Only if a card specifically states you can (Ritual Summons, for example). At other times, including Tribute Summons, the monsters must be on the field.
Slifers effect-You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. The ATK andDEF of this card becomes the number of cards in your hand × 1000. When this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monsters that designate a target. Additionally, when your opponent successfully Summons or Flip Summons a monster with an ATK or DEF of 2000 or less, destroy that monster.
Under normal circumstances, a Normal Summon will be in face-up attack mode, and a Set will be in face-down defence mode. Some cards can change this, such as Light of Intervention, which prevents monsters from being set, but allows them to be Normal Summoned in face-up defence mode. Special summons are different - the default is face-up attack or face-up defence position. Again though sometimes individual card effects can 'special set' the card, or restrict it to a specific mode.
Yes. Face-down monsters can be tributed for tribute summons, card effects, etc.
Note, the God cards can't be used in a real duel, only for fun. Slifer: You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. The ATK and DEF of this card becomes the number of cards in your Hand x 1000. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps or Monsters that designate a target. Additionally, when your opponent successfully Summons or Flip Summons a Monster decrease the ATK and DEF by 2000, if either attack or defense becomes 0 then the monster is destroyed.Obelisk: You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps or Monsters that designate a target. By offering 2 Monsters on your Field as Tributes, all Monsters on your opponent's Field are destroyed. Ra: You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps or Monsters that designate a target. You may pay any number of life points to increase the attack of this card by the amount you paid. By paying 1000 life points you may destroy any monster.
Ally of Justice Quarantine and Koa'ki Meiru Drago prevent either player from Special Summoning LIGHT monsters...or DARK monsters, in the case of the latter. Also, the Barrier Statue cards: Barrier Statue of the Inferno, the Torrent, the Stormwinds, the Drought, and the Abyss all restrict Special Summons to FIRE, WATER, WIND, EARTH, and DARK, respectively. However, there is no card currently in existence that prevents Normal Summons of LIGHT monsters, specifically.
no, special summons are NOT the same as normal summons. special summons require a special card or effect to happen, cards such as monster reborn or return from the different dimension. normal summons are just when you directly play a monster from your hand without any other additional card effects
They are counted as a summon for any card that responds to simply 'a summon'.
yes
Only if a card specifically states you can (Ritual Summons, for example). At other times, including Tribute Summons, the monsters must be on the field.
No its not see its the way you make your deck if you make your deck so you cant special summon of course its going to be the worst card there but if you make your deck all about getting easy summons for strong monsters you cant really classifie it as the worst card because it is stronger than most level 4 monsters
All Ritual Summons are considered a Special Summon. However, not all Special Summons are considered a Ritual Summon. A Ritual Summon can only be performed with a Ritual Spell Card and a Ritual Monster. A Special Summon refers to any monster that is placed on the field in a way that is not a Normal Summon, Flip Summon, or Set. Also, Ritual Summons are never considered a Normal Summon.
When a card that says you can Special Summon a card, and specifies from where. For example: Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, can Special Summon itself from the Graveyard during your Main Phase, by returning 1 face-up Dark World monster back to your hand. Or if it's a Synchro or Xyz Monster, then those monsters have to be Special Summoned by their own Summoning mechanic, in which read Synchro Summons, and Xyz Summons. There is no limit on how many times you can Special Summon, so if you have a lot of cards that can Special Summon a lot, go nuts.
If a card special summons from the removed from game zone, it will say so. So DD Survivor is one example, it special summons itself from there. Otherwise, with cards like Interdimensional Matter Transporter, or Future Visions, the monster is simply 'returned' to the field. This is not a summon of any kind, meaning 'cannot be special summoned' monsters are not crippled by it, nor can any summon-responsive cards like Torrential Tribute be used.
Slifers effect-You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. The ATK andDEF of this card becomes the number of cards in your hand × 1000. When this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monsters that designate a target. Additionally, when your opponent successfully Summons or Flip Summons a monster with an ATK or DEF of 2000 or less, destroy that monster.
No. Infernity Necromancer has to be on the field to use its effect to special summons other Infernity monsters from the graveyard. Monsters can only special summon themselves from the graveyard if they specifically say they can activate in the graveyard - Plaguespreader Zombie for example. However even if Infernity Necromancer could activate in the graveyard, it is specifically prohibited from targeting a card called Infernity Necromancer anyway.
yes there is. It's called the Summoner of Illusions. A Spellcaster LV3 Light monster withATK: 800 DEF: 900Text: FLIP: Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field (excluding this monster). Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster Card from your Fusion Deck. The Fusion Monster is destroyed at the end of the turn this effect is activated.Also you can use Metamorphosis but you must tribute 1 monster with the same Level as the Tributed monster.there are other cards you can use. RESEARCH.