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'''Dragon''' (ドラゴン ''Doragon'') is a [[Type]] of [[Monster Card|Monster]] representing mythological serpentine, reptile, avian like beings that are typically fire-breathing creatures that symbolize chaos, evil, fierceness and intimidation.
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'''Dragon''' (ドラゴン ''Doragon'') is a [[Type]] of [[Monster Card]]s. It debuted in ''[[Vol.1]]'' in the ''[[OCG]]'', ''[[Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon]]'' in the ''[[TCG]]'', and ''[[Deck Mod Pack: Hyperspeed Rush Road!!]]'' in ''[[Rush Duel]]''.
  
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Dragons tend to be the strongest or key boss monster in numerous Deck types in addition one of the most established and powerful Monster Types in the entire franchise. Ever since the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card'' franchise began, Dragon monsters have been known for having an ATK power greater than any other type of monster in the game in addition to being the one of the most popular monster Types.
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== Overview ==
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The Dragon type are typically composed of a classical depiction of the [[wikipedia:European dragon|European dragon]]s; typically reptilian-like in appearance and posesses demon/bat-like wings that symbolize chaos, evil, fierceness and intimidation. In recent years, there are also various Dragon monsters with human-like appearance with only some distinct draconic features to tell them apart from normal humans, either them being a human who inherited the draconic powers in some form, or that they are dragons that take the appearance of a human. Examples of these monsters including "[[Dragon Core Hexer]]", "[[Fallen of Albaz]]", and various "[[Dragonmaid]]" monsters.
  
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In most of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime and manga series, the main character's rivals all use Dragon-Type monsters as their signature or boss monsters, and to varying degrees in their Decks. [[Seto Kaiba]] employs his signature "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" as a key boss monster while his deck in the later part of the anime incorporates a variety of Dragons such as [[Spear Dragon]], [[Different Dimension Dragon]], [[Paladin of White Dragon]] and the [[Chaos Emperor Dragon]]. [[Chazz Princeton]] uses "[[Armed Dragon]]"s as a core part of his Deck in the anime, and a Dragon Deck in the manga spearheaded by "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]". [[Jack Atlas]]'s Turbo Deck is based on summoning his "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]" while his Ground Deck also plays numerous Dragons like "[[Strong Wind Dragon]]", "[[Vice Dragon]]", and "[[Exploder Dragonwing]]". [[Kite Tenjo]] uses "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]", in addition to some minor Dragon monsters. Curiously enough, this tradition was inverted in the fifth series, and the protagonist [[Yuya Sakaki]], along with his [[Dimensional counterparts|counterparts]], is the one who uses Dragons, primarily "[[Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon]]"; his main rival [[Declan Akaba]] uses no Dragons whatsoever. [[Varis]] primarily uses a "[[rokket]]" Deck, which includes other Dragon monsters, and all of his ace monsters are based on Dragons, though only one, "[[Borreload Dragon]]", is a Dragon.
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Outside of the Dragon types, there are considerable amount of draconic monsters that belongs to the other types: the [[Sea Serpent]] generally consists of various sea dragons or similar marine reptile-like creatures, wheas the [[Wyrm]] type generally depicts the [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Eastern dragons]] along with the more mystical and spiritual appearances (though a considerable number of Dragon monsters released prior to the Wyrm type's existance, such as "[[Number 100: Numeron Dragon]]" resembles Wyrm monsters in appearance). In addition, there are also a large number of non-Dragon monsters with draconic features and "Dragon" in their names in various other types, such as the [[Machine]]-type "[[Cyber Dragon]]" or the [[Cyberse]]-type "[[Firewall Dragon]]", etc..  
  
