Forum:Totem dragon special summoning requirements

i look around and couldnt find anything about whether or not i need to have a dragon in a grave to special summon him. ok heres the situtation, i foolish totem to grave and end my turn. next during my standby with only totem in grave i special him to the feild while i control no monster. my friend tells me i cant since i have no monsters in the grave to special totem from grave. although i know hes wrong he truly believes that totem cant special to the feild without a monster in the grave at least during that standby phase.

so i would like to ask the opinion and if they can be supported as to whether or not totem can special from the grave during the standby phase if hes is the only one in there.