This is a list of dragons in

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and

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s. If there are many dragons then only the most notable are mentioned.

Dragons in video games

Roles

* Player character – The dragon is the main character controlled by the player through all or most of the game. (IE Spyro, Trogdor) *Playable character – The dragon is a character that if selected can be controlled. (IE Liu Kang) *Companion - The dragon is a character that usually follows the player and can often be controlled as a riding mount. (IE Flammie, Azurda) *

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– The dragon is a boss to be defeated by the player. (IE, Volvagia, Lord of the Lightning, Elder Dragons in Monster Hunter) *Final Boss – The dragon is the final boss in the game. (IE Alduin, Ridley, Grigori, Jack of Blades, Deathwing, Ender Dragon, Singe) *Optional Boss – The dragon is an optional boss. *Playable Character Transformation – The dragon is an alternate form the player's character can take. (IE Kameo) *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. (IE 'Dragon type' Pokemon, 'Dramon's in Digimon) *Supporting Character – The dragon helps the player at points throughout the game. (IE Valoo, Paarthurnax) *Unit – The dragon is a controllable battle unit in the game. (IE dragons in Warhammer Total War) *Collectible Card – The dragon is a digital card in the

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which can be obtained to customize and improve player's decks. (Dragons in Hearthstone, Clash Royale) *Various – Dragons play multiple roles in the game.

Dragons in role-playing video games

Dragons appear in numerous

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with fictional setting as bosses, final bosses, and enemies, as well as player characters, companions, and supporting characters.

Dragons in multiplayer online games

Dragons in other video game genres

Dragons in games for mobile devices

There are a number of casual,

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and other types of games for

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s involving dragons.

Dragons in tabletop games

Dragons in tabletop role-playing games

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are common (especially as

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) in ''

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'' and in some

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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 the evil dragon (red, blue, green, white, black). *Various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in ''

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'' * Various types of dragons found in the '' Rifts'' role-playing game. * Various Great Western dragons and others in '' Earthdawn''

Dragons in board games

* Red, green and white dragon tiles in Mahjong. * Darkfyre in ''

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'' * '' Dragon chess'', a three-board

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variant designed by

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, has a dragon piece. * Big Snore, the sleepy purple title dragon from '' Don't Wake the Dragon!'', a mid-1980s children's

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* ''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''.

Dragons in card games

Fantasy

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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 ''

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.'' * The Primeval Dragons in the ''

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'' block, namely Crosis, the Purger; Darigaaz, the Igniter; Dromar, the Banisher; Rith, the Awakener and Treva, the Renewer * The Elder Dragon Legends from the ''

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'' 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 "

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", 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

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. * 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 ''

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'' 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''

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'' features many dragons from ''

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'' universe, including Onyxia, Deathwing, Alexstrasza and all the other Aspects.

''Diablo''

*Tathamet in Diablo is the First Ultimate and True Prime Evil and Seven Headed Dragon who battle Anu and also create Seven Great Evils from his heads and Hell.

''Yu-Gi-Oh!''

Dragon is also a monster type in the ''

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''. 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 (the fusion of three Blue-Eyes White Dragon), Dragon Master Knight (A fusion monster composed of Black Luster Soldier and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon) and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, and Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon (A Toon version of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon). * The Red-Eyes B. Dragon, and its incarnations, including Red-Eyes B. Chick, Paladin of Dark Dragon (A ritual monster and younger version of Red Eyes, but called ''Knight of Dark Dragons'' in the anime), Lord of the Red (A ritual monster and almost a human form of Red Eyes), Red-Eyes Wyvern, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, and its many Fusion monsters. * Baby Dragon which morphs into Thousand Dragon using Time Wizard. In the TCG/OCG, Thousand Dragon is a Fusion monster with Time Wizard and Baby Dragon and its materials. * Curse of Dragon and its Fusion form Gaia the Dragon Champion (A fusion monster composed of Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon) * Slifer the Sky Dragon (Sky Dragon of Osiris), the Egyptian god

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card avatar. * The Winged Dragon of Ra * The Eye of Timaeus, The Fang of Critius, and The Claw of Hermos, and their human knight counterparts; 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, and 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"(Stardust Dragon /Assault Mode and Red Dragon Archfiend / Assault Mode) "Majestic/Savior"(Majestic Star Dragon and Majestic Red Dragon) Cosmic Sychro Monster Forms(Shooting Star Dragon, Red Nova Dragon, and Cosmic Blazar Dragon, technically both Shooting Star Dragon and Cosmic Blazar Dragon are both Accel Synchro while Red Nova Dragon is Double Tuning) and Limit Over Accel Synchro(Shooting Quasar Dragon). * Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste (A fusion monster composed of 1 Dragon-Type Synchro monster + 1 Warrior-Type monster) * 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 ''

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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 associated with bringing judgment 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 units 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 these dragons are water-based attackers and can attack up to 3-5 times in 1 turn. Notable units include 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. *Zeroth Dragons is a race featured on one card of each nation, The Zeroth Dragons are weapons of mass destruction born from the Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze. The apostles of Gyze plan to use these dragons to revive him. These dragons can be played to any clan that represents their nation and also if this Grade 4 units failed to attack your opponent's Vanguard you cannot use your G-Zone cards anymore during the Cardfight This units are United Sanctuary's Zeroth Dragon of Zenith Peak, Ultima, Dragon Empire's Zeroth Dragon of Inferno, Drachma, Star Gate's Zeroth Dragon of Destroy Star, Stark, Dark Zone's Zeroth Dragon of End of the World, Dust, Magallanica's Zeroth Dragon of Distant Sea, Megiddo and Zoo's Zeroth Dragon of Death Garden, Zoa.

''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.

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