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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]]''.
 
'''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]]''.
  
 
== Overview ==
 
== 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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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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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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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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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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Due to its prominence, Dragon-focused themes come in many playstyles, from simple Aggro-Beatdown tactics to Burn.
  
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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==
 
===Dragon Fusion Decks===
 
===Dragon Fusion Decks===
 
{{See also|Blue-Eyes|Dragonmaid|Branded|Despia}}
 
{{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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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.
 
===8-Axis===
 
===8-Axis===
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{{See also|Galaxy|Photon|Danger!}}
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{{See also|Galaxy|Photon|Tachyon|Danger!|Horus}}
 
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.
 
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.
 
===Dragon Link===
 
===Dragon Link===
 
{{See also|Gandora FTK|Rokket}}
 
{{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. 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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Dragon Link is a Deck focused on using various generic Dragon support, in particular [[Link Monster]]s requiring generic Dragon monsters as materials, to bringing out boss monsters as consistently as possible. 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.
  
 
==Themes==
 
==Themes==
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===Pure===
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===''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''===
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*[[Amorphage]]
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*[[Armed Dragon]]
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* [[Aether]]
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*[[Borrel]] / [[Rokket]]
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* [[Amorphage]]
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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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* [[Armed Dragon]]
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*[[Bystial]]
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* [[Blue-Eyes]]
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*[[Divine Dragon]] (except "[[Divine Dragon Aquabizarre]]")
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* [[Borrel]]
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*[[Dragonmaid]]
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* [[Bystial]]
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*[[Dragon Ruler]]
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* [[Curse of Dragon (series)|Curse of Dragon]]
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*[[Guardragon]]
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* [[Divine Dragon]]
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*[[Hieratic]]
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* [[Dracoverlord]]
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*[[Materiactor]]
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* [[Dragonmaid]]
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===Mixed===
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* [[Dragon Ruler]]
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*[[Albaz Dragon]]
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* [[Evolzar]]
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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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* [[Four Dimensional Dragons]]
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*[[Buster Blader (archetype)|Buster Blader]]
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* [[Gaia the Dragon Champion (archetype)|Gaia the Dragon Champion]]
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*[[Chaos]]
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* [[Guardragon]]
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*[[Cyberdark]]
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* [[Hieratic]]
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*[[Dragunity]]
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* [[Materiactor]]
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*[[Duel Dragon]]
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* [[Rokket]]
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*[[Evol]]
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* [[Sangen]]
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*[[Felgrand]]
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* [[Starving Venemy]]
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*[[Four Dimensional Dragons]]
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* [[Starving Venom]]
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**[[Clear Wing]]
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* [[Tenpai Dragon]]
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***[[Synchro Dragon]]
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**[[Odd-Eyes]]
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; Mixed
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***[[Pendulum Dragon]]
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* [[Albaz Dragon]]
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**[[Rebellion]]
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* [[Chaos (series)|Chaos]]
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***[[Xyz Dragon]]
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* [[Clear Wing]]
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**[[Starving Venom]]
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* [[Cyberdark]]
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***[[Fusion Dragon]]
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* [[Destruction Sword]]
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**[[Supreme King]]
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* [[Dracoslayer]]
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*[[Gaia The Fierce Knight (archetype)|Gaia The Fierce Knight]]
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* [[Dragunity]]
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*[[Galaxy]]
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* [[Duel Dragon]]
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**[[Cipher]]
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* [[Felgrand]]
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**[[Galaxy-Eyes]]
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* [[Fusion Dragon]]
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**[[Photon]]
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* [[Galaxy]]
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**[[Tachyon]]
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* [[Horus]]
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*[[Horus]]
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* [[Majestic]]
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*[[Infernity]]
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* [[Malefic]]
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*[[Laval]]
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* [[Odd-Eyes]]
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*[[Legendary Knight]]/[[Legendary Dragon]]
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* [[Pendulum Dragon]]
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*[[Lightsworn]]
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* [[Rebellion (archetype)|Rebellion]]
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*[[Lswarm]]
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* [[Red-Eyes]]
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*[[Malefic]]
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* [[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]
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*[[Red-Eyes]]
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* [[Rose Dragon]]
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*[[Signer Dragon]]
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* [[Signer Dragon]]
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**[[Majestic]]
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* [[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]
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**[[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]
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* [[Supreme King]]
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**[[Rose]]
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* [[Synchro Dragon]]
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***[[Rose Dragon]]
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* [[Xyz Dragon]]
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**[[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]
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*[[Starry Knight]]
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*[[True Draco]]
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===''[[Rush Duel]]''===
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**[[Dracoslayer]]
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* [[Blue-Eyes (Rush Duel)|Blue-Eyes]]
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**[[Dracoverlord]]
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* [[High Tech Dragon]]
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*[[Virus]]
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* [[Red-Eyes (Rush Duel)|Red-Eyes]]
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* [[Strike Dragon]]
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* [[The]]
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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]]
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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]]
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* [[Jack Atlas (manga)|Jack Atlas]]
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* [[Akiza Izinski (manga)|Akiza Izinski]]
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* [[Crow Hogan (manga)|Crow Hogan]]
