Forum:Hieratic's Mandatory Effect

If you activate Hieratic's effect to tribute another Hieratic (say Su) when that card is tributed it is mandatory to special summon a Normal Dragon type monster from your hand Deck or Graveyard. What if there is no normal dragon type to special summon though(banished), can I still activate Hieratic Dragon's effects to tribute other Hieratics?

Got into a long argument with a friend about it, I thought you still could just the effect resolves without target, as I'm activating another dragon's effect and the one I'm using for cost is the one that wants to special summon. He's adamant that because the effect is mandatory I can't activate any of the effects without there being a target.

76.178.87.113 (talk) 14:35, July 7, 2012 (UTC)