Forum:Ehther the Heavenly Monarch clarification

I had this very specific Yugioh question and figured this was the most reliable place to turn, though I don't know if this is the best way to go about it or not. I've never really messed with a wiki or anything before, But here goes...

My friend and I were recently playing a game where he managed to successfully Tribute summon Ehther the Heavenly Monarch. He was then able to use his effect which states:

"If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can send 2 "Monarch"Spell/Trap Cards with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon 1 monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck, but return it to the hand during the End Phase."

He special summoned an appropriate creature, but then used the special summoned creature as a tribute for another monster.

So the events were: Successfullly tribute summoned Ehther > Used his effect to special summon a creature from his deck, which is slated to return to his hand during the end phase > Was able to do another tribute summon that turn due to a card effect so he tributed the special summoned monster for a new, tribute summoned monster.

Once he reached his end phase, he tried to return the monster he special summoned with Ehther's effect to his hand even though it was in his graveyard at that point. I told him I didn't think he would be able to do that if the special summoned monster was no longer on the field.

So the question is: If a monster is special summoned with Ehther's effect, and has to be returned to your hand during the end phase of that turn, does that special summoned monster have to be on the field to return to the hand? Or can it be returned to their hand even if it is sent to the graveyard? Vustice (talk • contribs) 00:13, March 5, 2016 (UTC)