Forum:Gozen Match/ Rivalry of Warlords vs Tribute and Synchro Summoning

Hi. I've looked at the rulings on this site about Rivalry of Warlords and Gozen Match and am left disappointed at not being 100% sure of the rulings concerning Tribute Summoning and Synchro Summoning. The best I could find was a ruling for Gozen Match: If "Gozen Match" is activated, then you can only activate the effect of "Lonefire Blossom" if you have a FIRE Plant-Type monster in your Deck; you cannot activate the effect if you do not have any FIRE Plant-Type monsters in your Deck. However, if "Lonefire Blossom" Tributes itself and afterwards there are no monsters on your field, then when resolving the effect of "Lonefire Blossom" you can choose to Special Summon a WIND monster like "Tytannial, Princess of Camellias".

I've looked elsewhere on the internet and am left with the following conclusion: A face up Rivalry of Warlords prevents your opponent from Tribute Summoning a monster of a different type than the Tributed Monster, or Synchro Summoning a monster of a different type than the Synchro Material Monsters. Similarly, a face up Gozen Match prevents your opponent from Tribute Summoning a monster of a different attribute than the Tributed Monster, or Synchro Summoning a monster of a different attribute than the Synchro Material Monsters.

For example, if Rivalry of Warlords is face up and your opponent has Treeborn Frog on his side of the field, your opponent cannot use it to Tribute Summon Raiza or Caius because they are of a different type to Treeborn Frog. The same is true for Gozen Match since they are also of a different attribute. Furthermore, if Gozen Match is face up and your opponent has both Treeborn Frog and Fishborg Blaster on the field (which is possible since they are of the same attribute - Water), your opponent cannot use them to Synchro Summon Formula Synchron because it is of a different attribute - Light.

More generally, if Rivalry of Warlords/ Gozen Match are face up, your opponent cannot attempt to Summon a monster of another type/ attribute than those already on the field, even if they would be off the field once the monster of a different type/ attribute is Summoned.

Am I correct? 82.35.91.113 (talk) 14:57, June 28, 2011 (UTC)