Card Appearances:Red Dragon Archfiend

Details

 * When Jack Atlas summons this card, he chants "The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Demons Dragon!".


 * Its attack names in the Japanese version are Blazing Crimson Hell Flare and Absolute Power Force and its effect is Demon Meteor. In the dub, its attack names are Scorching Crimson Flare and Absolute Power Force. Also, unlike most dragons who shoot their attacks from their mouths, "Red Dragon Archfiend" gathers a ball of fire above its fist, and then lets fly with its attack.


 * This card appears to represent Jack as its second effect involves destroying other monsters that this card's controller has on their field if they don't attack which is similar to how Jack turned his back on his friends when he wished to be King and felt that his friends would not help with that goal due to them being Satellite residents. Also this card with its high ATK and ability to punish defensive play for both players reflects Jack's philosophy on Dueling as he always wants to be on the offensive with the most powerful monster on the field, dislikes defensive play and goes all out on his opponent at all times.

Anime appearances

 * This card was the first Monster Card played by Jack Atlas
 * This card was the first Synchro Monster played in season 1.


 * In episode 1, Jack uses this card during his Turbo Duel against Hunter Pace. He Synchro Summons this card through unknown means. This card then attacks and destroys "Skull Flame", winning Jack the Duel.


 * In episode 4, Jack used this card during his Turbo Duel against Yusei Fudo. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Big Piece Golem" with "Dark Resonator". In the next episode, Jack uses this monster to attack and destroy "Junk Warrior". This activates this card's effect, destroying "Shield Warrior". On Jack's next turn, this card attacks "Sonic Chick". The latter isn't destroyed due to its effect, but this card's effect then activates, however Yusei activates "Remote Revenge" to destroy both of Jack's monsters by negating the effect of "Red Dragon Archfiend". Jack then Tributes "Stardust Dragon" to negate and destroy "Remote Revenge". On Jack's End Phase, Jack revives "Stardust Dragon" through its second effect, but Yusei activates "Harmonia Mirror" to take control of "Stardust Dragon". Yusei then activates "Speed Spell - Silver Contrails" to increase the ATK of "Stardust Dragon" by 1000 during the Battle Phase this turn. "Stardust Dragon" then attacks this card, but Jack activates "Synchro Deflector" to negate the attack and destroy "Sonic Chick". On Jack's next turn, this card attacks "Stardust Dragon", but Yusei uses the first effect of "Ghost Gardna" to redirect the attack to it instead, destroying it. This activates the second effect of "Ghost Gardna", decreasing this card's ATK by 1000 until the end of the turn. Yusei then activates "Counterattack Beacon" to increase the ATK of "Stardust Dragon" by 500 until the End Phase and conduct battle between this card and "Stardust Dragon". Jack then activates "Prideful Roar" to pay Life Points equal to the ATK difference between this card and "Stardust Dragon" and increase this card's ATK by the ATK difference plus 300 during damage calculation only. Yusei then banishes "Shield Warrior" from his Graveyard in order to prevent his "Stardust Dragon" from being destroyed by battle this turn. The attack fails, but Yusei still takes Battle Damage. After damage calculation, the effect of "Prideful Roar" expires. Jack then activates "Speed Spell - The End of the Storm" to destroy all monsters on the field and inflict 300 damage to both players for each of their destroyed monsters. Yusei then activates "Meteor Stream" and tries to Tribute "Stardust Dragon" to negate and destroy "The End of the Storm", but the effects of "The End of the Storm" and "Meteor Stream" do not resolve as both players' Duel Runners, at this point, start to fail, thus ending the Duel with no result. Had the Duel continued Yusei would have won the Duel.


 * In episode 6, this card is seen on the sphere monitor that was showing the Turbo Duel between Yusei and Jack.


