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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.
| kanji                = ドラゴン
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| romaji              = Doragon
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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.
| japanese translated  = Dragon
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| chinese              = 龍族
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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]]".
| english              = Dragon
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| french              = Dragon
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Due to its prominence, Dragon-focused themes come in many playstyles, from simple Aggro-Beatdown tactics to Burn.
| german              = Drache
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| italian              = Drago
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==Dragon-focused Decks==
| portuguese          = Dragão
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===Dragon Fusion Decks===
| korean              = 드래곤족
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{{See also|Blue-Eyes|Dragonmaid|Branded|Despia}}
| spanish              = Dragón
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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.
| arabic              = تنّين
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===8-Axis===
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{{See also|Galaxy|Photon|Tachyon|Danger!|Horus}}
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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.
| list                = List of Dragon-Type monsters
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===Dragon Link===
| support list        = List of Dragon-Type support cards
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{{See also|Gandora FTK|Rokket}}
| anti-support list    = List of Dragon-Type anti-support cards
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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.
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==Themes==
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===''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''===
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* [[Aether]]
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* [[Amorphage]]
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* [[Armed Dragon]]
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* [[Blue-Eyes]]
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* [[Borrel]]
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* [[Bystial]]
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* [[Curse of Dragon (series)|Curse of Dragon]]
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* [[Divine Dragon]]
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* [[Dracoverlord]]
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* [[Dragonmaid]]
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* [[Dragon Ruler]]
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* [[Evolzar]]
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* [[Four Dimensional Dragons]]
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* [[Gaia the Dragon Champion (archetype)|Gaia the Dragon Champion]]
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* [[Guardragon]]
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* [[Hieratic]]
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* [[Materiactor]]
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* [[Rokket]]
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* [[Sangen]]
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* [[Starving Venemy]]
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* [[Starving Venom]]
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* [[Tenpai Dragon]]
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; Mixed
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* [[Albaz Dragon]]
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* [[Chaos (series)|Chaos]]
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* [[Clear Wing]]
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* [[Cyberdark]]
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* [[Destruction Sword]]
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* [[Dracoslayer]]
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* [[Dragunity]]
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* [[Duel Dragon]]
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* [[Felgrand]]
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* [[Fusion Dragon]]
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* [[Galaxy]]
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* [[Horus]]
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* [[Majestic]]
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* [[Malefic]]
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* [[Odd-Eyes]]
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* [[Pendulum Dragon]]
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* [[Rebellion (archetype)|Rebellion]]
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* [[Red-Eyes]]
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* [[Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)|Red Dragon Archfiend]]
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* [[Rose Dragon]]
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* [[Signer Dragon]]
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* [[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]
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* [[Supreme King]]
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* [[Synchro Dragon]]
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* [[Xyz Dragon]]
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===''[[Rush Duel]]''===
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* [[Blue-Eyes (Rush Duel)|Blue-Eyes]]
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* [[High Tech Dragon]]
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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]]
  
'''Dragon''' (Chinese: 龍族; only on the Chinese version card of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]") is a powerful [[Type]] to contend with, often focusing on brute [[ATK]] strength and powerful [[Fusion Monster|Fusion]], [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]], and [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] Monsters. Dragons tend to be the strongest or key monster in numerous Deck types that would otherwise have nothing to do with dragons. Ever since the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card franchise began, Dragon monsters have been known for having attack points greater than any other type of monster in the game (also being the one of the most popular monster-types). Dragons and Dragon support cards also tend to have effects that [[Special Summon]] other Dragon-Type monsters, such as "[[King Dragun]]", "[[Queen Dragun Djinn]]", "[[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]",""[[Lord of D.]]" and "[[Lady of D.]]", in combination with "[[The Flute of Summoning Dragon]]", "[[Decoy Dragon]]", etc. There are Dragon-Type Monsters for every single Attribute (except for [[DIVINE]], though two of the three [[Divine-Beast]] cards are referred to as dragons, namely "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra]]", and "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon]]"); mainly [[LIGHT]], [[DARK]], [[WIND]] and [[FIRE]]. It's rare to find [[WATER]]-Attribute Dragon, though.
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]''
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* [[Willa Mette]]
  
