List of dragons in games

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

Representation of a dragon as it appears in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons

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.
  • Collectible Card – The dragon is a digital card in the digital collectible card game which can be obtained to customize and improve player's decks.
  • Various – Dragons play multiple roles in the game.

Dragons in role-playing video games

Dragons appear in numerous role-playing games with fictional setting as bosses, final bosses, and enemies, as well as player characters, companions, and supporting characters.

Video game Name of Dragon Type Transforms, if so from what? Voice Actor Role Notes
Darksiders AbaddonEuropeanAngelTroy BakerFinal Boss
AdventureQuest VariousVariousNoVarious
Adventures of Mana UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Xenoblade Chronicles Alcar, Dragonia, AbaasyEuropeanNoBossDragon King Alcar, Demon King Dragonia, Avalanche Abaasy
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Alduin, Paarthurnax, OdahviingWyvernNoDaniel Riordan / Charles Martinet / Charles DennisVariousMany other named dragons appear
Dragon's Crown Ancient, Red DragonsEuropeanNoBosses
Borderlands 2 Ancient Dragons of DestructionEuropeanNoBosses
Drakengard series Angelus, LegnaWyvernNoMona Marshall / Yoshio HaradaCompanion
I of the Dragon Annoth, Barroth, MorroghEuropeanNoPlayer Character3 dragons to play as
Emerald Dragon AtrushanEuropeanHumanPlayer CharacterA young blue dragon that transforms freely between his true form and an acquired human form to rescue a childhood human friend and sibling named Tamryn
Avernum/Exile VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Dragon Valor Azi DahakaVariousNoBossesOther dragons appear
Final Fantasy series BahamutEuropeanNoVariousMost recurrent of many dragons in series
Valkyrie Profile 2 BahamutEuropeanNoBoss
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link BarbaSerpentineNoBoss
Battledragons UnnamedVariousNoUnits
Shining Force BleuEuropeanNoPlayable CharacterOther dragons appear
Blue Dragon Blue DragonOtherNoCompanion
Super Paper Mario Bonechill, Fracktail, WracktailEuropeanNoBossesFracktail and Bonechill are required bosses while Wracktail is an optional boss.
Kingdom of Loathing BonerdagonWyvernNoBoss
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Bonetail, Gloomtail, HooktailEuropeanNoBossesHooktail and Gloomtail are required bosses while Bonetail is an optional boss.
Bravely Default VariousEuropeanNoBosses
Two Worlds II CassaraEuropeanHumanSandra PascuzziFinal Boss
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time CrosellEuropeanNoRyûzaburô ÔtomoBoss
Super Mario RPG Czar Dragon, Zombone, BahamuttEuropeanNoBosses
Divinity: Original Sin VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Divinity II The Dragon KnightWyvernHumanPlayable Character TransformationOther dragons appear.
Dark Souls VariousVariousVariousBosses
Dawn of the Dragons VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Disgaea VariousVariousNoUnits
The World Ends with You Draco CantusAsianHumanShane JohnsonFinal Boss
Dragon Age VariousEuropeanVariousVarious
Dragon Buster UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Dragon Fable VariousEuropeanNoCompanion
Chrono Cross Dragon GodsVariousNoBossesSix of them
Titan Quest Dragon LicheEuropeanNoOptional Boss
Dragon Quest DragonlordEuropeanHumanFinal Boss
White Knight Chronicles Dragon MatriarchEuropeanHumanBoss
Shining Tears DragonutesVariousNoVarious
Drakkhen VariousEuropeanNoBosses
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup VariousEuropeanNoEnemies
Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger! UnnamedEuropeanHumanFinal Boss
Fate UnnamedEuropeanNoBosses
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Fin Fang FoomAsianNoBoss
The Battle for Wesnoth Fire DragonEuropeanNoUnits