 * In episode 8, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Hunter Pace. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Big Piece Golem" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks and destroyd "Burning Skull Head". The first effect of this card then activates, destroying the Gift Fiend Tokens that were summoned to Hunter's side of the field via "Revival Gift". Jack then activates "Lineage of Destruction" to allow this card to attack three more times as three Defense Position monsters were destroyed this turn. This card then attacks and destroys "Skull Flame". This card then attacks directly twice, winning Jack the Duel.
 * This card is also shown in a flashback Yusei has when Yanagi explains to him that there are five Signers and five Signer Dragons.
 * During the night before Jack's Duel with Hunter. He takes this card out of his Deck. When Mina arrives and tells him information about Hunter for tomorrow and asks Jack to look through it, Jack just asks her how does he look. She claims he is unquestionable like the King of Duelists, but Jack cuts off her off by claiming he isn't. Because of that near loss he had with his earlier Turbo Duel with Yusei, he is no King. Mina states to Jack he should be King, but Jack is insulted by the words "should be" and slaps this card down onto the table. He then walks over to the window and asks if that means he is a clown.


 * In episode 9, this card is seen in a flashback Yusei has when he remembers the Crimson Dragon appearing during his Turbo Duel against Jack, a mark appearing on his arm and Yanagi asking if he was a Signer as there are five.
 * This card is also seen in a flashback Jack has when he wonders why the Crimson Dragon won't appear. Jack then theorizes that in order for the Crimson Dragon to appear, he must Duel Yusei again.


 * In episode 15, Jack summons this monster and uses it to entertain the crowd when the Fortune Cup tournament is about to start. Jack and this monster soon stop at the center of the stadium. After this happens, the contestants rise out of the stadium and are introduced by MC.


 * In episode 23, this card appears in a flashback Rex Goodwin has when he reminds Jack that he wants to see the clash between this card and "Stardust Dragon" and feel the energy that it will release.


 * In episode 25, Jack uses this card during his Turbo Duel against Yusei. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Twin-Sword Marauder" (who was Level 5 due to it being affected by "Powerful Rebirth") with "Dark Tinker" (who is Level 3 in the anime). In the next episode, this card attacks and destroys Yusei's "Junk Warrior". Later "Stardust Dragon" attacks this card, but Jack activates "Tuner's Mind" to return this card to the Extra Deck and revive "Twin-Sword Marauder" and "Dark Tinker" in Defense Position. Due to the final effect of "Tuner's Mind", "Stardust Dragon" (whose ATK was 3300 due to the first granted effect of "Hyper Synchron") is forced to attack and destroy "Dark Tinker". On Jack's next turn, he Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Twin-Sword Marauder" with "Hyper Synchron" (who Jack Special Summoned from Yusei's Graveyard to his side of the field via "Tuner Capture"). Since Jack sent "Hyper Synchron" to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a Dragon-type Synchro Monster, this card gains 800 ATK and it is granted immunity to destruction by battle. This card then attacks "Stardust Dragon", but "Stardust Dragon" is not destroyed due to the second granted effect of "Hyper Synchron", however Yusei still takes Battle Damage. Jack then activates "Fiend Cannon" to inflict 500 damage to Yusei since his monster failed to destroy "Stardust Dragon" by battle. On Yusei's next turn, he activates "Speed Spell - Silver Contrails" to increase the ATK of "Stardust Dragon" by 1000 during this turn's Battle Phase. "Stardust Dragon" then attacks this card, but this card is not destroyed due to the second granted effect of "Hyper Synchron", however Jack still takes Battle Damage. "Synchro Blast" then inflicts 500 damage to Jack after damage calculation. At the end of the Battle Phase, the effect of "Silver Contrails" expires. Later this card attacks "Stardust Dragon", but "Stardust Dragon" is not destroyed, however Yusei still takes Battle Damage. Yusei then activates "Crossline Counter" to increase the ATK of "Stardust Dragon" equal to twice the Battle Damage he took and force this card to attack it again. This card is not destroyed, but Jack still takes Battle Damage. On the last turn of the Duel, Yusei activates "Speed Spell - Final Attack" to double the ATK of "Stardust Dragon". "Stardust Dragon" then attacks this card, but This card is not destroyed, however Jack still takes Battle Damage. Jack's Life Points then dropped to 0, winning Yusei the Duel.
 * In the first above-mentioned episode, this card is shown in a flashback Jack has when he reminds Rex Goodwin he used him to create a reason for us to leave Satellite. Jack is shown using this card to scare off some bullies that were attacking Rally Dawson.