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There are Dragon-Type Monsters for every Attribute (except [[DIVINE]], even though all [[Divine-Beast]]-Type monsters except "[[Obelisk the Tormentor]]" are referred to as dragons). Some of the most powerful [[Fusion Monster|Fusion]], [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]], [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]], and [[Pendulum Monster]]s are Dragon-Type monsters, including include "[[Five-Headed Dragon]]", "[[Dragon Master Knight]]", "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]", "[[Stardust Dragon]]", "[[Black Rose Dragon]]", "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]", "[[Shooting Quasar Dragon]]", "[[Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons]]", "[[Void Ogre Dragon]]", "[[Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon]]", "[[Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon]]", "[[Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon]]", "[[Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]]", "[[Clear Wing Synchro Dragon]]", "[[Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon]]", "[[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]]", "[[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]", and "[[Supreme King Z-ARC]].
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Dragons tend to be the strongest or key boss monster in numerous Deck types in addition one of the most established and powerful Monster Types in the entire franchise, with several multi-type themes having Dragon monsters as their ace, such as "[[Judgment Dragon]]" in "[[Lightsworn]]" Deck, and "[[Infernity Doom Dragon]]" in "[[Infernity]]" archetype. Ever since the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise began, Dragon monsters have been known for having an ATK power greater than any other type of monster in the game, rivalled only by the [[Machine]] type, in addition to having varied and powerful effects.
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There are six [[Structure Deck]]s focused on Dragon-Type monsters: ''[[Structure Deck: Dragon's Roar|Dragon's Roar]]'', ''[[Rise of the Dragon Lords Structure Deck|Rise of the Dragon Lords]]'', ''[[Dragunity Legion Structure Deck|Dragunity Legion]]'', ''[[Dragons Collide Structure Deck|Dragons Collide]]'', ''[[Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon Structure Deck|Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]'', and ''[[Rise of the True Dragons Structure Deck|Rise of the True Dragons]]''. (In the OCG, they are ''Dragon's Roar'', ''[[Structure Deck: Revival of the Great Dragon|Revival of the Great Dragon]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Dragunity Drive|Dragunity Drive]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Dragonic Legion|Dragonic Legion]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: The Blue-Eyed Dragon's Thundering Descent|The Blue-Eyed Dragon's Thundering Descent]]'', and ''[[Structure Deck R: Revival of the Great Divine Dragon|Revival of the Great Divine Dragon]]''.)
 
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[[Archetype]]s include: "[[Majestic]]", "[[Hieratic]]", "[[Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]", "[[Blue-Eyes]]", "[[Red-Eyes]]", "[[Galaxy-Eyes]]", "[[Odd-Eyes]]", "[[rokket]]" and "[[Dragon Ruler]]". This last one is one of the most powerful series in the game; even after becoming Limited on the [[January 2014 Lists]], they were still a power to be reckoned with, as each dragon could offer support to Decks of its corresponding Attribute, giving them more consistency. The release of "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon" sealed their destiny and made them become Forbidden.
 
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Many multi-Type archetypes have a Dragon-Type monster as their trump card, such as:
 
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* "[[Crystal Beast]]": "[[Rainbow Dragon]]"
 
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* "[[Ice Barrier]]": "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]"
 
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* "[[Infernity]]": "[[Infernity Doom Dragon]]"
 
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* "[[Iron Chain]]": "[[Iron Chain Dragon]]"
 
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* "[[Koa'ki Meiru]]": "[[Koa'ki Meiru Maximus]]"
 
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* "[[Lightsworn]]": "[[Judgment Dragon]]"
 
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* "[[Scrap]]": "[[Scrap Dragon]]"
 
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* "[[Utopia (archetype)|Utopia]]": "[[Number 99: Utopic Dragon]]"
 
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* [[Cipher]]": "[[Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon]]"
 
  
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While there are numerous Dragon themes with varied playstyle, a recurring theme among several notable Dragon theme involves the use of [[Graveyard]] to set up their game plans, typically involves sending Dragon monsters to the GY to trigger their GY effects or to use them as a resource later on. Low-level Dragon monsters usually has an effect to aid in bringing out stronger monsters, either by searching them from the [[Main Deck]] or to send them to GY for later plays. While high-level Dragon monsters typically have powerful interruption or removal effect to disrupt the opponent's game plans.
 
==Dragon-focused Decks==
 
==Dragon-focused Decks==
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==="LV" Dragon Decks===
 
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Some dragon Decks are based on the "LV" Dragons, "[[Armed Dragon]]" and "[[Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]". These Decks usually focus on leveling up their monsters quickly. To protect the high level monsters from Trap Cards, "[[Royal Decree]]", "[[Jinzo]]", "Trap Stun", "Mirage Dragon" or "[[King Dragun]]" are used. "[[Horus the Black Flame Dragon]]" has added protection from Spell Cards and is well known for the infamous "Horus Decree" lockdown. "Horus" and "Armed Dragon" cards can even be combined to make a Deck that not only locks down Spell and Trap Cards, but also controls the opponent's monsters that may get in your way.
 