Fire Emblem VariousEuropeanHumanVarious
Secret of Mana, Dawn of Mana FlammieEuropeanNoCompanionA white four-winged fluffy dragon which the characters ride, Some eventually turn into the Mana Beast
Golden Sun Fusion DragonEuropean (2H)[lower-alpha 1]HumanFinal Boss
Enclave FyrlakithEuropeanNoBossLevel "The Guardian"
Popolocrois Gaba, SaniaEuropeanHumanCompanion
Gothic II VariousEuropeanNoBosses
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny GrayAsianHumanKenta MiyakePlayable CharacterTurned into a dragonman by the Dragon King Ardgevald
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete Green DragonSerpentineNoBoss
Dragon's Dogma GrigoriEuropeanNoDavid LodgeFinal BossDevour the Hero's heart and made himself an arisen
King's Field Guyra, SeathEuropeanNoBosses
Riviera: The Promised Land HadesEuropeanNoOptional boss
Odin Sphere Hindel, Belial, Wagner, LeventhanWyvernNoBosses
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter IcasarachtEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom IncineraptorEuropeanNoBoss
Fable: The Lost Chapters Jack of BladesEuropeanDemonKeith WickhamFinal BossInitially a masked hooded figure, Jack is reincarnated in the Lost Chapters as a dragon.
Legacy of the Wizard KeelaEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Kingdom Hearts VariousEuropeanHumanVarious
King's Bounty: The Legend VariousEuropeanNoUnits
Megami Tensei Kuzuryu, Seiryu, SamaelVariousNoBosses
The Last Remnant VariousEuropeanNoBosses
The Legend of Dragoon VariousOtherNoBosses
Dragon Quest VIII Lord of the DragoviansEuropeanHumanBossDragon form changes color
Lost Kingdoms VariousEuropeanNoBosses
Lufia Egg DragonEuropeanNoBoss
Might and Magic VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Monster Rancher UnnamedEuropeanNoTrained Monster
Neverwinter Nights VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Pokémon series VariousVariousVariousTrainable MonstersSome Pokémon who aren't dragons in their base forms can transform into one in various ways while others are not dragons originally but can evolve into a Dragon type Pokémon
Ogre Battle VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Lunar series QuarkEuropeanNoHal DelahousseSupporting Character
Tower of Druaga QuoxEuropeanNoBoss
Radiata Stories VariousVariousNoBosses
I Am Setsuna The ReaperEuropeanHumanFinal Boss
Legend of the Red Dragon Red DragonEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Breath of Fire RyuEuropeanHumanPlayer Character
Sacred VariousEuropeanNoBosses
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings SaesenthessisVariousNoEiry HughesVarious
Grandia 3 ShibaWyvernNoSupporting CharacterOwned by Ulf
Shin Megami Tensei VariousVariousNoBossesA race of demons
Suikoden VariousVariousNoBossesControlled by Dragon Knights
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara SynnEuropeanHumanFinal BossFemale red dragon
Tears to Tiara VariousEuropeanNoBosses
Thousand Arms VariousVariousNoBosses
Diablo series Tathamet, Trag'OulEuropean
7th Dragon TiamatWesternNoBoss
Tales of Zestiria TiamatEuropeanNoBoss
Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins TirionEuropeanNoNeil RossCompanion
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North UrgostEuropeanNoKeith SzarabajkaOptional Boss
Vagrant Story VariousVariousNoBosses
Hydlide VaralysEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Paper Mario: The Origami King Water VellumentalEuropeanNoBossA blue, origami dragon. It is the second Vellumental fought. Olivia gains its powers when Mario defeats it.
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt VariousVariousNoBeasts
Wizardry VariousVariousNoBosses
Wild Arms series ZephyrEuropeanNoBossOther dragons appear
Golden Treasure: The Great Green UnnamedWyvernNoPlayer Character/VariousFollows the life experiences of one of the so-named "Draak-Kin", an intelligent species of wyverns existing during humanity's prehistoric times.

