<p><strong>A Ritual Summon is a type of Special Summon, and a Tribute Summon is a type of Normal Summon. These types of summoning are distinct, so ritual summoning Chaos Max will not count as a tribute summon.</strong></p>

<p>Yes, it's true that ritual summoning requires you to <strong>tribute</strong> monsters from your hand or field (or other places, depending on the card), but tributing these monsters is merely a cost for the special summon. Just because tributing is involved doesn't make it the same as normal summoning a level 5 or higher monster by tributing a monster(s) you control.</p>

<p>However, as an aside, it should be noted that in both the case of a ritual summon and a tribute summon, any effect of the tributed monster that triggers when it is tributed will still trigger (for example, <a href="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evoltile_Najasho" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Evoltile Najasho</a>'s effect will trigger regardless of whether if it was tributed for a tribute summon, a ritual summon or even a card effect like <a href="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Evolution_Pill" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Big Evolution Pill</a>). </p>

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<p>I ask because I was summoning my <a href="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes_Chaos_MAX_Dragon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blue Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon</a> with <a href="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_Form" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chaos Form</a>. And it requires to either remove <a href="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes_White_Dragon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blue Eyes White Dragon</a> from the game or to sacrifice monsters from my hand whose levels are greater than or equal to it's level. Now while it is a special summon, is it still a tribute summon since the ritual requires me to tribute monsters for it?</p>

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no it is not a tribute summon it is a ritual summon
WhatsThePoint
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@WhatsThePoint would you mind posting that answer as an answer and adding substantiation?
doppelgreener
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@doppelgreener i dont have time to create an asnwer at the moment, but basically along the lines as a tribute summon is still classed as a normal summon, but a ritual summon is classed as a special summon
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Is a Ritual Summon still considered a Tribute Summon?
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# Is a Ritual Summon still considered a Tribute Summon?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-18)

I ask because I was summoning my [Blue Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes_Chaos_MAX_Dragon) with [Chaos Form](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_Form). And it requires to either remove [Blue Eyes White Dragon](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Eyes_White_Dragon) from the game or to sacrifice monsters from my hand whose levels are greater than or equal to it's level. Now while it is a special summon, is it still a tribute summon since the ritual requires me to tribute monsters for it?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: no it is not a tribute summon it is a ritual summon  
> **username_2**: @username_1 would you mind posting that answer as an answer and adding substantiation?  
> **username_1**: @username_2 i dont have time to create an asnwer at the moment, but basically along the lines as a tribute summon is still classed as a normal summon, but a ritual summon is classed as a special summon  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-18. Score: 5

**A Ritual Summon is a type of Special Summon, and a Tribute Summon is a type of Normal Summon. These types of summoning are distinct, so ritual summoning Chaos Max will not count as a tribute summon.**

Yes, it's true that ritual summoning requires you to **tribute** monsters from your hand or field (or other places, depending on the card), but tributing these monsters is merely a cost for the special summon. Just because tributing is involved doesn't make it the same as normal summoning a level 5 or higher monster by tributing a monster(s) you control.

However, as an aside, it should be noted that in both the case of a ritual summon and a tribute summon, any effect of the tributed monster that triggers when it is tributed will still trigger (for example, [Evoltile Najasho](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Evoltile_Najasho)'s effect will trigger regardless of whether if it was tributed for a tribute summon, a ritual summon or even a card effect like [Big Evolution Pill](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Evolution_Pill)).


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