Tribute Summon
"Kelbek", "Agido", and "Zolga" being Tributed for the Tribute Summon of "Obelisk the Tormentor" in the artwork of "Soul Crossing"
A Tribute Summon (Japanese: アドバンス
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.
Interactions with effects
- Some cards require 3 Tributes to be Normal Summoned. (e.g.: "The Wicked Avatar")
- Some monsters can be Tribute Summoned with varying numbers of monsters. (e.g.: "Moisture Creature")
- Some cards allow Spell or Trap Cards to be Tributed in place of monsters. (e.g.: "Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter", "Ancient Gear Castle")
- Some cards allow high-Level monsters to be Normal Summoned with fewer or no Tributes. (e.g.: "Fog King", "Mausoleum of the Emperor") However, if no cards are Tributed to perform the Normal Summon, the Summon is not considered a Tribute Summon, unless a card specifies otherwise (such as "Tribute Burial").
In other languages
| Language | Name | Romanized | Translated |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | Invocation Sacrifice | ||
| German | Tributbeschwörung | ||
| Italian | Evocazione tramite Tributo | ||
| Portuguese | Invocação-Tributo | ||
| Spanish | Invocación por Sacrificio | ||
| Japanese | アドバンス | Adobansu Shōkan | Advance Summon |
| アドバンスしょうかん (kana) | |||
| アドバンス召喚 (base) | |||
| Korean | 어드밴스 소환 | Eodeubaenseu Sohwan | |
| Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) | 升級召喚 | Shēngjí Zhàohuàn | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 上级召唤 | Shàngjí Zhàohuàn |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| French | Invoquer par Sacrifice |
| German | beschwören als Tributbeschwörung |
| Italian | Evocare tramite Tributo |
| Portuguese | Invocar por Invocação-Tributo |
| Spanish | Invocar por Sacrificio |
Trivia
- As seen in Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal, Tribute Summoning had largely fallen out of practice thanks to Xyz, Fusion and Synchro being much quicker to pull out powerful monsters.
- Bronk had to explain to Tori how Shark was able to summon Jawsman without it being an Xyz Summon.