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* [[Luna (manga)|Luna]]
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* [[Leo (manga)|Leo]]
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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]]
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* [[Yugo (manga)|Yugo]]
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* [[Yuri (manga)|Yuri]]
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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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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
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* [[Seto Kaiba]]
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* [[Rebecca Hawkins]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
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* [[Chazz Princeton]]
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* [[Atticus Rhodes]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''
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* [[Yusei Fudo]]
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* [[Jack Atlas]]
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* [[Akiza Izinski]]
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* [[Luna]]
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* [[Crow Hogan]]
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* [[Leo]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]''
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* [[Kite Tenjo]]
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* [[Mizar]]
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* [[Jinlon]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''
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* [[Yuya Sakaki]]
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* [[Yuto]]
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* [[Yugo]]
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* [[Yuri]]
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* [[Z-ARC]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]''
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* [[Roken Kogami]]
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]''
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* [[Otes]]
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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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==Icons==
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These are icons used to represent the Dragon Type in various video games. They all depict generic reptilian dragons.
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Dragon.png          | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories|Forbidden Memories]]''
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DDM-VG-Dragon.png    | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (video game)|Dungeon Dice Monsters]]''
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Dragon-Type-DM5.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1|Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1]]''
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Dragon-DOR.png      | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses|The Duelists of the Roses]]''
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TypeDragon-CMC.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum|Capsule Monster Coliseum]]''
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Type-Dragon-YDT1.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer|Duel Transer]]''
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Dragon-TF06.png      | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6|Tag Force 6]]''
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Type-Dragon-DAR.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Arena|Duel Arena]]''
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Dragon-DG.png        | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation|Duel Generation]]''
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Type-Dragon-LOD2.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution|Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution]]''
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Type-Dragon-MADU.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel|Master Duel]]''
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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* In most of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime and manga series, with a few exceptions, the main protagonists' rivals all use Dragon monsters as their signature or boss monsters, and to varying degrees in their Decks.
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* Outside of the Dragon Type, the [[Sea Serpent]] and [[Wyrm]] types are also thematically focused on draconic monsters, being themed after sea dragons and [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Eastern dragons]]/"spiritual" dragons respectively.
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** In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|anime]], [[Seto Kaiba]] employs his signature "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" and his "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]" in his Deck. In the later portion of the anime, Kaiba incorporates a variety of Dragons such as "[[Spear Dragon]]", "[[Luster Dragon 2|Luster Dragon #2]]", "[[Different Dimension Dragon]]", "[[Paladin of White Dragon]]", "[[Chaos Emperor Dragon]]", and the Dragon Fusion Monsters Summoned with "[[The Fang of Critias]]". In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'', Kaiba uses a variety of powerful Dragons, including retrained versions of his "Blue-Eyes" monsters such as "[[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon]]" and "[[Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]".
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** In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime, [[Chazz Princeton]] uses the "[[Armed Dragon]]" monsters as a core part of his Deck and other Dragon monsters, including "[[Masked Dragon]]" and "[[Pitch-Dark Dragon]]". In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|manga]], Chazz's [[Chazz Princeton (manga)|manga counterpart]] uses a Dragon Deck, spearheaded by his signature card, "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]".
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== In other languages ==
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** In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' anime, [[Jack Atlas]] uses his signature "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]" and its upgraded counterparts, "[[Majestic Red Dragon]]", "[[Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode]]", and "[[Red Nova Dragon]]", while also using other Dragons including "[[Vice Dragon]]", "[[Strong Wind Dragon]]", "[[Dread Dragon]]", "[[Influence Dragon]]", and "[[Exploder Dragonwing]]". In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|manga]], Jack's [[Jack Atlas (manga)|manga counterpart]] uses "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend]]" and its upgraded counterparts, "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss|Abyss]]", "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane|Bane]]", and "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity|King Calamity]]".
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** In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (manga)|manga]], [[Kite Tenjo]] and his [[Kaito Tenjo (manga)|manga counterpart]] employs his signature "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]". In the anime, Kite uses its upgraded counterparts, "[[Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]" and "[[Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon]]" and other Dragon monsters, including "[[Photon Lizard]]", "[[Twin Photon Lizard]]" and "[[Number 46: Dragluon]]". In the manga, Kaito uses other Dragon monsters, including "[[Galaxy Dragon]]", "[[Photon Wyvern]]", "[[Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon]]", "[[Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon]]", and "[[Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy]]".
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** This tradition was inverted in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (manga)|manga]] where [[Yuya Sakaki]] uses Dragon monsters, including the Dragon members of the "[[Odd-Eyes]]" archetype and the members of the [[Four Dimensional Dragons]]. His main rival, [[Declan Akaba]], does not use Dragon monsters, and instead uses [[Fiend]] monsters.
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| de_name  = Drache
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** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', [[Roken Kogami]]/Varis primarily uses a Dragon Deck spearheaded by the "[[rokket]]" and the "[[Borrel]]" archetypes. He also uses other Dragons to facilitate the Summoning of his [[Extra Deck]] Dragon monsters, including "[[Gateway Dragon]]", "[[Sniffer Dragon]]", and "[[Background Dragon]]", as well as other monsters with a draconic appearance, including "[[Cracking Dragon]]" and the "[[Topologic]]" monsters.
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| it_name  = Drago
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** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', [[Roa Kassidy]] shakes up the tradition again, as he primarily uses a Fiend Deck.
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| pt_name  = Dragão
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** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]'', [[Zuwijo zir Velgear]] uses mainly [[Galaxy (Type)|Galaxy]] monsters, but his Deck is spearheaded by "[[Voidvelgr Requiem]]", which features a draconic appearance.
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| es_name  = Dragón
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| ja_name  = ドラゴン
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| ja_romaji = Doragon
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| ko_name  = 드래곤
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| ko_rr    = Deuraegon
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| tc_name  = 龍
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| tc_pinyin = Lóng
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| sc_name  = 龙
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| sc_pinyin = Lóng
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Dragon-Type monsters]]
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* [[List of Dragon-Type support cards]]
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* [[List of Dragon-Type anti-support cards]]
  
