When sacrificing a monster to summon another , does the monster has to be in field?

Question

When sacrificing a monster to summon another , does the monster has to be in field?

Answer 1

yes unless the monster is a ritual monster

Answer 2

Yes, however the number of stars that a monster has indicates how many tributes it needs.

Answer 3

yes, you cant just discard a card from your and summon a lvl 5+ monster.  however there are some cards like cyber dragon and a cards like chaos emperor dragon - envoy of the beggining which you have to remove 2 cards from play but the cards have to be in your graveyard.

hope that helps!

Answer 4

If you mean for a Tribute Summon for a card like Summoned Skull, yes.

However, there are cards like Cyber Dragon and The Tricky that "cheat" this rule in a sense.

Answer 5

yes, the monster has to be on the field, and the real name for "sacrifice" is tribute.