As of now, 3 out of the 5 the highest ATK monsters in the game, "[[Dragon Master Knight]]", "[[Five-Headed Dragon]]", and "[[Malefic Truth Dragon]]" are Dragon-[[Type]]s. In addition, the most powerful [[Normal Monster]] is also a Dragon, the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]".  Two of the most powerful [[LV Monster|LV]] series, [[Armed Dragon]]s and [[Horus]] are also Dragon-[[Type]]s. The most powerful [[Fusion Monster|Fusion]], [[Synchro Monster|Synchro]] and [[Xyz Monster]]s are also mostly Dragon-types. Legendary examples include: "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon]]", "[[Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End]]", "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]", "[[Five-Headed Dragon]]", "[[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]", "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]", "[[Judgment Dragon]]", "[[Dark Armed Dragon]]", "[[Stardust Dragon]]", "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]", "[[Black Rose Dragon]]", "[[Hundred Eyes Dragon]]", "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]", "[[Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste]], "[[Shooting Star Dragon]]", "[[Red Nova Dragon]]", "[[Life Stream Dragon]]", "[[Shooting Quasar Dragon]]", "[[Ancient Pixie Dragon]]", "[[Void Ogre Dragon]]", "[[Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend]]", "[[Stardust Spark Dragon]]", "[[Beelze, King of Dark Dragons]]", "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]], "[[Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]", "[[Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos]]", "[[Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders]]", "[[Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms]]", "[[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls]]", "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]", "[[Number 46: Dragluon]], "[[Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon]]", [[Number 100: Numeron Dragon]], "[[Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon]]", and "[[Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon]]".
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
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* [[Chazz Princeton (manga)|Chazz Princeton]]
  
Dragons also have their own five [[Structure Deck]]s: ''[[Structure Deck 1: Dragon's Roar]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Rise of the Dragon Lords]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Dragunity Legion]]'', ''[[Structure Deck: Dragons Collide]]'', and ''[[Structure Deck: Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]''. 
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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]]
  
To date, there are no [[Flip Effect Monster|Flip Effect]] Dragon-Type monsters.
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]''
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* [[Kaito Tenjo (manga)|Kaito Tenjo]]
  
The Dragon-Type is certainly one of the contenders for "most Type-Specific support cards". Most Dragon-Type monsters have the word "Dragon" in its card name. The word "Dragon" also exists in many non-Dragon Monster Card names, typically denoting a creature of exceptional power. Examples include "[[Cyber Dragon]]" (along with its upgraded forms), "[[Power Tool Dragon]]", and "[[Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]".
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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]]
  
There are some series and archetypes that's composed mostly (if not all) Dragon-types, such as "[[Blue-Eyes]]" and "[[Red-Eyes]]", and also recently, "[[Hieratic]]s" and "[[Dragon Ruler]]s".
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Luke! Explosive Supremacy Legend!!]]''
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* [[Tatsuhisa Kamijo (manga)|Tatsuhisa Kamijo]]
  
A recent trend with multi-Type archetypes is having the [[Wiktionary:trump|trump card]] of the archetype to be set as a Dragon-Type, unlike some of the other monsters in the archetype, such as:
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===Anime===
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
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* [[Seto Kaiba]]
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* [[Rebecca Hawkins]]
  
* [[Crystal Beast]]: "[[Rainbow Dragon]]"
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
* [[Lightsworn]]s: "[[Judgment Dragon]]"
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* [[Chazz Princeton]]
* [[Ice Barrier]]: "[[Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier]]"
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* [[Atticus Rhodes]]
* [[Infernity]]: "[[Infernity Doom Dragon]]"
 
* [[Koa'ki Meiru]]: "[[Koa'ki Meiru Maximus]]"
 
* [[Scrap]]: "[[Scrap Dragon]]" (and its upgraded forms)
 
* [[Photon]]/[[Galaxy]]: "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]" or "[[Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon]]
 
* [[lswarm]]: "[[Evilswarm Ouroboros]]"
 
* [[Evol]]: The "[[Evolzar]]" monsters
 
  
In every Yu-Gi-Oh anime and manga series up to date, the main character's rivals all use Dragon-based Decks. [[Seto Kaiba]] uses a [[Blue-Eyes]] Deck, [[Chazz Princeton]] uses an [[Armed Dragon]] Deck in most seasons (or "[[Light and Darkness Dragon]]" Deck in the manga), [[Jack Atlas]]'s both Turbo and Ground Deck is based on summoning his "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]", while also include other Dragon-type monsters such as "[[Exploder Dragonwing]]" and "[[Vice Dragon]]". In addition, [[Kite Tenjo]]'s Deck also focused on his ace monster, "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]".
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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]]
  
==Dragon Focused Decks==
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]''
===LV Dragon Decks===
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* [[Kite Tenjo]]
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]]" 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 opponents monsters that may get in your way.
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* [[Mizar]]
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* [[Jinlon]]
  
===Dragon Fusion Decks===
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''
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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* [[Yuya Sakaki]]
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* [[Yuto]]
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* [[Yugo]]
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* [[Yuri]]
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* [[Z-ARC]]
  
