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    | image caption        = Three "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" in the artwork of "[[Rage with Eyes of Blue]]".
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| lore              = Activate 1 of these effects.<br />●Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of your "Crusadia" monster effects this turn.<br />●After damage calculation, if your "Crusadia" Link Monster destroys an opponent's monster by battle: Draw cards equal to your monster's Link Rating.<br />You can only activate 1 "Crusadia Testament" per turn.
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    | kanji                = ドラゴン
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    | romaji              = Doragon
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    | english              = Dragon
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    | french              = Dragon
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    | german              = Drache
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    | italian              = Drago
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    | korean              = 드래곤 ''Deuraegon''
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    | portuguese           = Dragão
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    | spanish              = Dragón
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    | arabic              = تنّين
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        |chinese              = 龍 ''Lóng / Lung4''
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    | list                = List of Dragon-Type monsters
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    | support list        = List of Dragon-Type support cards
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    | anti-support list    = List of Dragon-Type anti-support cards
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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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== Overview ==
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Dragon monsters primarily represent mythological dragons from various cultures. They typically appear as serpentine, reptile, or avian beings that symbolize chaos, both either evil or good, fierceness and intimidation. Due to being one of the most prominent Types in the franchise, Dragons come in many shapes and forms, from the typical bipedal [[wikipedia:European dragon|European dragon]]s, such as "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" to the traditionally-serpentine [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Chinese dragon]]s, such as "[[Divine Dragon Ragnarok]]", to everything in-between and beyond.
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From [[Series 9]] onwards, Dragon monsters also encompass human-dragon hybrids that add draconic features to human forms, representing either humans with draconic powers or dragons transformed into human forms. Examples include "[[Dragon Core Hexer]]", "[[Fallen of Albaz]]", and "[[Dragonmaid]]" monsters. Dragons primarily come in [[DARK]] or [[LIGHT]], although there are Dragon monsters for all six primary Attributes.
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Dragons have a strong association with the [[List of unofficial terms#Boss|boss monster]] role in decks and deck themes; there are many high-Level/Rank/Link Rating Dragon monsters with high ATK (rivalled only by the [[Machine]] type) and powerful effects, and several multi-type themes have Dragon monsters as their ace, such as "[[Judgment Dragon]]" in "[[Lightsworn]]" or "[[Infernity Doom Dragon]]" in "[[Infernity]]".
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Due to its prominence, Dragon-focused themes come in many playstyles, from simple Aggro-Beatdown tactics to Burn.
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==Dragon-focused Decks==
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===Dragon Fusion Decks===
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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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===8-Axis===
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{{See also|Galaxy|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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===Dragon Link===
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{{See also|Gandora FTK|Rokket}}
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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. The deck originated from a version of [[Gandora FTK]] that used Dragon swarming engines and [[Guardragon]] Link Monsters, evolved into board-building decks based on Dragon swarming and Dragon [[Link Monster]]s (including Guardragons), and as of Series 12, primarily takes the form of "[[Rokket]]" decks that focus on Dragon swarming.
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==Themes==
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===Pure===
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*[[Amorphage]]
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*[[Armed Dragon]]
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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 [[With Eyes of Blue]] [[series]], are not Dragon monsters.</ref>
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*[[Bystial]]
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*[[Divine Dragon]] (except "[[Divine Dragon Aquabizarre]]")
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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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*[[Migh Tech Dragon]]
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*[[Materiactor]]
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*[[Strike Dragon]]
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*[[The]]
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===Mixed===
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*[[Albaz Dragon]]
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*[[Archfiend]]<ref group=Notes name="rda">Primarily through the "[[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]" [[archetype]].</ref>
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*[[Buster Blader (archetype)|Buster Blader]]
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*[[Chaos]]
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*[[Cyberdark]]
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*[[Dragunity]]
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*[[Duel Dragon]]
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*[[Evol]]