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===Dragon Fusion Decks===
 
===Dragon Fusion Decks===
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These types of Decks often focus on getting Fusion Monsters like "[[Five-Headed Dragon]]", "[[King Dragun]]", "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]", and sometimes even "[[Dragon Master Knight]]" or [[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]] to the field. Usually "[[Dragon's Mirror]]" or "[[Future Fusion]]" is used to accomplish these tasks. If you want to summon "[[King Dragun]]" quickly, "[[The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion]]", along with other substitute Fusion-Material monsters, can be of great help.
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{{See also|Blue-Eyes|Dragonmaid|Branded|Despia}}
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Historically, various Dragon Decks often focus on getting Fusion Monsters like "[[Five-Headed Dragon]]", "[[King Dragun]]", "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]", and sometimes even "[[Dragon Master Knight]]" or [[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]] to the field. Usually "[[Dragon's Mirror]]" or pre-[[Errata]] "[[Future Fusion]]" is used to accomplish these tasks. Though in later years, several [[Fusion Summon]]ing-based Dragon Decks or supports were introduced, which allows a large degree of hybridization between these themes.
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===Chaos Dragon===
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===8-Axis===
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One of the more popular builds in the game, this deck utilizes a combination of [[Chaos]] monsters and "[[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]". This build focuses on getting out "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon", "[[Lightpulsar Dragon]]", and "[[Chaos Sorcerer]]"/"[[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning]]"; its main offensive strategy relies on banishing opposing cards or banishing its own cards in order to Special Summon its key monsters. One can use "[[Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn]]", "[[Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress]]", "[[Card Trooper]]" and "[[Darkflare Dragon]]" to send monsters to the Graveyard to summon "Lightpulsar Dragon", or to speed up the setups for summoning both "[[Dark Armed Dragon]]" and/or "Black Luster Soldier  - Envoy of the Beginning". If played correctly, this deck is capable of Special Summoning its most powerful monsters within a few turns.
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{{See also|Photon|Danger!}}
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8-Axis is an [[Xyz Summon]]ing-focused Deck which involves around exploiting a large number of generic [[Rank 8 Monster Cards|Rank 8]] Dragon [[Xyz Monster]]s along with other generic Rank 8 Xyz Monsters for their main plays. There are several variants of 8-Axis decks, though most of them consists of various easy-to-summon [[Level 8 Monster Cards|Level 8]] monsters to quickly summon Rank 8 monsters as soon as possible.
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This deck relies heavily on Special Summoning powerful monsters with devastating effects in order to overpower and OTK the opponent. The deck can also create Level 8 Synchro monsters consistently due to the synergy of "[[White Dragon Wyverburster]]", "[[Black Dragon Collapserpent]]", "Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn" and "[[Plaguespreader Zombie]]". "Lightpulsar Dragon", "[[Caius the Shadow Monarch]]", and "Chaos Sorcerer" also open up Rank 6 plays after their effects are used.
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===Dragon Link===
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{{See also|Rokket}}
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=== Dragon Revival ===
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Dragon Link is a Deck focused on using various generic Dragon support to bringing out boss monsters as consistently as possible, with good degree of resistance against common interruptions. As the name implies, Dragon Link decks involves using the "[[Rokket]]" engine to summon a large number of various Dragon monsters through usage of various Dragon [[Link Monster]] to set up plays and summoning high-level monsters.
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Perhaps the easiest way to play Dragons, this deck focuses on sending powerful dragons to the graveyard with cards such as "[[Dragon Ravine]]"/"[[Dragon Shrine]]" and "[[Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon]]", then proceeding to revive them with cards such as "[[Soul Charge]]" and "[[Return of the Dragon Lords]]". Many support cards for this deck exclusively support [[Normal Monsters]], as a result, it is often best to play this deck with [[Dragon]]-Type [[Normal Monsters]]. Due to the extreme ease with which a player can swarm the field with high-level dragons, [[Xyz Monsters]](Rank 7-8) are highly recommended in this deck.Cards such as [[Decoy Dragon]] and [[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]] are useful as both can summon any Level 7 or higher Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard.
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==Themes==
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===Pure===
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*[[Borrel]] / [[Rokket]]
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*[[Blue-Eyes]]<ref group=Notes name="bewd">While all of the "Blue-Eyes" cards were Dragon, a large number of "Blue-Eyes" support, particularly the "[[Eyes of Blue]]" [[archetype]] are not Dragon monsters.</ref>
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*[[Bystial]]
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*[[Dragonmaid]]
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*[[Dragon Ruler]]
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*[[Guardragon]]
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*[[Hieratic]]
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===Mixed===
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*[[Albaz Dragon]]
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*[[Archfiend]]<ref group=Notes name="rda">Through the "[[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]" [[archetype]].</ref>
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*[[Cyberdark]]
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*[[Dragunity]]
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*[[Duel Dragon]]
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*[[Galaxy]]
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**[[Cipher]]
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**[[Galaxy-Eyes]]
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**[[Photon]]
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**[[Tachyon]]
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*[[Infernity]]
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*[[Legendary Knight]]/[[Legendary Dragon]]
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*[[Lightsworn]]
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*[[Red-Eyes]]
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*[[Signer Dragon]]
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**[[Majestic]]
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**[[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]
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**[[Rose]]
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***[[Rose Dragon]]
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**[[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]
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*[[Starry Knight]]
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==Trivia==
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*In most of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime and manga series, the main character's rivals all use Dragon-Type monsters as their signature or boss monsters, and to varying degrees in their Decks. For example, [[Seto Kaiba]] employs his signature "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" as a key boss monster while his deck in the later part of the anime incorporates a variety of Dragons such as [[Spear Dragon]], [[Different Dimension Dragon]], [[Paladin of White Dragon]] and the [[Chaos Emperor Dragon]].
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==Notes==
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<references group=Notes />
 
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Revision as of 13:08, 6 August 2023

Dragon

Three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the artwork of "Rage with Eyes of Blue".
Three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the artwork of "Rage with Eyes of Blue".

