Yugipedia:Featured Card/Judgment Dragon
The holy Judgment Dragon is summoned to cast judgment! Dwelling in the Realm of Light as it waits for its owner to call it, Judgment Dragon is the trump card of the well-supported archetype, the Lightsworns. Within its shimmering elegance lies destructive powers rivalling that of Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, Judgment Dragon is a force to be reckoned with. A small cost of 1000 Life Points allows Judgment Dragon to cast judgment on all beings on your opponent's side of the field, wiping the wicked enemy's field clean of all its evils!
First of all, Judgment Dragon's summoning conditions are relatively simple to follow: the requirement of four or more unique "Lightsworn" monsters in your Graveyard. When compared to other Nomi monsters with somewhat similar summoning conditions, such as Rainbow Dragon, many might find calling it out a chore. However, when Judgment Dragon is played amongst its many Lightsworn allies, calling it out to the field is fairly simple. After all, Lightsworns are famous for milling your own Deck with their field presence and effect-- which includes sending their own allies to the Graveyard. As a result, the alter that awaits the dazzle of Judgment Dragon grows more and more illuminated each time you overwhelm your opponent with Lightsworn monsters and their effects.
Unfortunately, with great power comes great responsibility. Sometimes, wielders of Judgment Dragon will find themselves unable to call on its shining powers when all three copies flee to the Graveyard. In a sense, with great justice comes great risk. Fortunately, smart players who are dedicated to punishing their opponents will expect a couple of copies to rest in the Graveyard, and take advantage of their presence in the Graveyard. By using clever retrieving techniques, such as "Monster Reincarnation", "Herald of Creation", and/or "Beckoning Light" to retrieve "Judgment Dragon" from the Graveyard after he's milled to the Graveyard by other Lightsworns. The discard cost of the aforementioned cards can also serve as a means to add Lightsworn monsters to the Graveyard to summon "Judgment Dragon." Better yet, "Gold Sarcophagus" will ensure you safeguard "Judgment Dragon" before it ever gets sent to the Graveyard!
Generally speaking, many players use Judgment Dragon to counter the wicked-turned Dark Armed Dragon, because of his clean-wipe at low cost ability--and the potential to play more than one Judgment Dragon. A deck centered around Judgment Dragon is also very fast and has an early chance of OTK using the mill effects and then summoning him. Judgment Dragon alone would very easily be able to create an OTK situation incredibly quickly. And don't forget: Judgment Dragon himself has a self-milling ability - additionally, the strongest of the Lightsworns! Use that to your advantage by playing the secondary dragon of the Lightsworn series, Gragonith. Milling nowadays helps a player rather than harm, so take advantage of the strong mill.
Those who wield Judgment Dragon well are granted the ability make all the villains they meet see the light!
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