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*[[Felgrand]]
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*[[Four Dimensional Dragons]]
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**[[Clear Wing]]
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***[[Synchro Dragon]]
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**[[Odd-Eyes]]
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***[[Pendulum Dragon]]
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**[[Rebellion]]
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***[[Xyz Dragon]]
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**[[Starving Venom]]
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***[[Fusion Dragon]]
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**[[Supreme King]]
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*[[Gaia The Fierce Knight (archetype)|Gaia The Fierce Knight]]
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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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*[[Horus]]
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*[[Infernity]]
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*[[Laval]]
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*[[Legendary Knight]]/[[Legendary Dragon]]
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*[[Lightsworn]]
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*[[Lswarm]]
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*[[Malefic]]
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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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*[[True Draco]]
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**[[Dracoslayer]]
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**[[Dracoverlord]]
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*[[Virus]]
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==Appearance in media==
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Dragon is a very prominent Type in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime and manga series. Typically, the main character's rivals would use Dragon (or Dragon-like) monsters to varying degrees in their Decks, usually as signature or boss monsters.
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The following characters use Dragon monsters across the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise.
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=== Manga ===
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' ====
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* [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]]<ref group=Notes name="mangakaiba"> While Kaiba's Deck primarily consists of Beast-Warrior and Fiend monsters, his signature card is the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", which he propped with multiple support cards. Additionally, in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'', he also started adding more Dragon monsters and supports in his Deck, such as "[[Krystal Dragon (anime)|Krystal Dragon]]" and "[[Pandemic Dragon (anime)|Pandemic Dragon]]".</ref>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]'' ====
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* [[Willa Mette]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' ====
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* [[Chazz Princeton (manga)|Chazz Princeton]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' ====
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* [[Yusei Fudo (manga)|Yusei Fudo]]<ref group=Notes name="mangayusei"> While Yusei's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior and Machine "[[Junk]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the [[Duel Dragon]] "[[Stardust Spark Dragon (manga)|Stardust Spark Dragon]]", an aspect which he focused on more later in the manga. </ref>
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* [[Jack Atlas (manga)|Jack Atlas]]
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* [[Akiza Izinski (manga)|Akiza Izinski]]<ref group=Notes name="mangaakiza"> While Akiza's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "[[Rose]]" monsters, one of her most prominent cards is the Duel Dragon "[[Moonlight Dragon Black Rose (manga)|Moonlight Dragon Black Rose]]". </ref>
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* [[Crow Hogan (manga)|Crow Hogan]]<ref group=Notes name="mangacrow"> While Crow's Deck primarily focuses on the Winged Beast "[[Blackwing]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Duel Dragon "[[Blackwing Dragon Black Feather (manga)|Blackwing Dragon Black Feather]]". </ref>
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* [[Luna (manga)|Luna]]<ref group=Notes name="mangalunaleo"> Leo and Luna share a single Deck, with Leo initially being the one to Duel. The former uses the Duel Dragon "[[Power Tool Mecha Dragon (manga)|Power Tool Mecha Dragon]]", while the latter uses the Duel Dragon "[[Ancient Pixie Dragon (manga)|Ancient Pixie Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Leo (manga)|Leo]]<ref group=Notes name="mangalunaleo"/>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' ====
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* [[Kaito Tenjo (manga)|Kaito Tenjo]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' ====
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* [[Yuya Sakaki (manga)|Yuya Sakaki]]
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* [[Yuto (manga)|Yuto]]<ref group=Notes name="mangayuto"> While Yuto's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior "[[The Phantom Knights]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "[[Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (manga)|Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Yugo (manga)|Yugo]]<ref group=Notes name="mangayugo"> While Yugo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "[[Speedroid]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "[[Clearwing Fast Dragon (manga)|Clearwing Fast Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Yuri (manga)|Yuri]]<ref group=Notes name="mangayuri"> While Yuri's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "[[Predaplant]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "[[Starving Venemy Dragon (manga)|Starving Venemy Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Eve]]<ref group=Notes name="mangaeve"> While Eve uses a "[[Mystic (manga)|Mystic]]" Deck, she is also in possession of the "[[Genesis Omega Dragon (card)|Genesis Omega Dragon]]" card. </ref>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Luke! Explosive Supremacy Legend!!]]'' ====