Japanese

ドラゴン

Japanese (romanized)

Doragon

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Dragon

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Dragon (ドラゴン Doragon) is a Type of Monster Cards. It debuted in Vol.1 in the OCG, Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon in the TCG, and Deck Mod Pack: Hyperspeed Rush Road!! in Rush Duel.

Overview

The Dragon type are typically composed of a classical depiction of the European dragons; typically reptilian-like in appearance and posesses demon/bat-like wings that symbolize chaos, evil, fierceness and intimidation. In recent years, there are also various Dragon monsters with human-like appearance with only some distinct draconic features to tell them apart from normal humans, either them being a human who inherited the draconic powers in some form, or that they are dragons that take the appearance of a human. Examples of these monsters including "Dragon Core Hexer", "Fallen of Albaz", and various "Dragonmaid" monsters.

Outside of the Dragon types, there are considerable amount of draconic monsters that belongs to the other types: the Sea Serpent generally consists of various sea dragons or similar marine reptile-like creatures, wheas the Wyrm type generally depicts the Eastern dragons along with the more mystical and spiritual appearances (though a considerable number of Dragon monsters released prior to the Wyrm type's existance, such as "Number 100: Numeron Dragon" resembles Wyrm monsters in appearance). In addition, there are also a large number of non-Dragon monsters with draconic features and "Dragon" in their names in various other types, such as the Machine-type "Cyber Dragon" or the Cyberse-type "Firewall Dragon", etc..

Dragons tend to be the strongest or key boss monster in numerous Deck types in addition one of the most established and powerful Monster Types in the entire franchise, with several multi-type themes having Dragon monsters as their ace, such as "Judgment Dragon" in "Lightsworn" Deck, and "Infernity Doom Dragon" in "Infernity" archetype. Ever since the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise began, Dragon monsters have been known for having an ATK power greater than any other type of monster in the game, rivalled only by the Machine type, in addition to having varied and powerful effects.

While there are numerous Dragon themes with varied playstyle, a recurring theme among several notable Dragon theme involves the use of Graveyard to set up their game plans, typically involves sending Dragon monsters to the GY to trigger their GY effects or to use them as a resource later on. Low-level Dragon monsters usually has an effect to aid in bringing out stronger monsters, either by searching them from the Main Deck or to send them to GY for later plays. While high-level Dragon monsters typically have powerful interruption or removal effect to disrupt the opponent's game plans.

Dragon-focused Decks

Dragon Fusion Decks

See also: Blue-Eyes, Dragonmaid, Branded, and Despia

Historically, various Dragon Decks often focus on getting Fusion Monsters like "Five-Headed Dragon", "King Dragun", "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", and sometimes even "Dragon Master Knight" or Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon to the field. Usually "Dragon's Mirror" or pre-Errata "Future Fusion" is used to accomplish these tasks. Though in later years, several Fusion Summoning-based Dragon Decks or supports were introduced, which allows a large degree of hybridization between these themes.

8-Axis

See also: Photon and Danger!

8-Axis is an Xyz Summoning-focused Deck which involves around exploiting a large number of generic Rank 8 Dragon Xyz Monsters along with other generic Rank 8 Xyz Monsters for their main plays. There are several variants of 8-Axis decks, though most of them consists of various easy-to-summon Level 8 monsters to quickly summon Rank 8 monsters as soon as possible.

Dragon Link

See also: Rokket

Dragon Link is a Deck focused on using various generic Dragon support to bringing out boss monsters as consistently as possible, with good degree of resistance against common interruptions. As the name implies, Dragon Link decks involves using the "Rokket" engine to summon a large number of various Dragon monsters through usage of various Dragon Link Monster to set up plays and summoning high-level monsters.

Themes

Pure

Mixed

Trivia

Notes

  1. ↑ While all of the "Blue-Eyes" cards were Dragon, a large number of "Blue-Eyes" support, particularly the "Eyes of Blue" archetype are not Dragon monsters.
  2. ↑ Through the "Red Dragon Archfiend" archetype.
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