 * In episode 27, this card is shown in a flashback that Luna has when she explains she saw Yusei's Duel against Jack inside the light and saw Satellite being destroyed.
 * This card is also shown in a flashback Yusei has when he wonders about the vision he saw during his Duel against Jack.
 * This card is also shown in a video clip of Yusei and Jack's Turbo Duel which Carly Carmine watches in an attempt to find proof that Yusei had a mark on his arm during the Duel.


 * In episode 30, this card is seen in a flashback that Yusei has when he remembers seeing the Spider Mark over Satellite during his Turbo Duel with Jack at the Fortune Cup.


 * In episode 31, this card is shown in a flashback that Jack has when he remembers losing to Yusei at the Fortune Cup.


 * In episode 32, this card is seen in a flashback that Yusei has when he tells his friends about the vision he saw of the Satellite being destroyed. It is also shown in a flashback that Akiza has when she remembers the same exact vision of the Satellite being destroyed.


 * In episode 42, this card appears in a flashback Yusei has when he remembers his and Jack's first encounter with the Crimson Dragon. This card also appears in a flashback Goodwin shows when he explains to the Signers that they all share the same birthmark and that they are all the reincarnations of the Legendary Signers.


 * In episode 45, this card appears in a flashback Yusei has when he recognizes Roman's Spider Mark as the Spider geoglyph that appeared in his vision at the Fortune Cup.


 * In episode 47, this card appears in a flashback explained by Mina. In this flashback, Rex Goodwin explained to Mina that he released the three cards given to him by Dr. Fudo into the wild. He then explains that the Signers will eventually use those three cards and serve the Crimson Dragon.


 * In episode 56, this card appeared in Rex Goodwin's backstory flashback which involved how he, his brother and Dr. Fudo created the original Ener-D Reactor and all of the events that led to Zero Reverse. When Roman revealed Dr. Fudo he broke the seals to the Control units to the Ener-D Reactor, Yusei quickly grabs the four Signer Dragons in Roman's hand and runs off. Roman's men fire at Dr. Fudo to stop him. One of the blasts hit Dr. Fudo, causing him to drop "Ancient Fairy Dragon". A wounded Dr. Fudo gives Rex the three Signer Dragons he saved and tells him to shut down the Ener-D Reactor. Rex agrees and goes to try and shut down the reactor.


 * In episode 58, this card was shown within the vision Carly shows to Jack when she claims this is what will happen when he loses and becomes one of the Dark Signers. Jack nearly got consumed by it until he notices Carly's broken glasses. This makes him realize that whatever he is seeing is not true and that the Duel has not ended yet.


 * In episode 59, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Carly Carmine. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Dark Resonator". Carly then activates "Class Change" to increase the Level of "Fortune Lady Earth" by 1, increasing its ATK and DEF by 400 and therefore making it stronger than this card. "Fortune Lady Earth's" last effect then activates, inflicting 400 damage to Jack. Jack then activates "Speed Spell - Half Seize" to halve the ATK of "Fortune Lady Earth" and increase his Life Points by the amount "Fortune Lady Earth" lost. This card then attacks and destroys "Fortune Lady Earth". When "Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu" attacks Jack directly via its own effect, Jack uses the effect of "Battle Fader" to Special Summon it and end the Battle Phase. On the final turn of the Duel, Jack Normal Summons "Majestic Dragon". Jack then tunes this card and "Battle Fader" with "Majestic Dragon" to Synchro Summon "Majestic Red Dragon".