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* [[Tatsuhisa Kamijo (manga)|Tatsuhisa Kamijo]]
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=== Anime ===
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' ====
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* [[Seto Kaiba]]<ref group=Notes name="animekaiba"> Early in the anime, Kaiba's Deck's contents mostly follow on his manga version's penchant for Fiend and Beast-Warrior monster, spearheaded by "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Later in the anime, Kaiba added many more Dragons in his repertoire, such as "[[Spear Dragon (anime)|Spear Dragon]]", "[[Different Dimension Dragon (anime)|Different Dimension Dragon]]", and "[[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End (anime)|Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End]]". </ref>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' ====
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* [[Chazz Princeton]]<ref group=Notes name="animechazz"> Chazz uses the "[[Armed Dragon]]" monsters as a core part of his Deck. </ref>
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* [[Atticus Rhodes]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' ====
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* [[Yusei Fudo]]<ref group=Notes name="animeyusei"> While Yusei's Deck primarily focuses on Warrior and Machine monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the [[Signer Dragon]] "[[Stardust Dragon (anime)|Stardust Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Jack Atlas]]
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* [[Akiza Izinski]]<ref group=Notes name="animeakiza"> While Akiza's Deck primarily focuses on Warrior and Plant monsters, one of her most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "[[Black Rose Dragon (anime)|Black Rose Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Luna]]<ref group=Notes name="animeluna"> Luna runs a Spirit Deck focusing on nature and the Duel Monster Spirit World, in which her Signer Dragon "[[Ancient Fairy Dragon (anime)|Ancient Fairy Dragon]]" is a central part of. </ref>
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* [[Crow Hogan]]<ref group=Notes name="animecrow"> While Crow's Deck primarily focuses on the Winged Beast "[[Blackwing]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "[[Black-Winged Dragon (anime)|Black-Winged Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Leo]]<ref group=Notes name="animeleo"> While Leo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "[[Morphtronic]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "[[Life Stream Dragon (anime)|Life Stream Dragon]]". </ref>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' ====
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* [[Kite Tenjo]]
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* [[Mizar]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' ====
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* [[Yuya Sakaki]]
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* [[Yuto]]<ref group=Notes name="animeyuto"> While Yuto's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior "[[The Phantom Knights]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the [[Four Dimensional Dragons]], "[[Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (anime)|Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Yugo]]<ref group=Notes name="animeyugo"> While Yugo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "[[Speedroid]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the Four Dimensional Dragons, "[[Clear Wing Synchro Dragon (anime)|Clear Wing Synchro Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Yuri]]<ref group=Notes name="animeyuri"> While Yuri's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "[[Predaplant]]" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the Four Dimensional Dragons, "[[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon (anime)|Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]". </ref>
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* [[Z-ARC]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' ====
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* [[Roken Kogami]]<ref group=Notes name="animeroken"> Roken primarily uses a "[[rokket]]" Deck, which includes Dragon monsters; all of his ace monsters are draconic in appearance, though only "[[Borreload Dragon (anime)|Borreload Dragon]]" is actually a Dragon. </ref>
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'' ====
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* [[Lucidien Kallister]]
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* [[The Lukeman]]
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==== ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]'' ====
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* [[Yuamu Ohdo]]
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* [[The☆Lugh]]
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==Trivia==
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* Outside of the Dragon types, there are considerable amount of draconic monsters that belongs to the other types:
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** The [[Sea Serpent]] generally consists of various sea dragons or similar marine reptile-like creatures,
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** 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).
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** 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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| fr_lore            = Activez 1 de ces effets.<br />●Ce tour, votre adversaire ne peut activer ni de cartes ni d'effets en réponse à l'activation des effets de votre monstre "Croisédia".<br />●Après le calcul des dommages, si votre Monstre Lien "Croisédia" détruit un monstre de l'adversaire au combat : piochez un nombre de cartes égal à la Classification Lien de votre monstre.<br />Vous ne pouvez activer qu'1 "Testament Croisédia" par tour.
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| de_name            = Crusadia-Testament
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| de_lore            = Aktiviere 1 dieser Effekte.<br />●Dein Gegner kann in diesem Spielzug als Reaktion auf die Aktivierung deiner „Crusadia“-Monstereffekte weder Karten noch Effekte aktivieren.<br />●Nach der Schadensberechnung, falls dein „Crusadia“-Linkmonster ein Monster eines Gegners durch Kampf zerstört: Ziehe Karten in Höhe der Linkzahl deines Monsters.<br />Du kannst nur 1 „Crusadia-Testament“ pro Spielzug aktivieren.
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| it_name            = Testamento Crociatia
 
