List of dragons in games

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 in multiplayer online games

Dragons in other video game genres

Dragons in games for mobile devices

Dragons in tabletop games

Dragons in tabletop role-playing games

• Dragons are common 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 to the mighty red. The chromatic dragons revere Tiamat, a five-headed dragon-god with heads of each color of the evil dragon.
• 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
• 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 , centers around a dragon represented by a large wooden piece
• Mimring, Charos, Braxas, and Niflhelm are some of the most powerful characters in Heroscape.

  Dragons in card games

''Magic: The Gathering''

• The Primeval Dragons in the Invasion |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 |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.
• 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''

• World of Warcraft Trading Card Game features many dragons from Warcraft universe, including Onyxia, Deathwing, Alexstrasza and all the other Aspects.

  ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''

• The Blue-Eyes White Dragon and its incarnations, including Paladin of White Dragon, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Dragon Master Knight and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, and Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon.
• The Red-Eyes B. Dragon, and its incarnations, including Red-Eyes B. Chick, Paladin of Dark Dragon, Lord of the Red, 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
• Slifer the Sky Dragon, 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
• 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" "Majestic/Savior" Cosmic Sychro Monster Forms and Limit Over Accel Synchro.
• Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste
• Hundred Eyes Dragon
• 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''

• 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.