 * In episode 63, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel with Yusei and Crow Hogan against Rex Goodwin. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Mad Archfiend" and "Magic Hole Golem" with "Sinister Sprocket". Jack then activates "Half Straight" to halve this card's ATK until his next Standby Phase. Since this card's ATK is lower than that of the ATK of the strongest monster Goodwin controls("Sun Dragon Inti"), "Half Straight" allows this card to attack Goodwin directly this turn, but Goodwin activates the effect of "Sun Dragon Inti", reducing its ATK to 0 until the End Phase. Since this card's ATK is no longer lower than the ATK of the strongest monster Goodwin controls(which is now "Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca"), the second effect of "Half Straight" does not allow this card to attack directly. Yusei then activates "Scrubbed Raid" and tells Jack to use it to send this card to the Graveyard and end the Battle Phase, but Jack refuses. This card then attacks and destroys "Sun Dragon Inti", but this activates the latter's effect, destroying this card and inflicting its ATK as damage to Jack. Goodwin then uses the final effect of "Sun Dragon Inti" to revive his "Moon Dragon Quilla".


 * In episode 69, Jack yelled at Don Piero to remove his contract with Marco and his family, but Don Piero refused. Jack then challenged Don Piero to a duel and states that if he wins the contract with Marco is voided. Don Piero accepts the challenge, but states that Jack has to hand over this card and his Duel Runner should he lose the duel. Jack initially was at a disadvantage, but thanks to his well thought strategy, he was able to defeat Don Piero and void the contracts Marco had with him.


 * In episode 72, this card appears within a series of flashbacks Akiza Izinski has when she notes that within the speed and wind of a Turbo Duel, Yusei has felt the anger, screams, pain, and joy of his friends and rivals.


 * In episode 73, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Yusei. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Twin-Sword Marauder" and "Dark Bug" with "Sword Master". This card then attacks and destroys "Backup Warrior". Jack, at this point, cancels the Duel as he knows Yusei is in no condition to Duel anymore.


 * In episode 79, this card appears in a flashback Crow has when he notes to Jack that by defeating Goodwin they were able to unite New Domino City and Satellite.


 * In episode 83, Fake Jack Atlas used this card in his Turbo Duel against the real Jack. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Mad Archfiend" with "Dark Resonator"(whose Level was increased by 1 due to the effect of "Powerful Rebirth"). This card then attacks and destroys "Dread Dragon". Fake Jack then activates "Lineage of Destruction" to allow this card to attack again as a Defense Position monster was destroyed this turn. This card then attacks Jack directly, defeating him.
 * This card also appears in a flashback explained by Bruno. Yusei, Jack, and Crow were doing tag riding training for the WRGP. Jack was using this card in his practice Turbo Duel against a hologram Turbo Duelist. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Big Piece Golem" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks the hologram Duelist directly, winning Jack the Duel. Crow and Yusei scolded Jack for not using "Trust Guardian" even though it was in his hand. Jack claims that "Trust Guardian" does not fit his battling style and after an argument with Yusei, Crow, and Bruno, Jack leaves without another word.
 * This card is also shown on the monitor showing the Fake Jack's actions. He was using this card to help him hurt Turbo Duelists that were driving out at night and Dueling.
 * After the Fake Jack broke out the real Jack from his imprisonment, Jack goes off to find the criminal that framed him. Jack takes this card out and thinks to himself that he won't forgive anyone who tarnishes his name or this card's. He promises himself to capture the criminal with his own hands.