Dragons in multiplayer online games

Video game Name of Dragon Type Transforms, if so from what? Voice Actor Role Genre Notes
World of Warcraft Alexstrasza, Deathwing (formerly known as Neltharion), Kalecgos, Korialstrasz, Malygos, Nozdormu, Onyxia, Sapphiron, Soridormi, Sindragosa, Sintharia, Tyranastrasz, YseraEuropeanHumanLeader of flights / Bosses MMORPG[1]
Heroes of the Storm Alexstrasza, Chromie (Chronormu), Deathwing, Dragon KnightEuropeanHuman / Gnome / No / HeroWendee Lee[2] / Karen Strassman[3]Player Characters MOBADragon Knight is a Playable Character Transformation on the Dragon Shire battleground. Heroes can liberate the Dragon Knight by activating the shrines and interacting with the Knight's statue in the middle lane of the battleground, taking control of him temporarily.
Phantasy Star Alterazgohg, Sil DragonVariousNoBosses MMORPG
Counter-Strike Online AngraEuropeanDioneBoss /
Playable class
First-person shooterBoss, in Zombie Scenario Season 2;

Playable class, in Zombie Giant

Dota 2 Auroth (the Winter Wyvern), Davion (the Dragon Knight), Jakiro (the Twin Head Dragon), Puck (the Faerie Dragon), Viper (the Netherdrake)Wyvern / European / European (2H)[lower-alpha 1] / Fae / AmphithereNo / Human / No / No / NoMerle Dandridge / Tony Todd / Dave Fennoy / Jen Taylor / Tony Todd Player characters MOBADavion, the Dragon Knight, gained the ability to transform into a Dragon after slaying the Dragon Slyrak.

Jakiro, the Twin Head Dragon, has two heads. One breathing fire, the other one breathing ice.

Final Fantasy XIV Bahamut, Midgardsormr, Nidhogg, Hraesvelgr, Tiamat, Twintania, ShinryuEuropeanNoBosses MMORPGIncludes dragons in the Heavensward expansion pack
Dungeon Fighter Online BakalEuropeanNoBoss MMORPG
Dragon's Prophet VariousEuropeanNoCompanion MMORPG
Drakensang Online VariousEuropeanNoBosses MMORPG
Vindictus Elchulus, Siglint, BeokrosEuropeanNoGreg Chun / Edward BoscoBosses MMORPG
RuneScape VariousEuropeanNoBoss / Enemies / Companion MMORPGWyverns are also present, but are a separate race to dragons
Free Realms VariousWyvernNoPlayer Companion MMORPG
Hearthstone Various Various Various Collectible Cards Digital collectible card game
Maplestory HorntailEuropean (3H)[lower-alpha 2]NoBoss MMORPGAnd many others
EverQuest Lord Nagafen, Trakanon, Lady VoxEuropeanNoBoss MMORPG
Mabinogi VariousVariousNoBosses MMORPG
Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted Named by playerEuropeanNoPlayer Character / Bosses MMORPGCan be created and customized by paid membership players and they grow up from hatchling to adult to ancient dragons.
Awesomenauts Nibbs European No Playable Character MOBA
Guild Wars 2 Primordus, Jormag, Zhaitan, Mordemoth, Kralkatorrik, Deep Sea DragonVariousNoBosses MMORPGElder Dragons sleeping for centuries and have now awoken to unleash a cycle of destruction upon Tyria, the world in which the game is set. They each have control over an element.
ArcheAge Red DragonEuropeanNoBoss MMORPG
League of Legends Shyvana European Humanoid Player Character MOBA A playable champion whose ultimate lets her transform into a dragon temporarily[4]
TERA VariousVariousNoPlayer Companion MMORPG
Aion: Upheaval Tiamat, Stormwing, Beritra, EreshkigalEuropeanHumanFinal Boss MMORPG
Tibia VariousEuropeanNoEnemies MMORPG
Ultima Online VariousVariousNoUnits MMORPG
Lineage 2 Valakas, Antharas, LindviorEuropeanNoBosses MMORPGAntharas is the Earth Dragon, Valakas is red, Lindvior is a wind dragon
Realm of the Mad God Pyyr, Nikao, Limoz, Feargus, Ivory WyvernVariousNoBosses MMORPG

