and is praised for its variety, gameplay, and balance
Yes, both have to be on XX
Firstly, if you control no spells and traps, you can special summon them from your hand for free
This is done via a separate website that we linked for you
Players could always try to negate this effect, but cards and effects cannot be activated in response to it, so the best way to counter it is to negate its summoning entirely
Sample Combo Elder + Cannahawk: (turn 1 combo) Ritual Beasts bread and butter turn 1 combo: Normal summon Elder to then normal summon Cannahawk Use Cannahawk to banish Apelio then contact fuse into any Extra deck monster Immediately tag-out into Elder+Cannahawk and use Cannahawk to banish Winda Contact fuse into Ulti-Cannahawk and search, targeting Apelio and Cannahawk, Chain Ulti-Cannahawk's tag-out to the search effect and tag-out into Apelio+Winda, searching any future combo piece necessary (Your own judgement will be necessary here in deciding what to search for future plays), Use Apelio to banish the Cannahawk sent to the grave by Ulti-Cannahawks search effect and contact fuse into Ulti-Pettlephin