 * In episode 84, both the real Jack and the Fake Jack Atlas used this card in their Turbo Duel against each other. Jack Synchro Summons his copy by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Trust Guardian". Since Jack used "Trust Guardian" for this card's Synchro Summon, it is granted the ability to avoid being destroyed by reducing its ATK by 400 at the end of the Damage Step or after an effect that destroys monsters is resolved. This card then attacks "Archfiend Interceptor". This activates the effect of "Archfiend Interceptor", inflicting 500 damage to Jack. This card then destroys "Archfiend Interceptor". The fake then Synchro Summons his own copy of this card by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Flare Resonator". Since "Flare Resonator" was used for the fake's copy's Synchro Summon, the fake's copy gains 300 ATK. The fake's copy then attacks Jack's copy, but Jack uses the effect of "Trust Guardian" to reduce the ATK of this card by 400 at the end of the Damage Step to prevent it from being destroyed. Jack then attacks the fake's copy with his own copy. Jack then activates "Assault Spirits", equipping it onto this card. He then activates the effect of "Assault Spirits", sending "Twin-Shield Defender" from his hand to the Graveyard to increase this card's ATK by the ATK of "Twin-Shield Defender" until the End Phase. The attack would end in a Double KO, but Jack uses the effect of "Trust Guardian" to reduce the ATK of this card by 400 at the end of the Damage Step to prevent its destruction, so only the fake's copy was destroyed. At the End Phase, the effect of "Assault Spirits" wears off, reducing the ATK of Jack's copy to 2200. The fake would later send "Assault Spirits" to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Trap Eater". The fake then Synchro Summons another copy of this card by tuning "Small Piece Golem" (whose Level was increased by 1 due to it being affected by "Powerful Rebirth") with "Trap Eater". Since the fake performed a successful Synchro Summon, he Special Summons "Synchro Magnet". The fake then Synchro Summons yet another copy of this card by tuning "Big Piece Golem" with "Synchro Magnet". Next the fake activates "Reincarnation Ring" to Tribute "Medium Piece Golem" and Special Summon a monster whose Level is twice than that of "Medium Piece Golem" from his Graveyard and he chooses to Special Summon the copy of this card that is in his Graveyard. One of the fake's copies then attacks Jack's copy, but Jack uses the effect of "Trust Guardian" to reduce his copy's ATK by 400 at the end of the Damage Step to prevent its destruction. Another of the fake's copies then attacks Jack's copy, but Jack uses the effect of "Trust Guardian" to reduce his copy's ATK by 400 at the end of the Damage Step to prevent its destruction. The fake's last "Red Dragon Archfiend" then attacks Jack's "Red Dragon Archfiend", but Jack activates "Ray of Hope" to halve the Battle Damage he takes from the attack. Jack then uses the effect of "Trust Guardian" to reduce his copy's ATK by 400 at the end of the Damage Step to prevent its destruction. At the end of the Battle Phase, "Ray of Hope" Special Summons "Dark Bug" with its effects negated. Jack then summons "Majestic Dragon". Jack then tunes his copy and "Dark Bug" with "Majestic Dragon" to Synchro Summon "Majestic Red Dragon". Jack then activates the effect of "Majestic Red Dragon", negating the effects of one of the fake's copies of this card and increasing the ATK of "Majestic Red Dragon" by the negated copy's ATK. "Majestic Red Dragon" then attacks and destroys one of the fake's copies, winning Jack the Duel.
 * This card also appears in a flashback Yusei has when he notes to Akiza Izinski that when he and Crow saw Jack, he just smirked and drove off.
 * This episode not only revealed that the fake had three copies of this card, but the entire Deck of the fake was created by Lester. Upon the fake's defeat, the Deck disintegrates into nothing.
 * Two copies of this card also fell out of the Fake Jack Atlas' Deck after the real Jack defeated him.


