Yes, you can tribute summon in defense mode. A Tribute Summon follows the same position rules as a Normal Summon, so a monster you Tribute Summon is either face-up attack or Tribute Set into face-down defense.
Any monster of Level 5 or higher requires a Tribute Summon. Monsters that are Level 5 or 6 require one monster to be Tributed (called Release in OCG), while monsters of Level 7 or higher require 2 monsters to be Tributed.
If the card tells you you have to special summon either in attack or defense then that is what you must do. If the card does not specify attack or defense, then you are free to summon the monster in either, as long as some other card effect is not stopping you from doing so.
Actually, yes you can — you just can’t activate it during the Damage Step. However, let’s say your opponent activates Call of the Haunted in the Battle Phase; you could respond to that Summon with Torrential.
If a monster is in face-down Attack Mode, then you can Flip Summon it into face-up Attack Position. You can also change its Battle Position, and turn it from face-down Attack Mode to face-down Defence Mode.
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If a Flip Effect monster is not destroyed by an attack, you can Tribute it during a following turn for a Tribute Summon of a high-level monster. If it is not attacked, you can Flip Summon it next turn, get its Flip Effect, and Tribute it that same turn.
Yes, you can. During a Chain in which an effect is activated that would negate a Flip Summon, the monster about to be Flip Summoned is treated as being face-up in the Monster Zone. However, if it is an Effect Monster, its effects cannot be activated or applied yet.
In Main Phase 2, the Turn Player may: Normal Summon, Tribute Summon, or Set a monster if you have not already done so in Main Phase 1. Special Summon a monster(s). Manually change the Battle Position or perform a Flip Summon on a Monster Card, provided it was not Set or Summoned in Main Phase 1.
You can Tribute Summon monsters in Attack Position or face-down Defense Position. You can only Tribute Summon level 5 or higher monsters.
Multiple different spells and monster effects or you can tribute summon it using 2 tributes since it’s level 8.
Yes. Some cards, like Thunder King Rai-Oh and Steelswarm Roach, can negate the Summon of a monster. But there’s one VERY IMPORTANT THING you need to know: These effects can ONLY negate the actual Summon – they can’t negate an effect that Summons, or a Spell/Trap that Summons.
Cards that Special Summon monsters when destroyed in battle, such as “Shining Angel”, “Mystic Tomato” and “Pyramid Turtle” all Special Summon monsters during the Damage Step, and as such, “Torrential Tribute” and “Bottomless Trap Hole” cannot be used against them, since these cards cannot be activated in the Damage Step.
You can only special summon during your own main phase (1 or 2). If your opponent special summons during his battle phase he can still attack with the summoning monster (except for Toon monsters), no replay is triggered.
A tribute summon is only a normal summon. Scapegoats can be tributed for a special summon.
A Tribute Summon is treated exactly as a Normal Summon, except a few cards refer specifically to whether or not the card was Tribute Summoned (such as Monarchs). Normally only one Tribute Summon can be conducted in the same turn (exceptions: see “Ultimate Offering” and “Double Summon”).
A summon (including Tribute Summons) does not have a Spell Speed, so it cannot be “chained” to, it can only be “responded” to after it’s already happened by starting a new chain.
Even if a monster is unaffected by Spell effects, that monster can still be Tributed for the Tribute Summon. The Tribute Summon is performed due to the effect of Soul Crossing, but any monsters Tributed are not Tributed due to its effect.
Link Monsters have no DEF and cannot ever be in Defense Position. They can’t be changed to Defense Position by a card effect. They can’t even be flipped into face-down Defense Position.
Monsters can normally only be Normal Summoned/Set in face-up Attack Position or face-down Defense Position. The only way to Normal Summon a monster in face-up Defense Position is due to the effect of the card “Light of Intervention”.
As already mentioned, TOKENs can normally not be used for a tribute summon. The reason for this is that you cannot send them to the graveyard, because they disappear when leaving the monster zone
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