Card Trivia:Red-Eyes Black Dragon
- This is the cover card of Premium Pack 5 and Starter Deck: Joey, and is also one of the cover cards of Dark Legends, Phantom God, the box of Duelist Legacy Volume.2, Retro Pack, Prismatic Art Collection, and 25th Anniversary Tin: Dueling Heroes.
- This monster appears in the artworks of "Black Dragon's Roar", "Cyberdark Invasion", "Inferno Fire Blast", "Meteor Flare Fusion", "Red-Eyes Burn", "Red-Eyes Insight", "Red-Eyes Spirit", and "The Rival's Name".
- This monster's silhouette appears in the artwork of "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword", reflecting the fact that, in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, this monster was created by fusing "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" with "The Claw of Hermos".
- This monster has several counterparts:
- A metal counterpart: "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon".
- An egg counterpart: "The Black Stone of Legend".
- Two baby counterparts: "Black Dragon's Chick" and "Red-Eyes Baby Dragon".
- Two younger counterparts: "Red-Eyes Wyvern" and "Red-Eyes Retro Dragon".
- A Gemini counterpart: "Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon".
- A "Malefic" counterpart: "Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon".
- A "Toon" counterpart: "Red-Eyes Toon Dragon".
- A "Blue-Eyes" counterpart: "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
- A "Statue" counterpart: "Red-Eyes Statue Dragon".
- An evolved counterpart: "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon", which itself has its own metal and zombie counterparts, "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" and "Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon".
- A retrained counterpart: "Red-Eyes Alternative Black Dragon".
- A weaker counterpart: "Red-Eyes Soul"
- A Rush Duel Cat counterpart: "Red-Eyes Black Cat"
- A Rush Duel High Tech Dragon counterpart: "Red Boot Boost Dragon"
- Unlike "Dark Magician" and "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", this monster does not have a Match winner counterpart.
- In the TCG, this card was originally printed with the name "Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
- This card's name was later errata'd in Legendary Duelists: Season 1 to revert the abbreviation to "Black".
- The Bandai version of this card has 2400 DEF, while this card has 2000 DEF.
- This is the main card of the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie produced by Toei Animation and based on the first anime series. In the movie, this card was owned by Shougo Aoyama. It was also stated in the movie that "Blue-Eyes" represents power while "Red-Eyes" represents potential. This is more or less true, as while "Blue-Eyes" focuses mainly on being a Beatstick, "Red-Eyes" focuses more on being flexible with certain decks, and with the release of "Meteor Black Comet Dragon", this trait is heightened.
- Another theme regarding the two monsters and certain cards in their archetypes is violence/anger ("Red-Eyes") and destruction/pride ("Blue-Eyes"). This is alluded to by their descriptions in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards.
- "Inferno Fire Blast", "Red-Eyes Burn", "Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon", "Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon", "Archfiend Black Skull Dragon", and "Meteor Black Comet Dragon" all inflict Burn damage; however, with the newest support cards focusing on the equipping mechanic ("Red-Eyes Baby Dragon", "Gearfried the Red-Eyes Iron Knight", "Red-Eyes Fang with Chain", and "Red-Eyes Slash Dragon"), this has been downplayed.
- "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon" "Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon", "Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", "Burst Stream of Destruction", and "Neutron Blast" revolve around destroying the opponents' cards. Ironically, "Deep-Eyes White Dragon" has an effect that inflicts burn damage, which was the norm with the "Red-Eyes" archetype.
- These archetypes' traits describe the characters that represent their archetypes. "Red-Eyes" and its wrathful connotation could describe Joey Wheeler's past as a bully and temperament when ridiculed. "Blue-Eyes" and its references to destruction and power could represent Seto Kaiba and his vanity.
- During the Waking the Dragons story arc in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, this was the only signature card of the three main characters (Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, and Seto Kaiba) that was never affected by "The Seal of Orichalcos".
- This card's first OCG/TCG artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 86 (Duelist Duel 27): "The Secret Weapon", specifically from the panel showing this monster being Summoned.
- This monster is depicted with three claws in its first and second OCG/TCG artworks, but is later depicted with four claws in its third, fourth, and fifth artworks.
