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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)''|simplified chinese=仪式怪兽 ''Yíshì Guàishòu''

| 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 a [[Monster Cardcard type|monsterstype]] of [[monster]] s that must be [[Special Ritual Summon]]ed with a [[Ritual Spell Card]]. Examples include "[[Magician of Black Chaos]]", "[[Demise, King of Armageddon]]", and "[[Nekroz of Trishula]]"Their card frame is colored in blue.

==Characteristics==Ritual Monsters are stored in the [[Main Deck]]. They are [[Special Summon-only monsterMonster]]s. This means that ; they cannot be [[Special Normal Summon]]ed from the or [[handSet]] or , cannot be [[Main Deck|DeckSpecial Summon]] except by ed with [[Ritual Pendulum Summon]]ing, and cannot be Special Summoned from the [[Graveyardhand]] or while [[banishDeck]]ed unless they were first by non-Ritual Summoned (even with a card like "Summoning [[Fulfillment of the Contracteffect|card effects]]")., unless:

* The effect specifically states that it Special Summons Ritual Monsters (e.g. "[[Ritual Foregone]]"), and the Ritual Monster being Summoned does not have a "Must be Ritual Summoned" condition, OR,* The effect [[Ignoring the Summoning conditions|Ignores the monster's Summoning conditions]]. If a Ritual Monster is not properly [[Ritual Summon]]ed before being sent to the [[Graveyard]] or banished, it cannot be [[Special Summon]]ed from there by non-Ritual Summoning card effects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/faq_search.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 "Nekroz of Trishula" is sent from the hand or Deck to the Graveyard, can it be Special Summoned from the Graveyard 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 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 the 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> A properly Special Summoned Ritual Monster loses its status if it is returned to the [[hand]] or [[Main Deck|Deck]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/853512.aspx |title=Ritual/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 Game - Official Rulebook Version 5.0 |url=https://yugipedia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v5.0.pdf?page=17 |page=13}}</ref> ===Ritual Summoningcondition==={{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 typically a [[Ritual Spell]], but can also be non-Ritual Spell cards, primarily for the Ritual archetypes that lack a Ritual Spell (e.g. "[[Megalith]]", "[[Libromancer]]"). The mentioned card(s) is never the ''only'' card(s) that can Ritual Summon the Ritual Monster, but rather one that ''can'' be used for its Ritual Summon. All Ritual Monsters can be Ritual Summoned using effects of other appropriate Ritual Summoning cards, even if they are not mentioned on the Ritual Monster card. ===Ritual Summoning===

In some ways, Level 5 or higher Ritual Monsters are easier to Summon than must first be Special Summoned by [[Normal Monster|Normal]] or [[Effect MonsterRitual Summon]]s of the same Leveling, since their Tributes do not need to be on using the fieldeffect of a card that performs a Ritual Summon. However Usually, they do require Ritual Summoning is performed by a number of specific cards to be in the hand at once, which can be quite difficult to achieve. Some [[Ritual Spell Card]]s such as "Advanced Ritual Art" can ameliorate this by using , with an effect that involves tributing monsters from the Main Deck instead, as opposed to using monsters from your player's hand and/or side of the field. Cards such as "[[Preparation of Rites]]" and "[[Manju of whose levels equal or exceed the Ten Thousand Hands]]" help the player to assemble the necessary components for a Ritual SummonMonster being Ritual Summoned, while cards such as "[[Ascending Soul]]" and "[[then Ritual Buster]]" help alleviate Summoning the costs of Ritual Summoning. The "[[Djinn of Rituals]]" monsters can serve dual purposes, as they make Monster from the Ritual Spell Cardplayer's monster requirement easier to fulfill by banishing themselves from hand. ==In the Graveyard, anime==Ritual Monsters have not featured as well as granting an additional effect when used for a major mechanic in the Ritual Summon of a Ritual Monsteranime.

== Play style =Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)===Unlike In ''[[Fusion MonsterYu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|FusionYu-Gi-Oh]]'', some prominent characters used Ritual Monsters, including [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]], [[Seto Kaiba]], [[Synchro Monster|SynchroMaximillion Pegasus]], and [[Xyz MonsterDartz]]s, Ritual Monsters are not stored in and the [[Extra DeckRare Hunter]] thus they don't have the benefit of being immediately available to be summoned as soon as the player has the materials needed. Likewise needing specific Spell Cards for each Ritual Monster (with some exceptions) can also limit the player's ability to Ritual Summon should they be missing the specific Ritual Spell card required. Because of this Decks focused on Ritual Summoning tend include quick ways to search the Ritual Monsters they want to Summon as well as the Ritual Spell cards required[[Umbra]] and [[Lumis]].