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| it_lore            = Attiva 1 di questi effetti.<br />●Il tuo avversario non può attivare carte o effetti in risposta all'attivazione degli effetti dei tuoi mostri "Crociatia" in questo turno.<br />●Dopo il calcolo dei danni, se un tuo Mostro Link "Crociatia" distrugge un mostro dell'avversario in battaglia: pesca carte pari alla Classificazione Link del tuo mostro.<br />Puoi attivare solo 1 "Testamento Crociatia" per turno.
 
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| pt_name            = Testamento Crusadia
 
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| pt_lore            = Ative 1 desses efeitos.<br />●Neste turno, seu oponente não pode ativar cards ou efeitos em resposta à ativação dos efeitos dos seus monstros "Crusadia".<br />●Depois do cálculo de dano, se um Monstro Link "Crusadia" seu destruir um monstro do oponente em batalha: compre cards igual ao Valor Link do seu monstro.<br />Você só pode ativar 1 "Testamento Crusadia" por turno.
 
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| es_name            = Testamento Cruzadia
 
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| es_lore            = Activa 1 de estos efectos.<br />●Este turno, tu adversario no puede activar cartas o efectos en respuesta a la activación de los efectos de tu monstruo "Cruzadia".<br />●Después del cálculo de daño, si tu Monstruo de Enlace "Cruzadia" destruye un monstruo del adversario en batalla: roba tantas cartas como el Rating de Enlace de tu monstruo.<br />Sólo puedes activar 1 "Testamento Cruzadia" por turno.
 
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| ja_lore            = このカード名のカードは１ターンに１枚しか発動できない。①：以下の効果から１つを選択して発動できる。<br />●このターン、自分の「パラディオン」モンスターの効果の発動に対して相手は魔法・罠・モンスターの効果を発動できない。<br />●自分の「パラディオン」リンクモンスターが戦闘で相手モンスターを破壊したダメージ計算後に発動できる。その自分のモンスターのリンクマーカーの数だけ自分はデッキからドローする。
 
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| ko_name            = 테스터먼트 파라디온
 
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| ko_lore            = 이 카드명의 카드는 1턴에 1장밖에 발동할 수 없다. ①: 이하의 효과에서 1개를 선택하고 발동할 수 있다.<br />●이 턴에, 자신의 "파라디온" 몬스터의 효과 발동에 대하여 상대는 마법 / 함정 / 몬스터의 효과를 발동할 수 없다.<br />●자신의 "파라디온" 링크 몬스터가 전투로 상대 몬스터를 파괴한 데미지 계산 후에 발동할 수 있다. 그 자신 몬스터의 링크 마커의 수만큼 자신은 덱에서 드로우한다.
 
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| tc_name            = 聖約・聖騎聯盟
 
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| tc_lore            = 此卡名的卡１回合僅限發動１張。①：可從以下效果選擇１個發動。<br />●此回合，對方無法針對我方「聖騎聯盟」怪獸發動的效果發動魔法・陷阱・怪獸效果。<br />●可在我方的「聖騎聯盟」連結怪獸因戰鬥破壞對方怪獸的傷害計算後發動。我方依該我方怪獸的連結符號數量從牌組抽牌。
 
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| sc_name            = 圣约・圣骑联盟
 
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| sc_lore            = 此卡名的卡1回合仅可发动1张。①：可从以下效果中选择1个发动。<br />●此回合，应对自己的“圣骑联盟”怪兽的效果发动，对手不可发动魔法・陷阱・怪兽的效果。<br />●自己的“圣骑联盟”连接怪兽战斗破坏对手怪兽的伤害计算后可以发动。自己从牌组抽自己的该怪兽连接标记的数量的卡。
 
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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

English

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

Dragon monsters primarily represent mythological dragons from various cultures. They typically appear as serpentine, reptile, or avian beings that symbolize chaos, both either evil or good, fierceness and intimidation. Due to being one of the most prominent Types in the franchise, Dragons come in many shapes and forms, from the typical bipedal European dragons, such as "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to the traditionally-serpentine Chinese dragons, such as "Divine Dragon Ragnarok", to everything in-between and beyond.

From Series 9 onwards, Dragon monsters also encompass human-dragon hybrids that add draconic features to human forms, representing either humans with draconic powers or dragons transformed into human forms. Examples include "Dragon Core Hexer", "Fallen of Albaz", and "Dragonmaid" monsters. Dragons primarily come in DARK or LIGHT, although there are Dragon monsters for all six primary Attributes.

Dragons have a strong association with the boss monster role in decks and deck themes; there are many high-Level/Rank/Link Rating Dragon monsters with high ATK (rivalled only by the Machine type) and powerful effects, and several multi-type themes have Dragon monsters as their ace, such as "Judgment Dragon" in "Lightsworn" or "Infernity Doom Dragon" in "Infernity".