Dragons in other video game genres

Video game Name of Dragon Type Transforms, if so from what? Voice Actor Role Notes
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ArgorokWyvernNoBossTwilit Dragon
Dragon Spirit AmulWyvernHumanPlayer Character
ActRaiser Arctic WyvernWyvernNoBoss
Drakan ArokhEuropeanNoJeff McNeal, David ScullyCompanionMany other dragons appear
Kameo: Elements of Power AshEuropeanFairyPlayable Character TransformationAsh is an element of fire
Dragon Breed BahamootSerpentineNoCompanion
Bakugan VariousVariousBallTrainable Monsters
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World UnnamedAsianNoEnemies
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess UnnamedAsianHorsePlayer units
The Incredible Toon Machine BikEuropeanNoNon-playable
Super Princess Peach BlizzaurusEuropeanNoBoss
Bomberman Wars Bomber DragonEuropeanNoUnit
Starbound Bone DragonWyvernNoBoss
Yoshi's Story Bone DragonEuropean (3H)[lower-alpha 2]NoBossUndead, skeletal dragon
Bubble Bobble Series VariousEuropeanNoMain Character
The Sims Burnie, Pyritie, TorchEuropeanNoPlayer Companion
Dragon Rage Cael CyndarEuropeanNoPlayer Character
Call of Duty: Black Ops III UnnamedWyvernNoVarious
The Cave UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Banjo-Tooie Chili Billi, Chilly WillyEuropeanNoBossesTwin brothers, one breathes fire, the other breathes ice
The Cave (video game) UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Cobra Triangle UnnamedSerpentineNoBoss
Dragon City VariousEuropeanNoPlayable Character/companionThe paler rides dragons throughout the game.[5]
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex VariousEuropeanNoBoss / Enemy
Digimon VariousVariousNoTrainable Monsters
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy VariousEuropeanNoVarious
Discworld UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Donkey Kong 64 DogadonHybridNoBossDragonfly-Dragon hybrid
Master of Magic DraconiansEuropeanNoPlayable Character
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DraculaEuropeanVampireRobert CarlylePlayer CharacterA powerful attack
DuckTales: Remastered Dracula DuckSerpentineDuckFrank WelkerBoss
Wario's Woods DragoEuropeanNoBoss
Sacrifice DragonEuropeanNoUnit
Shrek DragonEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Viva Pinata DragonacheOtherNoBreedable animalColor depends on the main landscape of the garden
Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber Dragon KremlingAsianNoBoss
Altered Beast Dragon ManEuropeanHumanPlayable Character Transformation
Dragonseeds VariousAsianNoTrainable Monster
Battle Realms Dragon SpiritAsianNoUnitCalled down by Dragon Clan
The Longest Journey, Dreamfall Draic KinEuropeanNoSupporting CharactersExtraterrestrial sentient beings
Endless Legend DrakkenWyvernNoUnit
Star Fox Adventures DrakorEuropeanNoBossFourth boss
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II DrogothEuropeanNoUnit
Forgotten Worlds Dust DragonEuropeanNoBoss
Earth Defense Force 2025 UnnamedEuropeanNoEnemies
Minecraft Ender DragonEuropeanNoFinal BossPurple-eyed black scaled dragon living in The End
Kirby's Epic Yarn FangoraEuropeanNoBoss
Ghostbusters Genesis Fire DragonSerpentineNoBoss
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie Dragon PeteEuropeanCatFinal BossAfter being defeated in the first form as wizard, Pete transforms into a red dragon
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Dinraal, Farosh, Naydra[6]AsianNoBosses
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom FlamewingEuropeanNoSuperboss
Blazing Dragons FlickerEuropeanNoPlayer character
The King of Dragons GildissEuropeanNoFinal Boss
The Legend of Zelda Aquamentus, GleeokEuropean / (2H)[lower-alpha 1]NoBoss
Super Mario Galaxy 2 GobblegutSerpentineNoBossAlso fought in a harder fire form
Zork: Grand Inquisitor GriffEuropeanNoMarty IngelsSupporting Character
Golden Axe: Beast Rider Great DragonEuropeanNoBoss
ActRaiser 2 GreedEuropeanNoBoss
Cuphead Grim MatchstickEuropeanNoBoss
Atari Adventure Grundle, Rhindle and YorgleAsianNoBosses
Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time UnnamedAsianNoSupporting Character
Kid Icarus: Uprising HewdrawSerpentine (3H)[lower-alpha 2]NoDanny MannBoss
Heroes of Might and Magic series VariousVariousNoUnitsGreen dragon (Gold dragon, Emerald dragon), Bone dragon (Ghost dragon, Spectral dragon), Shadow dragon (Red dragon, Black dragon), Faerie dragon, Rust dragon, Crystal dragon, Azure dragon
Hoard UnnamedEuropeanNoPlayer Character
Dragon Saber Huey, SiriaWyvernHumanPlayer Character
Kirby's Dream Land 2 Ice DragonWingless, BipedalNoBossBreathes ice instead of fire.
American Dragon: Jake Long – Attack of the Dark Dragon Jake LongEuropeanHumanPlayer Character
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Krayt DragonWingless, QuadrupedalNoBoss
King's Quest UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Kingdom II: Shadoan UnnamedEuropeanNoBossWill eat the main character if he doesn't solve a puzzle
Lair VariousEuropeanNoCompanion
Kirby's Return to Dream Land LandiaWyvern (4H)[lower-alpha 3]NoBossEach of Landia's four heads is able to split from the main body to form a smaller dragon.
Mortal Kombat Liu KangAsianHumanPlayable CharacterFatality
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Lizard ManEuropeanHumanPlayable Character Transformation
Loom UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Mega Man Mecha DragonEuropeanNoBoss
Sonic Heroes Metal OverlordOtherRobotRyan DrummondFinal Boss
Sonic and the Black Knight Mist, Earth DragonVariousNoBoss
Sorcer Striker MiyamotoEuropeanNoPlayable Character
Monster Hunter VariousVariousNoBosses
Monster Maulers UnnamedSerpentineNoBoss
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard NafaalilargusWyvernNoJonathan BryceBossCalls himself "The Crown Jewel of the Empire"
Alcahest NevisEuropeanHumanPlayable character
Neopets VariousEuropeanNoPlayable Character
Age of Mythology NidhoggEuropeanNoUnit
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Aquamentus, OnoxEuropean / WyvernNo / HumanBoss / Final BossDark Dragon as true form
Ōkami Orochi, YomigamiAsian (8H)[lower-alpha 4] / AsianNoBoss / Supporting Character
Panzer Dragoon (series) VariousVariousNoCompanion
War of the Monsters RaptrosEuropeanNoPlayable Character
Kirby Super Star Red Dragon/Great DragonEuropeanNoBossHolographic dragon summoned by the Computer Virus boss
Metroid series RidleyOtherNoFinal BossReappears as Meta Ridley
Rock of Ages UnnamedEuropeanNoBoss
Super Mario Odyssey Ruined DragonEuropeanNoBoss
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked UnnamedAsianMubberBossZen Tuo's dragon
The Lost Vikings 2 Scorch European No Player character
Simon the Sorcerer UnnamedEuropeanNoSupporting CharacterHas a cold when first encountered
Dragon's Lair SingeEuropeanNoFinal Boss
Cave Story Sky DragonsEuropeanNoBosses
The Hobbit SmaugEuropeanNoJames HoranBossBilbo has to take a golden cup from him
Lego The Hobbit SmaugWyvernNoBoss
Ninja Gaiden SmauganEuropeanNoBossOther dragons appear
Diddy Kong Racing SmokeyEuropeanNoRival
Demon's Crest SomuloEuropeanNoBoss
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Space DragonSerpentineNoObstacle
Spyro series Spyro, Cynder European No /

