Card Trivia:Red Nova Dragon


 * This card is the first Level 12 Synchro Monster to have appeared in the OCG, TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's series, so far. It is also the first Synchro Monster that requires 2 Tuner Monsters.
 * However, it's not the first Synchro Monster able to be Synchro Summoned by the use of 2 (or more) Tuners. XX-Saber Gottoms can use multiple Tuner monsters to be summoned. It is also not the only Synchro Monster to require 2 Tuners, with Vairon Omega being the other one.


 * This card is the second Synchro Monster that requires "Red Dragon Archfiend" as a Synchro Material, the first one was "Majestic Red Dragon".


 * This card is an avatar form of the final and strongest Earthbound Immortal, Red Nova, after Jack managed to subjugate its power and seal it inside a card via the state of Burning Soul.
 * This makes it the first and only card related to both the Signer Dragons and the Earthbound Immortals. It is, after all, an advanced form of Red Dragon Archfiend, the strongest Signer Dragon (ATK-wise) after absorbing Red Nova, the strongest Earthbound Immortal, as stated above.


 * This card's first effect mirrors "Shooting Star Dragon", as this card involves Tuners in the Graveyard (the past) while Shooting Star Dragon involves Tuners in the Deck (the future).
 * Interestingly, Shooting Star Dragon was given to Yusei Fudo by a futuristic god, Red Nova Dragon is claimed by Jack Atlas after sealing an ancient devil.
 * Both Jack and Yusei make reference to the states of Clear Mind and Burning Soul as opposite concepts, and weapons to defeat Yliaster (episode 113).
 * Shooting Star was made out of the evolution of Synchro Summons (Accel Synchro) while Red Nova is another Synchro Summon with more power (2 Tuners instead of one). This also represents Yusei and Jack's idea of becoming better duelists and gaining more power respectively.
 * The way this card is released in the same pack as Shooting Star Dragon and not being a cover card mimics the way Stardust Dragon and Red Archfiend Dragon were released in The Duelist Genesis.
 * Also, Red Nova Dragon and Shooting Star Dragon are facing opposite directions in the same way Stardust Dragon and Red Dragon Archfiend are looking in opposite directions. Yet, their poses mirror one another, which may be a reference to a quote Akiza Izinski said in the anime special.


 * This card shares ATK with another one of Red Dragon Archfiend's advanced forms: Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode
 * Also, this card shares DEF with Majestic Red Dragon.
 * This card's ATK and DEF are those of Red Dragon Archfiend divided by 2 then added to 2000 :
 * 3000 / 2 = 1500 ; 1500 + 2000 = 3500
 * 2000 / 2 = 1000 ; 1000 + 2000 = 3000


 * Along with Shooting Star Dragon, the TCG version of this card is released before the pack it comes from as a tin promo. The tin featuring Red Nova Dragon was released four days before the TCG preview of Starstrike Blast.


 * This card is similar to Seto Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon as they are both Level 12 Extra Deck Monsters and their owners are both rivals to the protagonists.
 * Also, they both require 3 Material Monsters to be Special Summoned.


 * It should be noted that in the anime, this card can remove itself from play at any time to negate the next attack in a similiar fashion to "Necro Gardna". However, in the real life game, it can only do so in response to an attack.


 * Unlike "Red Dragon Archfiend", "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" and "Majestic Red Dragon", "Red Nova Dragon" doesn't have the effect that involves destroying monsters.
 * Instead, it has an effect that doesn't get itself destroyed by targeting effects and does share a similar effect to "Majestic Red Dragon" when gaining ATK.


 * Also, this is the only upgraded version that doesn't revive Red Dragon Archfiend from the Graveyard.