Card Appearances:Red-Eyes B. Dragon

Yu-Gi-Oh!

 * In the Spanish dub of the Anime, this card was known as "Dragón Negro de Ojos Rojos".


 * This monster's attack name is called Black Fire Bullet (黒炎弾 Kokuendan) in the original Japanese and "Inferno Fire Blast" in the English dub.


 * In the manga, the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" has been referred to as relative to or "in league" with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

Pre-Duelist Kingdom

 * It was the central card of Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! movie. It was owned by Shougo Aoyama, who believed he was stronger than anyone when he obtained the card, although in truth he was just afraid to duel with it and lose anyway.  Yugi Muto used this card and fused it with Meteor Dragon to create the Meteor Black Dragon to defeat Seto Kaiba in a duel.

Duelist Kingdom

 * In episode 12, Rex Raptor uses this card during his Duel against Joey Wheeler. After Rex summons this card, he equips this card with "Dragon Nails", increasing its ATK by 600. This card then attacks and destroys both "Swamp Battleguard" and "Lava Battleguard". On the last turn of the Duel, Rex (after realizing how powerful "Time Wizard" could be in his Deck) tells Joey that they will wager the cards they have currently with each other and the winner will obtain all the cards that were on the field prior to the declaration. Joey then summons "Time Wizard" and activates its effect. Joey succeeds in the effect, so the effect of "Time Wizard" destroys this card and inflicts damage to Rex equal to half of this card's ATK, winning Joey the Duel. As per the stakes of the duel, Joey won this card and "Dragon Nails" from Rex.


 * In episode 16, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Seto Kaiba. After Joey summons this card, he uses it to attack and destroy Kaiba's "Rabid Horseman". Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks and destroys this card, defeating Joey.
 * This card can also be seen in Kaiba's briefcase when he takes out a Duel Disk from his briefcase and tosses it to Joey.


 * In episode 18, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Bonz. After Joey summons this card, he uses it to attack and destroy Bonz's "Pumpking the King of Ghosts", preventing "Pumpking" from continuously increasing Bonz's Zombies' ATK. Bonz's "Dragon Zombie" (which had 2880 ATK due to the graveyard Field Power Bonus and "Pumpking's" effect) then attacks and destroys this card.
 * This card also appears within a series of flashbacks Joey has when he remembers all the times that "Time Wizard" gave him a miraculous win.


 * In episode 21, Joey uses this card during his Tag Duel with Yami Yugi against the Paradox Brothers. After Joey summons this card, Yugi activates "Polymerization" to fuse this card with "Summoned Skull" in order to Fusion Summon "Black Skull Dragon".


 * In episode 32, Joey uses this card during his duel against Bandit Keith. He summons this card in Attack Position. "Barrel Dragon" then attacks this card, but Joey activates Copycat in order to activate Keith's "Magic Metal Force" from the Graveyard as his card, allowing Joey to transform this card into "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon". "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon" then destroys "Barrel Dragon".


 * In episode 33, Joey uses during his Duel against Yami Yugi. After this card was summoned, Joey activates "Graverobber" to steal Yami Yugi's "Summoned Skull" from the Graveyard and summon it to his side of the field. Joey then activates "Copycat" to activate the "Polymerization" in Yugi's Graveyard as his card, allowing Joey to fuse this card with "Summoned Skull" and Fusion Summon "Black Skull Dragon".

Legendary Heroes

 * In episode 44, Joey uses this card when he and his friends get attacked by a "Sand Stone" while they were going through the desert. Joey summons this card and uses it to attack and destroy "Sand Stone". Later Joey uses this card when he and his friends had to defeat the "Gate Guardian" who was blocking the way out of the maze. Yugi activates "Polymerization" to fuse "Summoned Skull" with this card and Fusion Summon "Black Skull Dragon".


 * In episode 45, Joey summoned this card in the battle against the "Mythic Dragon". This card, Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", Mai Valentine's "Harpie's Pet Dragon", and Yugi's "Curse of Dragon" then attack "Mythic Dragon", but the Mythic Dragon easily blocks the attacks with attacks of its own. When Mokuba was about to be attacked by the "Mythic Dragon", Joey orders this card to block the attack. Mythic Dragon then destroys this card and this causes Joey to disappear because his Life Points had hit zero. Later, the presence of this card in the Graveyard increases the ATK of Yugi's "Dragon Master Knight" by its own effect, allowing it to destroy "Mythic Dragon".