===Dragon Beatdown Deck===
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]''
This type of Deck is pretty old fashioned, focusing on beating down your opponent with high-ATK Dragons such as "[[Alexandrite Dragon]]", "[[Luster Dragon]]", "[[Tyrant Dragon]]" and many more. "[[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]" immensely helps this deck due to not only able to revive any of your fallen Dragons, but also have 2800 ATK for beating. "[[Dragon's Rage]]" can also helps dropping your opponent's Life Points faster, while cards like "[[Stamping Destruction]]" and "[[A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon]]" clears opposing backrows that may block your attacks.
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* [[Roken Kogami]]
  
From this point, many variations of Dragon decks have been invented and updated, some of them are: [[Hopeless Dragon]], [[Disaster Dragon]], [[Hieratic]]s, and [[Dragon Ruler]]s.
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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]]
  
===Weaknesses===
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;''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]''
Since their first introduction, Dragons have received many support cards that enables them to prevail in ever-expanding [[Metagame]] throughout the game's history. However, they're still have weaknesses that can be exploited in order to keep them in check. Most of the more-powerful Dragons are high-Leveled, and many of them need Special Summons to make things quick, which means anti Special Summon cards like "[[Vanity's Emptiness]]", "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]", and "[[Evilswarm Ophion]]" can halt their moves. There are also several Anti Dragon-type cards (Cards that specifically counter Dragon-types) that can hinder their agrresion, such as "[[Buster Blader]]" (also with "[[Dark Paladin]]"), "[[Dragon Capture Jar]]", "[[Victoria]]", etc. Cards that can hinder specific mechanics like "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]" and "[[Mask of Restrict]]" can also stop this deck, since most of the recent Dragon decks either needs to Tribute (like [[Hieratic]]s), banishing cards (like [[Dragon Ruler]]s), or both in order to Special Summon their monster.
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* [[Yuamu Ohdo]]
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* [[The☆Lugh]]
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==Recommended Cards==
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==Icons==
====Monsters====
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These are icons used to represent the Dragon Type in various video games. They all depict generic reptilian dragons.
* [[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon]]
 
* [[Red-Eyes Wyvern]]
 
* [[Masked Dragon]]
 
* [[Koa'ki Meiru Drago]]
 
* [[Debris Dragon]]
 
* [[Totem Dragon]]
 
* [[Yamata Dragon]]
 
* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
 
* [[The White Stone of Legend]]
 
* [[Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms]]
 
* [[Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls]]
 
* [[Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos]]
 
* [[Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders]]
 
  
====Spells====
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Dragon.png          | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories|Forbidden Memories]]''
* [[Dragon's Mirror]]
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DDM-VG-Dragon.png    | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (video game)|Dungeon Dice Monsters]]''
* [[Dragon Shrine]]
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Dragon-Type-DM5.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1|Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1]]''
* [[Dragon Ravine]]
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Dragon-DOR.png      | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses|The Duelists of the Roses]]''
* [[Foolish Burial]]
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TypeDragon-CMC.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum|Capsule Monster Coliseum]]''
* [[A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon]]
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Type-Dragon-YDT1.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer|Duel Transer]]''
* [[Stamping Destruction]]
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Dragon-TF06.png      | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6|Tag Force 6]]''
* [[Trade-In]]
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Type-Dragon-DAR.png  | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Arena|Duel Arena]]''
* [[Cards of Consonance]]
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Dragon-DG.png        | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation|Duel Generation]]''
* [[Sacred Sword of Seven Stars]]
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Type-Dragon-LOD2.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution|Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution]]''
* [[Super Rejuvenation]] (OCG only)
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Type-Dragon-MADU.png | ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel|Master Duel]]''
* [[D.D.R - Different Dimension Reincarnation]]
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====Traps====
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==Trivia==
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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.
* [[Burst Breath]]
 
* [[Dragoncarnation]]
 
* [[Dragon's Rebirth]]
 
* [[Castle of Dragon Souls]]
 
* [[Skill Drain]]
 
* [[Royal Decree]]
 
* [[Return from the Different Dimension]]
 
  
==Example==
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== In other languages ==
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{{In other languages
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| fr_name  = Dragon
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| de_name  = Drache
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| it_name  = Drago
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| pt_name  = Dragão
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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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}}
  
[[File:RedEyesDarknessMetalDragon-SDDC-EN-C-1E.png|center]]
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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]]
  
{{Gameplay}}
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{{Card types}}
 
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[[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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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) Lóng
Chinese (Simplified) Lóng

See also[edit]