Due to its prominence, Dragon-focused themes come in many playstyles, from simple Aggro-Beatdown tactics to Burn.

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: Galaxy, 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: Gandora FTK and 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. The deck originated from a version of Gandora FTK that used Dragon swarming engines and Guardragon Link Monsters, evolved into board-building decks based on Dragon swarming and Dragon Link Monsters (including Guardragons), and as of Series 12, primarily takes the form of "Rokket" decks that focus on Dragon swarming.

Themes

Pure

Mixed

Appearance in media

Dragon is a very prominent Type in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series. Typically, the main character's rivals would use Dragon (or Dragon-like) monsters to varying degrees in their Decks, usually as signature or boss monsters.

The following characters use Dragon monsters across the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.

Manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Luke! Explosive Supremacy Legend!!

Anime

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!

Trivia

  • 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,
    • 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).
    • 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..

Notes

  1. ↑ While all of the "Blue-Eyes" cards were Dragon, a large number of "Blue-Eyes" support, particularly the With Eyes of Blue series, are not Dragon monsters.
  2. ↑ Primarily through the "Red Dragon Archfiend" archetype.
  3. ↑ While Kaiba's Deck primarily consists of Beast-Warrior and Fiend monsters, his signature card is the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", which he propped with multiple support cards. Additionally, in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, he also started adding more Dragon monsters and supports in his Deck, such as "Krystal Dragon" and "Pandemic Dragon".
  4. ↑ While Yusei's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior and Machine "Junk" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Duel Dragon "Stardust Spark Dragon", an aspect which he focused on more later in the manga.
  5. ↑ While Akiza's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "Rose" monsters, one of her most prominent cards is the Duel Dragon "Moonlight Dragon Black Rose".
  6. ↑ While Crow's Deck primarily focuses on the Winged Beast "Blackwing" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Duel Dragon "Blackwing Dragon Black Feather".
  7. ↑ a b Leo and Luna share a single Deck, with Leo initially being the one to Duel. The former uses the Duel Dragon "Power Tool Mecha Dragon", while the latter uses the Duel Dragon "Ancient Pixie Dragon".
  8. ↑ While Yuto's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior "The Phantom Knights" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon".
  9. ↑ While Yugo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "Speedroid" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "Clearwing Fast Dragon".
  10. ↑ While Yuri's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "Predaplant" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is "Starving Venemy Dragon".
  11. ↑ While Eve uses a "Mystic" Deck, she is also in possession of the "Genesis Omega Dragon" card.
  12. ↑ Early in the anime, Kaiba's Deck's contents mostly follow on his manga version's penchant for Fiend and Beast-Warrior monster, spearheaded by "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Later in the anime, Kaiba added many more Dragons in his repertoire, such as "Spear Dragon", "Different Dimension Dragon", and "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End".
  13. ↑ Chazz uses the "Armed Dragon" monsters as a core part of his Deck.
  14. ↑ While Yusei's Deck primarily focuses on Warrior and Machine monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "Stardust Dragon".
  15. ↑ While Akiza's Deck primarily focuses on Warrior and Plant monsters, one of her most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "Black Rose Dragon".
  16. ↑ Luna runs a Spirit Deck focusing on nature and the Duel Monster Spirit World, in which her Signer Dragon "Ancient Fairy Dragon" is a central part of.
  17. ↑ While Crow's Deck primarily focuses on the Winged Beast "Blackwing" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "Black-Winged Dragon".
  18. ↑ While Leo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "Morphtronic" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is the Signer Dragon "Life Stream Dragon".
  19. ↑ While Yuto's Deck primarily focuses on the Warrior "The Phantom Knights" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the Four Dimensional Dragons, "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon".
  20. ↑ While Yugo's Deck primarily focuses on the Machine "Speedroid" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the Four Dimensional Dragons, "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon".
  21. ↑ While Yuri's Deck primarily focuses on the Plant "Predaplant" monsters, one of his most prominent cards is one of the Four Dimensional Dragons, "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon".
  22. ↑ Roken primarily uses a "rokket" Deck, which includes Dragon monsters; all of his ace monsters are draconic in appearance, though only "Borreload Dragon" is actually a Dragon.
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