Battle City

 * In episode 55, Yugi tells Joey about the Ante rule in Battle City, Joey takes this card out and notes that means someone can take away this card from him if he loses. He then claims this card is his goddess of victory, and he'll just keep winning to get one rare card after another. When Joey tries to register for Battle City, the Rare Hunter in charge of registration was going to deny his entry due to his skill level being too low, but he notices that this card is Joey's rarest card. Seeing how rare this card is, the Rare Hunter ultimately changes Joey's Level secretly so he can be registered in Battle City, but only so that the Rare Hunters could acquire this card. After Yugi and his friends leave, the Rare Hunter calls some other Hunters and states that he found a nice catch for them. Later, during the night, Joey heads off to the hospital was forced to duel against Seeker, when the Rare Hunters ambushed him. Joey uses this card during his Duel against Seeker. He summons this card by Tributing Panther Warrior and Alligator's Sword. This card then attacks and destroys Seeker's "Death Hand". On the last turn of the Duel, Seeker successfully summons Exodia by getting all five pieces into his hand. He then uses "Exodia" to attack and destroy this card, defeating Joey. As per the Battle City rules, Seeker and the Rare Hunters took this card from Joey.


 * In episode 57, Yugi won this card from Seeker after he defeats him in a Duel as per the Battle City Rules. Yugi offers this card to Joey, but he tells Yugi to keep it for the remainder of the tournament as he wanted to became a better duelist in order to challenge Yami Yugi and win back this card.


 * In episode 60, Yami Yugi, after watching Joey defeat Espa Roba, takes this card out and looks at it. Yugi notes that this card is Joey's courage and that Joey wants to win it back after Battle City is over.


 * In episode 64, during Joey's duel against Weevil Underwood, this card is shown when Joey remembers Yugi telling him that Yugi will keep this card until Joey becomes a true duelist.
 * After Yugi saw Joey's win over Weevil, he takes this card out and notes Joey was able to win without this card's assistance. He then notes he will soon be able to return this card back to Joey, but Marik had previously warned him about "The Quiet One," so he wonders where that Rare Hunter is.


 * In episode 74, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he notes he must save Joey from Marik.
 * This card also appeared within some of the small clips that were shown going through a black background before we see a montage of Yugi's Battle City Duels.


 * In episode 75, When Marik Ishtar possessed Joey and ordered him to Duel Yugi, Yugi included this card into his deck in hopes that it would break through the Millennium Rod's control.
 * This card also appears in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers the promise Joey made to him about winning back this card once he becomes a true duelist.


 * In episode 76, Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Joey while the latter was possessed by Marik. Yugi activates "Exchange" in the middle of the duel and shows Joey this card, which did indeed temporarily return him to his normal self. Yugi then summons this card by Tributing "Big Shield Gardna" and "Kuriboh". This card then attacks and destroys Joey's "Alligator's Sword" (whose ATK was 800 due to it being affected by "Spellbinding Circle"). Joey then activates Attrition. "Rocket Warrior" then attack this card. Due to "Rocket Warrior"'s effect, it wasn't destroyed and Joey took no Battle Damage. After damage calculation, the effect of "Rocket Warrior" reduced this card's ATK by 500 until the End Phase. The effect of"Attrition" then reduced this card's ATK by 1500. In the next episode, Joey ends his turn. This card then regains the ATK "Rocket Warrior" took from it. Later, Marik ordered Joey to attack this card with "Panther Warrior", so tha he can win the duel and get what he wants, but Joey orders "Rocket Warrior" to attack "Beta The Magnet Warrior", but Yugi activates "Magical Arm Shield" to redirect the attack to "Panther Warrior". In the following episode, Yugi lost the duel as he did not want to see Joey die. Joey then uses "Meteor of Destruction's" side effect to force this card to attack him directly, resulting in his Life Points dropping to 0 and ending the duel in a Draw.
 * In the third above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Joey has when he starts to remember that he is a Duelist as he fights against Marik's mind control.

Virtual World

 * In episode 99, this card appears when Yami Yugi was building his Virtual World Deck before his Duel against Gansley. This card is one of the few known cards that Yami Yugi selects to be placed into his Deck.


 * In episode 106, this card can be seen when Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, and Serenity Wheeler were building their Virtual World Decks for their Duel against Nezbitt.


 * In episode 108, this card can be seen when Seto Kaiba was building his Virtual World Deck for his Duel against Leichter.


 * In episode 113, this card appears in a flashback Joey has when he remembers facing "Five-Headed Dragon" previously and the latter monster destroying this monster.

Battle City Finals

 * In episode 124, this card appears in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers the promise Joey made to him around the start of Battle City.


