Fortune Lady Hikari Rulings Question

[Alex]

Fortune Lady Hikaris text states that if you draw her you can special summon her from the hand and if you do that you can move 1 monster you controll to the GY to special summon one level 1 spellcaster monster from your deck.

I tried special summoning "relinquished", a level 1 spellcaster monster from the deck, and its not working. is it because its a ritual monster? nowhere does it state on relinquished that it can only be special summoned in a certain way.

Answers appreciated.

[Tunnel Sharks Rule!!!]

I believe you can't special summon Ritual Monsters period, unless there's a card that allows it or if they were already Ritual Summoned

[C.C. 折オリ枝 の 夫]

1. It's not Fortune Lady Hikari, it's Fortune Fairy Hikari. While it's true that Fortune Fairy Hikari is the "child" form of Fortune Lady Light, it's not the same archetype, they are just related by lore.

2. Relinquished is a Ritual Monster, you can't special summon it due to the mechanic itself. Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link along all other monsters that have the "can't be normal summoned/set, must first be special summoned by...." are semi-nomi cards, aka "special summon only monsters" which means that they need to first be special summoned by either the mechanic (for Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link) or the effect stated on the card.

If you do not properly summon the monster first (either by it's mechanic or effect) then you cannot special summon the card at all. Note, that if the card is returned to the deck or the hand, it is considered a different card, so even if you special summoned it properly once, you will need to resummon it properly again. You can only special summon semi-nomi monsters from the GY or banished zone AFTER their summoning condition was met.

It's not written on Relinquished because it's tied to the Ritual mechanic not to an effect.

[mariosonicman1]

Originally posted by I:P マスカレーナ:

1. It's not Fortune Lady Hikari, it's Fortune Fairy Hikari. While it's true that Fortune Fairy Hikari is the "child" form of Fortune Lady Light, it's not the same archetype, they are just related by lore.

2. Relinquished is a Ritual Monster, you can't special summon it due to the mechanic itself. Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link along all other monsters that have the "can't be normal summoned/set, must first be special summoned by...." are semi-nomi cards, aka "special summon only monsters" which means that they need to first be special summoned by either the mechanic (for Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link) or the effect stated on the card.

If you do not properly summon the monster first (either by it's mechanic or effect) then you cannot special summon the card at all. Note, that if the card is returned to the deck or the hand, it is considered a different card, so even if you special summoned it properly once, you will need to resummon it properly again. You can only special summon semi-nomi monsters from the GY or banished zone AFTER their summoning condition was met.

It's not written on Relinquished because it's tied to the Ritual mechanic not to an effect.

this is some nice stuff I learned about rituals today. Thank you for the insightful answer.