Card Trivia:Stardust Dragon

"Stardust Dragon":

This card has the same ATK as "Dark Magician" and "Elemental Hero Neos", the Signature Cards of Yugi Muto and Jaden Yuki respectively (in the GX manga, Jaden's signature card is "Elemental Hero Terra Firma", which also has the same ATK and DEF as "Neos"). Oddly, "Dark Magician" is a Spellcaster-Type with the Attribute of DARK and "Elemental Hero Neos" is a Warrior-Type with the Attribute of LIGHT and they are both Level 7 while "Stardust Dragon" is Level 8 and a Dragon-Type Synchro Monster with the Attribute of WIND and the first to have an Effect (Second if you count "Terra Firma" from the manga).

This monster appears to be the antithesis of "Red Dragon Archfiend". Their poses mirror each other and have opposite color schemes. Also their effects oppose each other as well. "Red Dragon Archfiend's" effect focuses on destroying opposing monsters, as this card focuses on protecting monsters from being destroyed.
- The fact that these two cards rival each other is a possible reference to the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series; "Dark Magician", the signature card of Yugi Muto, with ATK equal to that of "Stardust Dragon", is the rival of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", the signature card of Seto Kaiba, with ATK equal to that of "Red Dragon Archfiend". Also, Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba are rivals, just as Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas are rivals.

This card has an "Accel Synchro" counterpart, "Shooting Star Dragon".
- With this information, "Stardust Dragon" has the most counterparts of all the "Signer Dragons", with a total of four, an "Assault Mode", a "Majestic form", a "Malefic" version and an "Accel Synchro" counterpart. "Red Dragon Archfiend" comes in a close second having three similar forms, excluding a "Malefic" version.

"Stardust Dragon" and all of its counterparts have colored orbs on their bodies that look similar to the ones on Aliens' bodies, and are also similar to the "orbs" seen on their wielder Yusei Fudo's choice of clothing (actually his shoulder, elbow and knee guards while smaller ones decorate his collar, gloves and boots). The connection is clearly seen on "Debris Dragon", whose orbs are orange, like Yusei's.

This is the only card to be printed in all rarities excluding Rare and Common. (Namely Super Rare, Ultra Rare, Ultimate Rare, Holographic Rare in OCG, Ghost Rare in TCG, Secret Rare in TCG, Gold Ultra Rare in TCG and Duel Terminal Normal Parallel Rare in OCG).

This card now has the most support cards of all the Signer Dragons (with or without anime cards).

This card can negate three of the other Signer Dragons, "Black Rose Dragon", "Red Dragon Archfiend" and "Ancient Fairy Dragon".

This card, "Ancient Fairy Dragon" and "Black-Winged Dragon" are the only Signer Dragons shown to be Synchro Summoned by someone other than their respective Signers, Ancient Fairy Dragon was used by Devack and Luna, "Black-Winged Dragon" being used by Robert Pearson, Yusei Fudo and Crow Hogan and "Stardust" being used by Jack Atlas, Akiza Izinski and Yusei Fudo.
- This card is the only Synchro Monster with two Summon chants in the Japanese anime because while Akiza used Yusei's chant when she Synchro Summoned "Stardust", when Jack used it, he made up a different one.

With the release of Gold Series 3, "Stardust Dragon" is the first Signer Dragon to be printed as a Gold Ultra Rare.

This Signer Dragon's abilities represents Yusei's willingness to risk his own life, whether it be for his friends, his loved ones, or strangers in need.

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