Paladins of Dragons

Paladin of Dragon
"Raregold Armor", which is worn by "Paladin of White Dragon"
Japanese	竜の聖騎士（ナイト・オブ・ドラゴン） 竜の聖騎士 (base) ナイト・オブ・ドラゴン (ruby) Naito Obu Doragon (romanized) Knight of Dragon (translated)
French	Paladin du Dragon
German	Paladin des Drachen
Italian	Paladino del Drago
Korean	나이트 Naiteu (romanized)
Portuguese	Paladino do Dragão
Spanish	Paladín de Dragón
Sets Magician's Force Legacy of the Valiant Cybernetic Horizon TCG Starter Deck: Kaiba Evolution Dark Revelation Volume 1 Duelist Pack: Kaiba Dragons of Legend 2 OCG Advent of Union Structure Deck: Kaiba Volume 2 Expert Edition Volume.1 Collectors Pack: Duelist of Destiny Version
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Manga appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! D Team ZEXAL
Lists	[[|Members]]

The Paladins of Dragons, known as Knights of Dragons (竜の聖騎士（ナイト・オブ・ドラゴン）, Naito Obu Doragon) in Japan, is a series of Level 4 Ritual Monsters with 1900 ATK. The monsters of this series are, as suggested by the name, warriors who ride dragons (which resemble younger/smaller versions of other iconic Dragons or dragon-like monsters).

"Paladin of the Cursed Dragon", as a Zombie Effect Monster that is simply an undead "Paladin of White Dragon", only partially fits the theme of this series, so it is not included.

Design

Most Paladins of Dragons share some quirks with each other:

• An effect that activates when the Paladin battles, most often removal of an attacked monster at the start of the Damage Step.
• An effect that activates by Tributing themselves, and Special Summons a monster from hand or Main Deck (usually the related Dragon or a range of monsters that includes it) .
• A specific Ritual Spell Cards with the naming scheme "[Adjective] Dragon Ritual" ("[Adjective] Dragon Descent" in Japanese).

Exceptions are indicated in the table below between parenthesis and in italic.

Members

Paladin	Ritual Spell	Matching dragon	Battle effect	Monster summoned
White Dragon	White Dragon	Blue-Eyes White Dragon	Destroys face-down Defense Position monster	Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Dark Dragon	Dark Dragon	Red-Eyes B. Dragon	Destroys Defense Position monster	any "Red-Eyes" monster
Photon Dragon	Luminous Dragon	Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon	(Draws a card when it destroys a monster by battle)	Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
Storm Dragon	(Cynet Ritual)	Firewall Dragon	Returns monster to the hand	(any Level 5 or higher Cyberse monster)