 * In episode 129, this card is seen in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers the last time he used "Exchange" and how the latter card helped him save Joey from Marik's mind control.


 * In episode 133, Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Seto Kaiba. He summons this card via the effect of Kaiba's "The Flute of Summoning Dragon". The first "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks "Dark Magician", but Yami Yugi activates "Magician's Selection" to negate the attack and destroy "Lord of D.". The second "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks and destroys "Beta the Magnet Warrior". The third "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks this card, but Yugi activates Spellbinding Circle to stop the attack and decrease the attacking "Blue-Eyes White Dragon's" ATK by 700. This card then attacks and destroys the weakened "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". In the next episode, Yugi attempts to switch this card into Defense Position, but Kaiba activates "Final Attack Orders" to keep all monsters on the field in Attack Position and force both players into selecting three cards in their Deck to keep while the rest of the cards in their Deck go to the Graveyard. Later "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" attacks this card, but Yugi activates "Magic Formula" to increase the ATK of "Dark Paladin" by 500, however Kaiba activates "Absorb Spell" to switch the target of "Magic Formula" to "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", increasing its ATK by 500. Yugi then activates "De-Fusion" to return "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to the Extra Deck and Special Summon Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" from the Graveyard. This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.


 * In episode 135, this card appears at the beginning of the episode when Yugi makes his winning move.
 * This card is seen in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers that he could not have defeated Kaiba without Joey's help.
 * This card is also shown in another flashback Yugi has when he explains to Kaiba that he and Joey defeated Kaiba with this card which he allowed Yugi to keep in his Deck for the time being. Yugi then takes the card off his Duel Disk and shows this card to Kaiba while explaining that this card is not an ordinary card as its strength comes from the bond between himself and Joey.


 * In episode 142, Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Yami Marik. He banishes this card in order to activate "Ragnarok". This card was then shown as one of the many monsters that were used to hold down Yami Marik's "The Winged Dragon of Ra".


 * In episode 143, this card is shown in two flashbacks Kaiba has. One flashback Kaiba has is when he remembers losing against Yugi at the tower. The other flashback Kaiba has (which is a continuation of the previously-mentioned flashback) is when he remembers Yugi showing him this card and explaining to Kaiba that this card was given to him by a friend and it in turn gave him the power that brought him victory.
 * This card also appeared in two flashbacks Yugi has. The first flashback is when Yugi remembers that he had offered Joey this card back after winning it back from the Rare Hunter, but Joey refuses as he wanted to wait until he can prove that he was worthy of getting it back. The other flashback Yugi has is when he remembers winning Joey back from Marik's mind control and telling him they defeated Marik together.
 * After Battle City is done, Yugi and Yami Yugi rebuild their Deck for their Duel against Joey as they promised to Duel each other when Joey became a strong enough Duelist. As they are rebuilding their Deck, Yugi holds this card up. Both Yugi and Yami Yugi nod to each other since they know that the upcoming Duel with Joey will determine if Joey is strong enough to win this card back under his possession.


 * Joey is assumed to have won this card back after his post-Battle City Duel against Yugi as he has it in the next two seasons.

Waking the Dragons

 * In episode 148, this card is seen among piles of cards in Rex's fantasy when he thinks the reason why Pegasus invited Yugi and his friends is because he wants to give them rare cards just for them.


 * In episode 159, this card appears in one of two flashbacks Weevil and Rex have when they remember their losses against Yugi and Joey respectively in Duelist Kingdom and declare to Dartz they want revenge against Yugi and Joey for those losses.


 * In episode 161, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Rex Raptor. He summons this card by Tributing a Sheep Token that was affected by "Star Blaster". Joey then equips this card with "Metalmorph", increasing its ATK and DEF by 300. This card then attacks Rex's "Horned Saurus". The effect of "Metalmorph" then activates, increasing this card's ATK by half of the ATK of "Horned Saurus" during damage calculation only. This card then destroys "Horned Saurus". In the next episode, "Tyrant Dragon" (who had 3400 ATK due to the effect of "The Seal of Orichalcos") attacks and destroys this card. Rex then activates "Chain of the Underworld" to Special Summon this card back to Joey's side of the field and decrease its ATK by 700, as well as allow Joey to draw a card. "Tyrant Dragon" then attacks this card again due to its effect, but Joey activates "Celebration of Creation" to end Rex's turn. Later Joey activates "Claw of Hermos" to merge the latter with this card in order to create "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword".
 * In the first above-mentioned episode, this card is shown in a flashback that Rex has when he remembers how he lost to Joey in Duelist Kingdom.