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{{Card types}}
 
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[[Category:Types]]
 
[[Category:Types]]

Latest revision as of 19:50, 15 April 2024

Blue-Eyes White Dragon
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon", a Dragon monster.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Dragon Fusion Decks[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Galaxy, Photon, Tachyon, Danger!, and Horus

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[edit]

See also: Gandora FTK and Rokket

Dragon Link is a Deck focused on using various generic Dragon support, in particular Link Monsters requiring generic Dragon monsters as materials, to bringing out boss monsters as consistently as possible. 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[edit]

TCG/OCG[edit]

Mixed

Rush Duel[edit]

Appearance in media[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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!!

Icons[edit]

These are icons used to represent the Dragon Type in various video games. They all depict generic reptilian dragons.

Trivia[edit]

  • Outside of the Dragon Type, the Sea Serpent and Wyrm types are also thematically focused on draconic monsters, being themed after sea dragons and Eastern dragons/"spiritual" dragons respectively.

In other languages[edit]

"Dragon" in languages other than English
Language NameRomanized
French Dragon
German Drache
Italian Drago
Portuguese Dragão
Spanish Dragón
Japanese ドラゴンDoragon
Korean 드래곤Deuraegon
Chinese (Traditional) 龍Lóng
Chinese (Simplified) 龙Lóng

See also[edit]

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