Talk:Link Summon

Question about Link Summoning and Banish Cards.
I stop playing shortly before Pendulum Stuff was released, but that's besides the point. I'm curious about if say Macro Cosmos was active on the field, which banishes cards instead of them being sent to the Graveyard. With Link Summoning, it says "During their Main Phase, the turn player can Link Summon a Link Monster from their Extra Deck by sending face-up monsters they control to the Graveyard as Link Materials", would they still be able to Link Summon if the Materials are Banished instead of going to the Graveyard? Is it a similar scenario to having Macro Cosmos & Gravekeeper Servant activate at the same time to prevent Attacks (because GS stipulates that in order to declare an attack, the Player must send the top card of their deck to the graveyard, but with MC, it can't declare the attack because they can't send the top card of their deck TO THE graveyard) or will the Materials simply be Banished and the Link Monster(s) are still Link Summoned? Altyrell (talk • contribs) 02:58, September 8, 2017 (UTC)