Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel: What Is Ritual Summoning?
Here's everything you need to know about Ritual Summoning in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.
Ritual summoning in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is not very popular compared to the other special summoning types out there. But that does not mean that it isn't any good, or can't be useful. With its own pros and cons, ritual summoning requires little set up to be used, but lots of set up to be used efficiently and practically.
This type of special summoning does require spell cards and sacrifice, like fusion summoning, but there are a few main differences. Though it's rarely used in the anime and scarcely utilized among players, ritual summoning has become the underdog of special summoning.
The Components Of A Ritual Summon
When it comes to ritual summoning in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, there are three components that you will need in your deck. You will need a ritual monster (those with a blue frame) a ritual spell card, and monsters with star ratings to become tributes.
Ritual monsters are the monsters that get special summoned after a ritual summon has been performed. They attack and defend like normal monsters, except they cannot be summoned by conventional methods.
Ritual monsters can only be special summoned when their corresponding ritual spell card has been activated. Their description will denote the exact ritual spell card they need, so you will need one of those in your deck at least to have any chance of executing a special summon.
Unlike other special summon monsters, the ritual monsters are added to the main deck.
For example, the Black Luster Soldier requires the Black Luster Ritual spell card to be summoned. Rarely, a ritual card may not need a spell to be ritual summoned, but will have a dear cost that will be denoted on the card.
Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth is a powerful card that requires the banishment of one ritual, fusion, XYZ, and synchro monster anywhere on the field.
Ritual spell cards are how you will be ritual summoning your ritual monsters. In their descriptions, they will at least have the name of the monster or monsters they can special summon to the field.
Also in the description of the card is the cost you'll pay for executing the ritual summon. For the vast majority of ritual spell cards, you will need to pay a tribute of a certain value. This is done by choosing monster cards in your hand or on the field that's levels add up to or greater than the desired tribute value.
Those monsters will be sent to the graveyard and your ritual monster will be summoned to the field anywhere you want.
Link monsters and Xyz monsters do not have star ratings and so cannot be tributed, so keep that in mind when forming your deck.
Tribute monsters are any monster cards that you choose to become tribute. Their levels will be added up to reach the desired value of the spell card. This means that you can tribute as many or as little monsters as you want, which is less restricting and less demanding than a typical fusion monster.
Additionally, there are helpful monster cards that make tributing a lot easier, so with an optimized deck, you can pay the tribute costs of powerful ritual monsters with little effort.
The Ritual Raven is a great example, as it can be used as the entire tribute for dark ritual monsters.
How To Ritual Summon
To perform a ritual summon, you will need to draw both a matching ritual monster and ritual spell card. As soon as you do, you'll be able to play the spell card, which is when the game will prompt you to tribute your monsters.
Once you have chosen monsters on the field or in your deck (so the combined Levels add up to or greater than the desired tribute), you can place your ritual monster anywhere you want on the field.
To realistically ritual summon, you'll want repeat copies of the ritual card and spell card you want to utilize.
Due to having two tribute monsters, you'll also want lots of cards that can revive monsters from the graveyard.
Recycling monsters will be necessary to repeatedly throw out powerful ritual monsters.
Ritual summons are not popular due to the fact that the ritual cards are in your main deck, but being able to summon them in any monster space allows you to have lots more ritual cards than other special summon monsters may allow.
A deck with ritual cards can house other special summoning methods, as any monster with levels can be tributed for a decent ritual monster. Just be careful of adding link and Xyz monsters due to their lack of levels.
Source: thegamer.com
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