Can you tribute a monster to summon a monster that doesn't need a tribute?

Question

My friend was using gravity bind and two ground collapses so i could only play one monster at a time, so i tributed my four star card for a three star monster. Is this okay?

Answer 1

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum, no

Answer 2

of course NOT!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

No, sorry. You may only tribute a monster in order to summon a 5 star or higher monster or to pay the cost of an effect monster (for example, Cannon Soldier).

Answer 4

nope. you'll just have to stick with the current monster that is on your field. if the monster you're summoning is lv5+ or  can be summoned by tributing (due to its effect), then you can summon that monster

Answer 5

No,you might be able to specail summon a lvl 4 monster but you could not tribute summon one.