 * In episode 171, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Valon. He activates "Red-Eyes Transmigration" to Tribute this card and a "Player Token" created from "Aura Armor" in order to Ritual Summon "Lord of the Red". Later, "Lord of the Red" attacks Valon directly, but Valon activates "Extinction Fist" to destroy "Lord of the Red" and return this card and the "Player Token" to the field. In the next episode, Joey Tributes this card in order to activate the effect of "Big Bang Dragon Blow".


 * In episode 173, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Mai Valentine. He summons this card via the effect of "Knight of Dark Dragons". Joey then activates "Claw of Hermos" to merge it with this card in order to create "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword".


 * In episode 181, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers Dueling Joey at the docks of Battle City while Joey was possessed by Marik.


 * In episode 182, Joey Summons this card to aide in the battle against The Great Leviathan. Yami, Joey, and Kaiba, after bringing out three monsters each, then summon their Legendary Dragons. Yami then uses "Legend of Heart" to transform the Dragons into the three Legendary Knights. All the monsters summoned by Yami, Joey, and Kaiba then attack the Great Leviathan, but it doesn't work. When the Great Leviathan counterattacks, Yami quickly has Timaeus absorb the power of "Big Shield Gardna" to protect everyone from the attack. While this saves the chosen Duelists and the Legendary Knights, it doesn't save the other monsters summoned by the Chosen Duelists.

Grand Championship

 * In episode 190, this card is shown in Joey's hand during his Duel against Zigfried von Schroeder. In the next episode, Joey Special Summons this card by Tributing "Sasuke Samurai" while it was affected by "Star Blaster". "Maximum Six" (which had 3100 ATK via its own effect) then attacks Zigfried's "Valkyrie Brunhilde", but Zigfried uses the effect of "Valkyrie Brunhilde" to decrease its DEF by 1000 in order to prevent its destruction, however Zigfried still takes Battle Damage. This card then attacks and destroys Zigfried's Valkyrie Erste. After Zigfried activates "Enchanted Sword Nothung", the latter's effect activates, banishing this card.

Dawn of the Duel

 * In episode 219, Joey Summons this card to fight Zorc and his evil zombies. Despite all the attacks that Yugi and his friends and allies threw at Zorc, he remains unharmed by the attacks. Zorc Necrophades then destroys this card, Tristan's "Super Roboyarou", and Téa's "Fire Sorcerer".

Capsule Monsters

 * In episode 7, Joey merged with this monster, which briefly became his armor, but his mind became controlled by a sword's evil curse that was also controlling "Red-Eyes Black Dragon". Yugi was able to reverse the curse by removing the sword lodged within, and "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" became Joey's partner in this arc.


 * In episode 9, Joey sends this monster to battle the Fiendish Five Dragons, but fails to defeat them. In the next episode, Joey has this monster attack the "Five-Headed Dragon" to protect a villager, although "Five-Headed Dragon" knocks this monster to the ground in retaliation.


 * In episode 11, Joey summons this monster against Alexander the Great and his subjects. At the beginning of the battle, Joey is knocked off of this monster by "Manticore of Darkness". After Alexander's "Seven-Armed Fiend" this monster attacks, but is blocked by the Arm of Defense. Later, after Joey's "Flame Swordsman" is destroyed by an army of "Skull Knight 2", this card destroys much of the army with "Rapid Fire Flame Strike". In the next episode, this monster attacks Alexander merged with "Reshef the Dark Being", although the attack is deflected by "Reflect Bounder". Afterwards, Joey has this monster attack "Reflect Bounder", allowing Yugi to attack Alexander uninhibited. After Alexander absorbs "Reflect Bounder" to upgrade "Reshef" to its ultimate form, "Red-Eyes" attacks "Reshef", although the damage from the attack is absorbed by its core formed by "Firewing Pegasus" and "Total Defense Shogun". This monster is then attacked by "Reshef's" "Projectile Pummel" attack powered by "Garma Sword". As Alexander prepares to finish off Joey, "Red-Eyes" lends itself to Yugi's Armor of Unity to deflect the attack.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * In episode 29, Nightshroud uses this card during his Duel against Jaden Yuki. He Summons this card by Tributing two "Troop Dragons". This card then attacks and destroys Jaden's "Elemental HERO Wildheart". After Jaden summons "Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster", Nightshroud activates "Inferno Fire Blast" to inflict damage to Jaden equal to this card's Original ATK at the cost of forbidding this card from attacking this turn. In the next episode, Jaden's "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant" attacks this card, causing both monsters to be destroyed in a Double KO. Later Nightshroud Special Summons a second copy by Tributing "Red-Eyes Black Chick". Nightshroud then Tributes the second copy to Special Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon". Both copies of this card are then seen being absorbed into the "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon" along with every other Dragon-type monster in Nightshroud's Graveyard.


