Dragon (TCG)

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Dragon (TCG) redirects here. For the TCG release, see EX Dragon (TCG).
TCG types

Grass

Fire

Water

Lightning

Psychic

Fighting

Darkness

Metal

Fairy

Dragon

Colorless

The Dragon type (Japanese: ドラゴン Dragon) is one of the eleven TCG types. It is represented by the color gold and symbolized by a serpentine figure.

The Dragon type contains most Dragon-type Pokémon found in the main series video games. For example, Salamence, Rayquaza, and Haxorus are Dragon types in the TCG. Prior to Dragons Exalted (but Dragon Selection in Japan), the Dragon type was represented by the Colorless type.

Unlike all other types, other than Colorless, there is no Dragon type Basic Energy card, and no Pokémon can use a Dragon type energy in its Attack. Dragon-type cards were absent from Sword & Shield until Evolving Skies, when they were reworked to have no Weakness or Resistance. Sword & Shield-era Dragon-type Pokémon cards feature claw marks in the upper-right corner and the Dragon-type symbol in the center of the card (the latter only for non-Pokémon V and non-Full Art cards). As of the beginning of the Scarlet & Violet era, the Dragon type has been retired once again; dual-typed Dragon-type Pokémon such as Koraidon and Miraidon are now always categorized based on their other type, making the future of the Dragon type unclear.

Dragon Pokémon cards are mostly associated with two non-Colorless types of energy costs in their attacks (for example, Zekrom's attack costs used Lightning and Fire even though it was not Fire-type). Between Ultra Prism and Cosmic Eclipse, most Dragon Pokémon cards with secondary types in the core series used an energy cost type that corresponds to their secondary type.

Battle properties

Generally, Dragon Pokémon have a weakness to:

These types are generally weak to Dragon Pokémon:

  • Dragon (prior to the XY expansion)

Dragon Pokémon in the TCG

See Category:Dragon-type Pokémon cards for all Pokémon cards that have this type.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese Lùhng
Mandarin 龍 / 龙 Lóng
Dutch Draak
French Dragon
German Drache
Indonesian Naga
Italian Drago
Korean 드래곤 Deuraegon
Brazilian Portuguese Dragão
Russian Дракон Drakon
Spanish Dragón
Thai มังกร Mangkon


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