When you Ritual Summon a monster, you can remove from play this card from your Graveyard as 1 of the monsters required for the Ritual Summon. While the monster Ritual Summoned using this card is face-up on the field, your opponent cannot Special Summon.

When you Ritual Summon a monster, you can banish this card from your Graveyard as 1 of the monsters required for the Ritual Summon. If a player Ritual Summons using this card, the other player cannot Special Summon while that Ritual Summoned monster is face-up on the field.

This card, Djinn Releaser of Rituals, prohibits your opponent from Special Summoning for as long as the monster you Ritual Summoned with it is face-up on the field. Note that this card’s text and functionality has changed since 2009 – even if your opponent nabs your monster with Snatch Steal, they still can’t Special Summon.