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Ritual summoning inYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duelis 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.
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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 aritual monster(those with a blue frame) aritual spellcard, andmonsters with star ratings to become tributes.
Ritual monstersare 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 theircorresponding ritual spell cardhas 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, theritual monsters are added to the main deck.
For example, theBlack Luster Soldier requires the Black Luster Ritual spell cardto 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 Rebirthis a powerful card that requires the banishment of one ritual, fusion, XYZ, and synchro monster anywhere on the field.
Ritual spell cardsare how you will be ritual summoning your ritual monsters. In their descriptions, they will at least have thename of the monster or monsters they can special summon to the field.
Also in the description of the card is thecost 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 cardsin 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 yourritual monster will be summoned to the field anywhere you want.
Link monsters and Xyz monstersdo not have star ratings and so cannot be tributed, so keep that in mind when forming your deck.
Tribute monstersare any monster cards that you choose to become tribute. Their levels will be added up to reach thedesired value of the spell card. This means that you may tributeas many or as littlemonsters 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.
TheRitual Ravenis 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 amatchingritual 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 torepeatedly throw out powerful ritual monsters.
Ritual summons are not popular due to the fact that the ritual cards are in your main deck, butbeing able to summon them in any monster spaceallows you to have lots more ritual cards than other special summon monsters may allow.
A deck with ritual cardscan 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 monstersdue to their lack of levels.
