Ritual Spell Cards are used to summon (usually powerful) Ritual Monsters. In terms of timing, they're played just like normal spell-speed 1 spells. Ritual cards will usually require that you tribute monsters whose combined levels are equal or greater to the Ritual Monster you are trying to summon.
It is a spellcaster ritual monster which can be ritual summoned with the ritual spell card "black illusion ritual"
Not all, but most. If you look at some Ritual Monsters, they say they can 'only' be special summoned by a specific card, others do not. So you are free to summon a Relinquished using either Black Illusion Ritual, or Contract with the Abyss, or Advanced Ritual Art, but you could not use any other card other than "Ritual of Grace" to summon "Divine Grace - Northwemko".
Answer taken from the Official English Rulebook: When you have a Ritual Spell Card, along with the matching Ritual Monster Card, in your hand, along with the required Tribute (as listed on the Ritual Spell Card), you can activate the Ritual Spell Card, placing it in the Spell & Trap Card Zone. If the activation of the Ritual Spell Card is successful, Tribute monsters by sending them from your hand or the field to the Graveyard. The Ritual Spell Card will list the required amount to Tribute. After sending the Tributed Monsters to the Graveyard, play the Ritual Monster Card onto the field in either face-up Attack or Defense Position. Finally, place the Ritual Spell Card in the Graveyard. In your case, "Black Luster Ritual" would be activated once you have "Black Luster Solider" in your hand. Now you pick monsters (other than "Black Luster Solider", of course) that are on your field or hand and send them to the Graveyard. The stars of the monsters that you select must total up to 8 or more in order to Ritual Summon the 8-star "Black Luster Solider". Then you Summon "Black Luster Solider" from your hand; this is treated as a Special Summon so you can Normal Summon or Set another monster that same turn.
No, Ritual Monsters are 'special summon only' monsters, the only way they can initially reach the field is by Ritual Summon through an appropriate spell card, or by a card that specifically allows you to ignore this, like Ritual Foregone.
You're confusing a type of card with an archtype. Archtypes like x-sabers and xx-sabers are just cards which share part of their name and are often used together. Ritual cards are monsters with a blue card back which are summoned using ritual spells- they're a whole different type of card in the own right. In summary, no the djinn archtype and ritual spells are not considered ritual monsters.
it depends on the Ritual Card...if it says it Ritual summons the monster from your hand, you need to have it in your hand.
It is a spellcaster ritual monster which can be ritual summoned with the ritual spell card "black illusion ritual"
It is a spellcaster ritual monster which can be ritual summoned with the ritual spell card "black illusion ritual"
A Ritual Spell card is a Spell card, that has a flame symbol next to the text "Spell card". It allows you to summon the Ritual Monster stated in the card text by sacrificing monster/s with equal or more stars than the Ritual Monster you're trying to summon, either from your hand or your side of the field. Here's an example of a Ritual Spell card: http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Illusion_Ritual
No, only from your hand. They can be special summoned from graveyard by cards like Monster Reborn if they were properly summoned initially before they went there. However you can't resummon them from the graveyard with their Ritual Spell Card.
the ritual monster, at least. stays on the monster card zone until it is removed from the field for some various reason. the ritual spell card, and the monsters used for the ritual summon are sent to the graveyard.
Yes, it does have to be in your hand.
Nothing stops you putting a specific Ritual Monster in your deck, without its Ritual Spell Card. You are free to take monsters who you are unable to summon. It might be that you plan to summon the Ritual Monster with a card like Ritual Foregone. Or it could be the component in a Fusion, for which you never intend to actually summon the component itself.
Not all, but most. If you look at some Ritual Monsters, they say they can 'only' be special summoned by a specific card, others do not. So you are free to summon a Relinquished using either Black Illusion Ritual, or Contract with the Abyss, or Advanced Ritual Art, but you could not use any other card other than "Ritual of Grace" to summon "Divine Grace - Northwemko".
Just use a ritual spell and read its effect. You also need the ritual monster that it says on the card.
only if the monster has been summoned to the field, and the summon was not negated. also, if the card says 'this can only be -insert summon type- summoned by -insert ritual/Special summon info- ritual summon only (this card can only be ritual summoned by) -Only ritual summon Special summon only(This card can only be Special summoned by) -Only special summon, hope this helps.
A ritual card could either describe the blue-bordered Ritual Monsters or the Ritual Spell Cards that summon them (they are identified by having a flame icon after 'Spell Card'). Ritual Monsters are monsters that can only be special summoned by Ritual Summon, which is what the Ritual Spell Card performs when you use it. Typically you need to tribute monsters from hand or field with a combined level total equal to or higher than the Ritual Monster's. However some are stricter, like ones that can summon more than one monster (End of the World for example requires exactly 8 levels of tribute, no more), or they have alternate criteria.