===Yu-Gi-Oh! GX===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', Ritual Summoning is supported by a number of Spell Cards, including Monsters occasionally appeared; Fusion Monsters were more prominently associated with the series. [[Alexis Rhodes]] used the first Ritual Monster-focused archetype; "[[Ritual ForegoneCyber Angel]]". [[Bastion Misawa]], which allows for the instant Summon of a Ritual Monster from the hand[[Titan]], though such a monster cannot attack and will be destroyed during the [[End PhaseKaibaman (character)|Kaibaman]]all used a Ritual Monster.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL===In addition''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'', "Advanced a single Ritual Art" can be Monster appeared, used should you have a sufficient amount of Normal Monstersby [[Kite Tenjo]].

No other Tributes are required if using "===Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V===In ''[[Ritual Raven]]" for the Summoning of a [[DARKYu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]] '', Ritual Monster. Two of the "Gishki" archetype monstersMonsters were used by two characters, "[[Gishki ShadowAlexis Rhodes (ARC-V)|Alexis Rhodes]]" and "[[Gishki VisionAura Sentia]]" allow them to be the entire Tribute for any WATER monster, not just a "Gishki" Ritual Monsterneither of whom were featured significantly.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS===In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', RitualSummoning was the first non-reliant Decks benefit Link Summon Special Summon method reintroduced in the most from having multiple copies of Ritual Spell Cards series. [[Yusaku Fujiki]] and [[Theodore Hamilton]] used one Ritual MonstersMonster each, as the chances of drawing both the Ritual Spell and the Ritual Monster increases greatly. Ritual Summoning can cost the player a large amount [[Ai]] later used one of cards in hand/field so ways to generate hand advantage and recycle Ritual Spell cards are also importanthis own.

==ExampleExamples==[[File:MagicianofBlackChaos{{Show card image gallery| Magician of Black Chaos | Non-YGLDEffect Ritual Monster| Raging Storm Dragon -ENBeaufort IX | Effect Ritual Monster| Shinobaron Peacock | Spirit Ritual Monster| Magikey Mechmusket -URBatosbuster | Tuner Ritual Monster| Odd-1E.pngEyes Pendulumgraph Dragon | Pendulum Ritual Monster|centerPrediction Princess Tarotreith |300px]]Ritual Flip Monster}}

* The "Ritual Monsters have the fewest number of anti-support cards of all monster [[Black Luster Soldier (archetype)card type]]s, with only {{hardcoded query|Black Luster Soldier{{#ask: [[Concept:CG cards]][[Anti-support::Ritual Monster]] |format=count}}}} cards specifically designed to stop them: ", "{{hardcoded query|{{#ask: [[Cyber AngelConcept:CG cards]]", "[[GishkiAnti-support::Ritual Monster]]|format=list |sep=", "}}}}". * "[[NekrozMagikey Mechmusket - Batosbuster]]", and "is the only [[Prediction PrincessTuner]]Ritual Monster. * " [[archetypePrediction Princess Tarotreith]]s are " is the only [[archetypeFlip Monster|Flip]]s focused on Ritual MonstersMonster.

* There are no Level 2 "[[Odd-Eyes Pendulumgraph Dragon]]" is the only [[Pendulum Monster|Pendulum]] Ritual MonstersMonster.

* Ritual Monsters have the fewest number of anti-support cards of all monster "[[card typeDrytron Meteonis Alpha Draconids]]s, with only {{#ask: [[Class 1::Official]] [[Anti-Support::Ritual Monster]] |format=count}} cards specifically designed to stop them: "{{#ask: [[Class 1::Official]] [[Anti-Support::has the highest ATK and DEF of all Ritual Monster]] |format=list |sep=", "}}"monsters.

* "In the early days of the game, Ritual Monsters were seemingly meant to be counterparts of [[Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX DragonFusion Monsters]]" has :** Ritual Monsters needed a Spell specific to each of them. Fusions had a generic Spell they all could use.** Rituals needed to be searched for in the Deck. Fusions were easily accessible in the Extra Deck. ** Rituals could use any monsters, and could use a single monster if the highest ATK Level was equal or greater than their own. Fusions needed specific monsters, and a minimum of all Ritual Monsterstwo.

* The blue color scheme for Ritual Monsters in the card game may have been inspired by "[[Esprit Lord - HikokujakuRelinquished]]" , the first Ritual Effect Monster.  * [[Yugi Muto]] and "[[Esprit Lord - HimekujakuYusaku Fujiki]]" are the first only protagonists to use Ritual Monsters. * [[Seto Kaiba]] and currently [[Kite Tenjo]] are the only rivals to use Ritual Monsters to have an . * [[abilityAlexis Rhodes]]is the only heroine to use Ritual Monsters.

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