Shadowy form, Explosive skull

Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Jess Harnell, Elijah Wood, Josh Keaton, Matthew Mercer, Justin Long /

Cree Summer, Mae Whitman, Christina Ricci, Tobie LaSalandra, Erica Lindbeck, Felicia Day

Playable Character Spyro's objectives vary depending on the series. However, as of The Legend of Spyro and Skylanders, he is a purple dragon capable of controlling all elements, but is classified as Magic element in Skylanders.

Cynder is a former servant of Malefor in both versions, but the result of her corruption results in different effects on her. In Legend of Spyro, she gains control over shadows, poison, fear, and wind, but in Skylanders, she becomes an Undead elemental, capable of using spectral lightning, summoning ghosts, and turning into a shadow form.

Keio Flying Squadron SpotEuropeanNoCompanion
Summoners War: Sky Arena VariousEuropeanNoCompanion
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts UnnamedAsian (3H)[lower-alpha 2]NoBoss
Syvalion UnnamedAsianNoPlayer character
Space Harrier UriahAsianNoCompanion
Devil World TamagonOtherNoPlayer character
Thanatos ThanatosWyvernNoPlayer Character
Tomb Raider 2 UnnamedAsianHumanBoss
Total War: Warhammer VariousEuropeanNoUnits
Homestar Runner TrogdorOtherNoPlayer characterThe Burninator
True Crime: Streets of LA UnnamedAsianNoBoss
Fur Fighters Tweek, GwynethEuropeanNoPlayable character
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ValooEuropeanNoSupporting Character
Hyrule Warriors VolgaEuropeanHumanBoss, Playable Character
The Adventure of Link Volvagia Asian No Boss
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time VolvagiaAsianNoBossSubterranean Lava Dragon
Wildlife Park: Ultimate Edition UnnamedEuropeanNoPlayer CharacterOthers
Threads of Fate WylafEuropeanNoSupporting Character
Terraria WyvernAsianNoEnemyDespite being called "wyverns" they resemble an Asian dragon
Hype: The Time Quest Zatila, VoydhEuropeanNoCompanion / Boss
Zoids Series VariousVariousNoVarious
Animal Crossing Drago

Dragons in games for mobile devices

There are a number of casual, idle, life simulation and other types of games for mobile devices involving dragons.

Video game Genre Platform(s) Notes
Clash of Clans Strategy Android, iOS Dragons are Units
Clash Royale Strategy Android, iOS Dragons are Collectible Cards
Dragon City Social network game Android, iOS, Facebook
Dragon Mania Legends Casual Android, iOS, Windows
Dragon Story Life simulation Android, iOS Dragon Story is a game where the player breeds and discovers many dragon species on an island known as the Dragon Islands. The dragons must be fed with food from the farms. Dragon types include Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, White, Pink, and Black.
Puzzle & Dragons Puzzle Android, iOS, Amazon Fire The player collects dragons as a reward for completing the game's dungeons or spending in-game currency.
Raid: Shadow Legends Strategy Android, iOS PC Wyvern bosses
Tap Zoo Idle Android, iOS
Tiny Zoo Simulation iOS
Zoo Craft: Animal Family Simulation Android, iOS
Zoo Story 2 Casual Android, iOS

Dragons in tabletop games

Dragons in tabletop role-playing games

  • 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 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 Shadowrun
  • 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 DragonStrike (board game)
  • 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.

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

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 (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 Osiris 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 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 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.

See also

Notes

  1. Two-headed dragon
  2. Three-headed dragon
  3. Four-headed dragon
  4. Many-headed dragon

References

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