 * In episode 49, this card is seen in Slade Princeton and Jagger Princeton's briefcase, and is drained by the "Sacred Beasts" for Kagemaru. After Jaden defeats Kagemaru, the cards in the briefcase are restored.


 * In episode 75, this card appears in a flashback Tyranno Hassleberry when he sees the dock and states to his friends it's the same place where Yugi was forced to Duel Joey because of Marik possessing Joey.


 * In episode 89, Atticus Rhodes uses this card during his Duel against Zane Truesdale. He Special Summons this card by Tributing "Red-Eyes B. Chick". Atticus then activates "Inferno Fire Blast" to inflict damage to Atticus equal to the Original ATK of this card. On Zane's turn, he uses "Cyberdark Horn" (who had 2400 ATK due to it being equipped with "Red-Eyes Black Chick" and "Megamorph") to attack this card, but Atticus activates "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase. On Atticus' turn, he Tributes this card to Special Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon". On the last turn of the Duel, Zane summons "Cyberdark Dragon". He then activates the effect of "Cyberdark Dragon" to take this card from Nightshroud's Graveyard and equip it to "Cyberdark Dragon", increasing its ATK by the ATK of this card. This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.


 * Atticus uses this card in his second Duel against Jaden while the former was possessed by Nightshroud. He Summoned this card via the effect of "Red-Eyes Black Chick". He then uses this card to activate "Inferno Fire Blast". Atticus then Tributes this card to Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon". Jaden later banishes this card via "Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms".


 * Atticus uses this card in his Duel against Yusuke Fujiwara. It is sent from the top of his deck to the Graveyard via the effect of "Clear Phantom". After Jaden Yuki and Jesse Anderson reach out to him, he no longer forgot the contents of his Graveyard due to Nightshroud's powers, allowing him to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard with "Swing of Memories". This card then destroys "Clear Rage Golem". This card is destroyed on the End Phase due to the last effect of "Swing of Memories". Atticus then banishes "Red-Eyes Wyvern" from the Graveyard to summon back this card. This card is then attacked by "Clear Vice Dragon" (which had 4800 ATK via its own effect), but Atticus activates "Burst Breath" to Tribute this card and destroy "Clear Vice Dragon". Atticus later adds this card back to his hand via "Dark Factory of Mass Production". Atticus then Summons this card by Tributing "Red-Eyes Black Chick". Atticus then used this card's presence is then used for the Activation Requirement of "Inferno Fire Blast". This card is then attacked by "Clear Rage Golem" with "Attribute Mastery", which destroys this card before Damage Calculation. Atticus then activates "Red-Eyes Burn" to inflict the ATK of "Red-Eyes" to both players as damage, ending the Duel in a draw. In reality, everything after the summoning of "Clear Vice Dragon" had all taken place in Atticus' mind as Yusuke was trying to find Atticus' darkness. Yusuke then attacked this card with "Clear Vice Dragon" with its ATK becoming double the ATK of this card's ATK until the end of the Damage Step. Atticus then activated "Burst Breath", but Yusuke negated it with "Attribute Mastery". The attack continues, destroying this card and winning the Duel for Yusuke.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

 * This monster's statue appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time

 * Paradox uses this card during his Duel against Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, and Yusei Fudo. He sends this card from his Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon". After Paradox is defeated, this card is returned to the time that Paradox stole it from.

Scripted Duels

 * In the non-canon duel North American WCQ 2012 Special: Joey vs. Kaiba, Joey picks up this card from his deck to his hand after his "Tiger Axe" triggers the Flip Effect of Seto Kaiba's "Cyber Jar". The next turn, Joey Special Summons this card in Defense Mode by the effect of Kaiba's "The Flute of Summoning Dragon". The same turn, it is attacked and destroyed by Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Later, Kaiba banishes this card from the Graveyard with the effect of "Soul Demolition", and this card's banishment increases Kaiba's Life Points by 500 due to his "Soul Absorption". On the last turn, Joey Special Summons this card from the Banished Zone in Defense Mode due to Kaiba's "Dimension Fusion". This card remains on the field until the Duel was over.

Video games

 * Ida uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator.