Dragon (TCG)

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

TCG types

Grass

Fire

Water

Lightning

Psychic

Fighting

Darkness

Metal

Fairy

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.

Dragon-type cards were absent from Sword & Shield until Evolving Skies, when they were reworked to have no Weakness or Resistance. Sword & Shield Series 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 Series, the Dragon type was briefly retired once again before returning in Paldea Evolved (Clay Burst in Japan), no longer with the special claw marks and Dragon type symbol but retaining their lack of Weakness and Resistance and appearing far less frequently than in previous eras.

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. Instead, Dragon Pokémon cards are typically associated with two non-Colorless types of energy costs in their attacks, one of which derived from the Pokémon's (non-) secondary type in the core series (for example, Zekrom's attack costs used and ). Especially between Ultra Prism and Cosmic Eclipse, some Dragon cards used a single energy cost type that corresponds to their secondary type.

Battle properties

Generally, Dragon Pokémon have a weakness to:

• Dragon (prior to the XY expansion)
• Fairy (from the XY expansion through Cosmic Eclipse expansion)

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.

Trivia

• The Dragon type was introduced to the Pokémon TCG in 2012, which coincided with the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese calendar.

In other languages

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