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* A Ritual Monster cannot be Special Summoned from the [[Graveyard]] or while [[banish]]ed unless it was originally Summoned by Ritual Summon.<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] |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] |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] |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=http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v6.0.pdf |page=15}}</ref>** As long as the monster is not returned to the [[hand]] or [[Main Deck|Deck]], it is considered to have been originally properly Special Summoned, so it can still be Special Summoned from the Graveyard or while banished.<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=http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rulebook_v5.0.pdf |page=13}}</ref>
→Clarifications: UDE no longer make rules for the tcg, therefore the info is obsolete and unofficial. Also the konami source specified doesn't mention such limitation.
* When a card or effect that Ritual Summons resolves, if monsters cannot be used for the Ritual Summon or the [[Ritual Monster]] cannot be Ritual Summoned, no Ritual Summon occurs, nor are any monsters used for the Ritual Spell Card's monster requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=L&last=O |title=Individual Card Rulings [L-O] |publisher=UDE |at=Mask of Restrict |accessdate=12 December 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090220023927/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=L&last=O |archivedate=20 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=L&last=O |title=Individual Card Rulings [L-O] |publisher=UDE |at=Lightforce Sword |accessdate=12 December 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090220023927/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=L&last=O |archivedate=20 February 2009}}</ref>
==Example==