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: als Tributbeschwörung beschwören 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 require one Tribute, while Level 7 and higher require two Tributes.

Tributing a monster for a Tribute Summon is a cost. Therefore, if the Tribute Summon is negated, the Tributed monster(s) won't return to the field.

Some cards can avoid the Tribute Summoning rules. For example, "Fog King" can be Tribute Summoned with one Tribute, or "Normal Summoned" without a Tribute. "Mausoleum of the Emperor" allows you to pay Life Points instead of Tributing monsters, but the Normal Summon then cannot be considered a Tribute Summon.

See also: Normal Summon, Tribute Set, Tribute, and Negate