Spell's monster requirement easier hand or Deck to fulfill by banishing themselves the Graveyard, can it be Special Summoned from the Graveyard, as well as granting additional effects when used for by "Nekroz Cycle"? |accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=D&last=E |title=Individual Card Rulings [D-E&#93; |publisher=UDE |at=Dimension Fusion |accessdate=12 December 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090218205242/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=D&last=E |archivedate=18 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |title=Individual Card Rulings [A-C&#93; |publisher=UDE |at=Contract with the Ritual Summon Abyss |accessdate=12 December 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090217182013/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |archivedate=17 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=F&last=H |title=Individual Card Rulings [F-H&#93; |publisher=UDE |at=Fulfillment of a Ritual Monsterthe Contract |accessdate=12 December 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090226221414/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=F&last=H |archivedate=26 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Official Rulebook Version 6.0 |url=https://yugipedia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v6.0.pdf?page=10 |page=15}}</ref>

== Playing style ==Because A properly Special Summoned Ritual Monsters are not stored in Monster loses its status if it is returned to the [[Extra hand]] or [[Main Deck|Deck]], they are not immediately available to be Summoned when the player has the necessary monsters. Likewise, needing specific <ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/853512.aspx |title=Ritual Spells for each Ritual Monster (with some exceptions) can limit the player's ability to Ritual Summon should they be missing the Ritual Spell /Fusion Monsters vs. Legal Revival Target |date=18 September 2007 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071102200622/http:/entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/853512.aspx |archivedate=2 November 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card or Ritual MonsterGame - Official Rulebook Version 5.0 |url=https://yugipedia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v5. As a result, Decks focused on Ritual Summoning often include ways to search Ritual Monsters and Ritual Spells0. pdf?page=17 |page=13}}</ref>

===Ritual Summoning condition==={{Main|Ritual Summoning condition}}Every Ritual Monster mentions one or more cards that can Ritual Summon the Ritual Monster in the first line of its [[card text]]. The card(s) mentioned is supported by typically a number of Spell Cards, including "[[Ritual ForegoneSpell]]" which allows , but can also be non-Ritual Spell cards, primarily for the instant Summon of Ritual archetypes that lack a Ritual Monster from the handSpell (e.g. "[[Megalith]]", though such a monster cannot attack and is destroyed during the "[[End PhaseLibromancer]]").

In additionThe mentioned card(s) is never the ''only'' card(s) that can Ritual Summon the Ritual Monster, "Advanced but rather one that ''can'' be used for its Ritual Summon. All Ritual Art" Monsters can be used should a Deck have a sufficient amount Ritual Summoned using effects of Normal Monstersother appropriate Ritual Summoning cards, even if they are not mentioned on the Ritual Monster card.

No other Tributes are required if using "[[===Ritual Raven]]" for Summoning a [[DARK]] ==={{main|Ritual Monster. Two "Gishki" archetype monsters, "[[Gishki Shadow]]" and "[[Gishki Vision]]" allow them to be the entire Tribute for any WATER monster, not just a "Gishki" Ritual Monster. Summon}}

Ritual-reliant Decks benefit from having multiple copies of Ritual Spells and Monsters must first be Special Summoned by [[Ritual MonstersSummon]]ing, to increase using the chances effect of drawing both the Ritual Spell and the Ritual Monster. Ritual Summoning can cost the player a large number of cards in hand/field, so ways to generate hand advantage and recycle card that performs a Ritual Spells are also importantSummon.

With the introduction of the Usually, Ritual Summoning is performed by a [[Master Rules#New Master Rules|New Master RulesRitual Spell Card]], with an effect that involves tributing monsters from the player's hand or field whose levels equal or exceed the Ritual Monsters have the advantage in Monster being able to be Ritual Summoned in any [[Main , then Ritual Summoning the Ritual Monster Zone]], unlike Extra Deck monstersfrom the player's hand.

Ritual Monsters have appeared not featured as a side major mechanic in the anime.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', a few some prominent characters used Ritual Monsters, including [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]], [[Seto Kaiba]], [[Maximillion Pegasus]], [[Dartz]], and the [[Rare Hunter]]s [[Umbra]] and [[Lumis]].

===Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', Ritual Monsters were used by only two characters, [[Alexis Rhodes (ARC-V)|Alexis Rhodes]] and [[Aura Sentia]], both neither of which whom were supporting charactersfeatured significantly.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', Ritual Summons were Summoning was the first of the non-Link Summon Special Summoning methods to be Summon method reintroduced in the anime, with series. [[Yusaku Fujiki]] and [[Theodore Hamilton]] using used one Ritual Monster each, and [[Ai]] later using used one of his own.

| Magician of Black Chaos | Non-Effect Ritual Monster| Saffira, Queen of Dragons Raging Storm Dragon - Beaufort IX | Effect Ritual Monster| Shinobaron Peacock | Spirit Ritual Monster| Magikey Mechmusket - Batosbuster | Tuner Ritual Monster| Odd-Eyes Pendulumgraph Dragon | Pendulum Ritual Monster| Prediction Princess Tarotreith | Ritual Flip Monster

* Ritual Monsters have the fewest number of anti-support cards of all monster [[card type]]s, with only {{hardcoded query|{{#ask: [[Class 1:Concept:OfficialCG cards]] [[Anti-Supportsupport::Ritual Monster]] |format=count}} card }} cards specifically designed to stop them: "{{hardcoded query|{{#ask: [[Class 1Concept::OfficialCG cards]] [[Anti-Supportsupport::Ritual Monster]] |format=list |sep=", "}}}}". * "[[BlueMagikey Mechmusket -Eyes Chaos MAX DragonBatosbuster]]" has is the highest ATK of all only [[Tuner]] Ritual Monsters, with 4000 ATKMonster. * "[[Shinobaron Peacock]]" and "[[Nekroz of SophiaShinobaroness Peacock]]" has are the highest DEF of all only [[Spirit Monster|Spirit]] Ritual Monsters, with 3400 DEF.* "[[Prediction Princess Tarotreith]]" is the only [[Flip Monster|Flip]] Ritual Monster.* "[[Shinobaron PeacockOdd-Eyes Pendulumgraph Dragon]]" is the only [[Pendulum Monster|Pendulum]] Ritual Monster.* "[[Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon]]", "[[Drytron Meteonis Draconids]]", "[[Drytron Meteonis Quadrantids]]" , and "[[Shinobaroness PeacockDogmatika Alba Zoa]]" are tied for having the first (and currently only) highest ATK of all Ritual Monsters to have an monsters.** "[[Drytron Meteonis Draconids]]", "[[abilityDrytron Meteonis Quadrantids]]: they are ", and "[[SpiritDogmatika Alba Zoa]] monsters" have the highest DEF of all Ritual Monsters.

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