List of dragons in games

This is a list of dragons in games. If there are many dragons then only the most notable are mentioned.

Dragons in video games

Guide to Roles:

• Player character - The dragon is the main character controlled by the player through all or most of the game.
• Playable character - The dragon is a character that if selected can be controlled.
• Companion - The dragon is a character that usually follows the player and can often be controlled as a riding mount.
• Boss - The dragon is a boss to be defeated by the player.
• Final Boss - The dragon is the final boss in the game.
• Optional Boss - The dragon is an optional boss.
• Playable Character Transformation - The dragon is an alternate form the player's character can take.
• Enemy - The dragon is a general enemy in the game.
• Trainable Monster - The dragon is a monster used in a battle in an arena against another monster.
• Supporting Character - The dragon helps the player at points throughout the game.
• Unit - The dragon is a controllable battle unit in the game.
• Various - Dragons play multiple roles in the game.

Non-Role Playing Games

Role Playing Games

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games

Dragons in Tabletop games

• various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in Shadowrun
• various types of dragons found in the Rifts role-playing game.
• various Great Western dragons and others in Earthdawn
• Dragons are common (especially as non-player characters) in Dungeons & Dragons and in some fantasy role-playing video games. They, like many other dragons in modern culture, run the full range of good, evil, and everything in between. In Dungeons and Dragons the color of the dragon shows if it is evil or good. Metallic dragons are forces of good and they are led by the mighty dragon-god Bahamut. Chromatic dragons are evil creatures ranging from white (the weakest) to the mighty red (the strongest). The chromatic dragons revere Tiamat, a five-headed dragon-god with heads of each color of evil dragon (red, blue, green, white, black).

Dragons in card games

Fantasy card games often feature dragons, often many of them, and thus this sub-section only mentions the more popular or important ones.

Magic: The Gathering

Dragon is a creature subtype in Magic: The Gathering.

• The Primeval Dragons in the Invasion block, namely Crosis, the Purger; Darigaaz, the Igniter; Dromar, the Banisher; Rith, the Awakener and Treva, the Renewer
• The Elder Dragon Legends from the Legends block, namely Arcades Sabboth, Chromium, Nicol Bolas, Palladia-Mors and Vaevictis Asmadi
• Draco, an extremely powerful artifact dragon, that has the highest mana cost in the game (16 colorless mana).
• Rorix Bladewing, a Shivan dragon who fights in the Otarian Grand Coliseum to reclaim his nation's honor: upon his death, Rorix is reincarnated as a "dracolich", under the name Bladewing the Risen.
• The Guardian Ryuu of Kamigawa, including Jugan, the Rising Star; Keiga, the Tide Star; Kokusho, the Evening Star; Ryusei, the Falling Star; and Yosei, the Morning Star.
• Niv-Mizzet, the insightful but short-tempered dragon wizard and leader of the Izzet guild in Ravnica.
• The Planar Chaos set introduces a new cycle of legendary Dragons bearing many similarities to the Invasion cycle - Oros, the Avenger; Intet, the Dreamer; Teneb, the Harvester; Numot, the Devastator; and Vorosh, the Hunter.
• The Future Sight set contains a legendary dragon called Tarox Bladewing in its "futureshifted" sheet. Tarox is apparently the son of the above-mentioned Rorix Bladewing, and according to his flavour text, "despises his siblings as insults to his line, finding and devouring each in turn". According to the magicthegathering.com article that previewed Tarox, he wants to be just like his father Rorix - although smaller than his father, Tarox's controller can discard another Tarox from their hand to double his size, making him a far heavier hitter than Rorix.
• There are also numerous other dragons, which have appeared in almost every set and every block. The most notable such dragon is Shivan Dragon, which has appeared in all but one of the Magic Core Sets.

World of Warcraft Trading Card Game

• Features many dragons from Warcraft, including Onyxia, Deathwing, Alexstrasza and all the other Aspects.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Dragon is also a monster type in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Dragons in Yu-Gi-Oh! include:

• The Blue-Eyes White Dragon and its incarnations, including Paladin of White Dragon (A ritual monster and younger version of Blue Eyes), Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Dragon Master Knight (A fusion monster composed of Yugi's Black Luster Soldier and Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon which also represents their ultimate bond) and Blue Eyes Shining Dragon. Blue Eyes White Dragon even also has a Toon version of itself(a.k.a. Blue Eyes Toon Dragon).
• The Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and its incarnations, including Red-Eyes Black Chick, Paladin of Dark Dragon (A ritual monster and younger version of Red Eyes but called as Knight of Dark Dragons in the anime), Lord of the Red (Another ritual monster and almost a human form of Red Eyes), Red Eyes Wyvern, Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, and Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon not to mention its fusions.
• Baby Dragon which morphs into Thousand Dragon using Time Wizard.
• Slifer the Sky Dragon (Sky Dragon of Osiris), the Egyptian god Osiris card avatar.
• The Winged Dragon of Ra
• Timaeus, Critius, and Hermos, the Legendary Dragon Cards|Three Legendary Dragons
• Cyber Dragon variants, though actually classed as Machine type monsters, can easily be compared to the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
• Rainbow Dragon, the Crystal Lord & Rainbow Dark Dragon
• Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
• White Night Dragon
• Five Headed Dragon (originally known as F.G.D.)
• The Five Dragons linked to the Signers,: Stardust Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Black Rose Dragon, Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black-Winged Dragon and Life Stream Dragon. This also includes their "Buster/Assault Mode" and "Majestic/Savior" Forms.
• Hundred Eyes Dragon ( A dragon who serves the Earthbound Immortals)
• The Inca archetypes, Sun Dragon Inti and Moon Dragon Quilla
• Jormungardr The Nordic Serpent
• Several evolutionary dragons, such as Armed Dragons, Horus the Black Flame Dragon and some others.
• The Malefic Dragons the evil or the corrupted versions of the signature dragons throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! series e.g. Malefic Stardust Dragon, Malefic Cyber End Dragon, Malefic Rainbow Dragon, Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon, Malefic Blue Eyes White Dragon and most notably the Malefic Paradox Dragon and Malefic Truth Dragon.

Cardfight!! Vanguard

Several races and clans within the Cardfight!! Vanguard Trading Card Game are heavily based around dragons. A few of the races that are based on dragons include:

• Flame Dragon, found only in the Kagero and Narukami clan this race is the typical fire breathing dragon archetype. Notable units include: Dragonic Overlord, Dragonic Overlord the End, Dauntless Drive Dragon, Gattling Claw Dragon, and Vortex Dragon.
• Cosmo Dragon, a powerful race considered holy and usually assosiated with bringing judgement upon evil forces. Notable units include: Soul Saver Dragon, and Satellitefall Dragon.
• Abyss Dragon, the abyss dragons are known for their strength and willingness to sacrifice allied units to gain extra power. Notable units include: Phantom Blaster Dragon, Phantom Blaster Overlord, Spectral Duke Dragon, Revenger, Raging Form Dragon and Revenger, Dragruler Phantom
• Dino Dragon, unique to the Tachikaze clan. As their name would suggest, they appear more dinosaur-like than dragon-like. Notable units include: Tyrant, Deathrex, Dragon Egg, and Sonic Noa.
• Winged Dragon, the typical flying dragon. Many of these units are mechanized. Notable untits include: Wyvern Strike, Tejas, Wyvern Strike, Jarran and Hex Cannon Wyvern.
• Dragonman, are units that share the features of both man and dragon. Notable units include: Lizard Runner, Undeux, Wyvern Guard, Barri, and Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha.
• Thunder Dragon, found only in the Narukami clan this race are dragons that are attacking with lightning or thunder base. Notable units include: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion, Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion "The Blood", Eradicator,Vowing Sword Dragon and Eradicator,Dragonic Descendant.
• Cyber Dragon, found only in the Link Joker clan this race are mechanical looking dragons and capable of locking your opponents rear-guards. Notable units include: Star-vader, Mobius Breath Dragon, Gravity Ball Dragon, Gravity Collapse Dragon, Schwarzschild Dragon, Star-vader, Infinite Zero Dragon, Star-vader, Nebula Lord Dragon and Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon.
• Tear Dragon, found in the clans of Kagero and but mostly Aqua Force this dragons are water-based attackers and can attack up to 3-5 times in 1 turn. Notable units includes: Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom, Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom, Blue Flight Dragon, Trans-core Dragon, Last Card, Revonn, Blue Wave Dragon,Tetra-drive Dragon.

Duel Masters Trading Card Game

• There are many cards focusing on dragons in Duel Masters such as the ones included in the Epic Dragons of Hyper Chaos set.

Dragons in board games

• Red, green and white dragon tiles in Mahjong.
• Dragon chess, a three-board chess variant designed by Gary Gygax, has a dragon piece.
• Big Snore, the sleepy purple title dragon from Don't Wake the Dragon!, a mid-1980s children's board game
• Carcassonne - The Princess & the Dragon, an expansion for Carcassonne (board game), centers around a dragon represented by a large wooden piece
• Mimring (the evil red dragon), Charos (the green dragon), Braxas (the black dragon queen), and Niflhelm (the white dragon king) are some of the most powerful characters in Heroscape.

Other Examples

• There are a number of mobile simulation games involving dragons, mainly Tap Zoo, Dragon Mania Legends, Dragon Story, and Dragon City.

See also

• List of dragons in film and television
• List of dragons in mythology and folklore
• List of dragons in literature
• List of dragons in popular culture

References

1. ↑ Game Informer provides information on who the character is, why the character is important, and what is next for the character in "Faces of Warcraft: The Essential Introduction to Characters," Game Informer 183 (July 2008): 101.