 * In episode 98, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Andre. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks "Uni-Horned Familiar", but Andre activates the effect of "Uni-Horned Familiar", banishing "Monoceros" to banish "Uni-Horned Familiar" and force this card to attack. Andre then activates "Different Dimension Barrier - Lost Force" to negate the attack and inflict damage to Jack equal to this card's ATK. On Andre's Standby Phase, "Uni-Horned Familiar" returns to the field via its own effect. Andre then Special Summons "Monoceros" to Special Summon "D.D. Unicorn Knight" from his hand. Andre then tunes "Monoceros" with "Uni-Horned Familiar" to Synchro Summon "Thunder Unicorn". Since Andre sent "Monoceros" to the Graveyard for a Synchro Summon, its effect activates, allowing Andre to Special Summon "Uni-Horned Familiar" from the Graveyard. Andre then activates the effect of "Thunder Unicorn", reducing the ATK of every monster Jack controls by 500 for every monster Andre controls except "Thunder Unicorn". Andre controls two other monsters, so this card loses 1000 ATK. "Thunder Unicorn" then attacks and destroys this card. Later Jack activates "Rage Resynchro" to tune "Mad Archfiend" with "Dark Resonator"(whose Level was increased by 1 due to "Powerful Rebirth") and Special Summon this card from the Graveyard with 500 more ATK. This card then attacks "Thunder Unicorn", but Andre activates "Dimension Trap" to banish "Uni-Horned Familiar" and "Different Dimension Barrier - Lost Force" to activate the effect of "Different Dimension Barrier - Lost Force" as the effect of "Dimension Trap", but Jack activates "Overpower" to negate the effect of "Dimension Trap" and destroy it. The attack continues, destroying "Thunder Unicorn". Andre then activates "Parallel Selection" to add "Speed Spell - The End of the Storm" from his Banished Zone to his hand and draw one card. Andre then activates the effect of "Speed World 2", removing four Speed Counters to inflict 800 damage to Jack for each Speed Spell in his hand. Andre reveals "The End of the Storm", so Jack takes 800 damage which depletes the remainder of Jack's Life Points and defeats him. Due to the rulings of the WRGP, it immediately goes to Andre's End Phase. Due to the last effect of "Rage Resynchro", this card is destroyed.


 * In episode 103, four copies of this card appear in a flashback Jack has when he notes to his friends that he felt real damage during his Duel against the Fake Jack Atlas.


 * In episode 106, Jack used this card during the Battle Royale that was around Neo Domino City. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Vice Berserker with "Trap Eater". Since "Vice Berserker" was sent to the Graveyard for a Synchro Summon, its effect activates, inflicting 2000 damage to Jack and increasing this card's ATK by 2000. This card then attacks and destroys "Ally of Justice Clausolas". The Diablo Duelbot that took the damage then dropped out, so Jack and Kaz both win in the area they were in.


 * In episode 108, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against one of the Ghosts. This card attacks Ghost directly, winning Jack the Duel.


 * In episode 111, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Max(who was possessed by the Familiar of Red Nova at the timing). He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks and destroys one of Max's three "Freedom Birds". This activates this card's effect, destroying the two other "Freedom Birds". Max then Special Summons "Bewitching Butterfly" via its own effect. "Bewitching Butterfly" is then destroyed since Jack controls a monster that is stronger than it. Max repeats this above method with his two other "Bewitching Butterfly" which causes them to be destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. Max then summons "Ancestor Bird". Since Max has 3 or monsters with the same name in his Graveyard, "Ancestor Bird" can't be destroyed. Jack then summons "Lancer Archfiend". This card then attacks "Ancestor Bird". This activates the effect of "Lancer Archfiend" which would allow this card to inflict piercing Battle Damage to Max, however Max then activates two "Smoke Mirrors" which increases the DEF of "Ancestor Bird" by the ATK of this card twice, making its DEF 6000. The attack fails and the backfired attack causes Jack to catch fire and spiral out of control until he veers off course and crashes. This is enough for Greiger to call the Duel off.
 * This card also appears within a series of flashbacks Jack has when he remembers his loss against Andre and he notes that he needs to find a way to evolve his dueling style.


 * In episode 113, Jack used this card in his Ground Duel against the Familiar of Red Nova. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Big Piece Golem" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks the Familiar directly, but the Familiar activates the effect of "Abyss Boat Watchman", Special Summoning "Abyss Guardian" from the Graveyard. Due to the effect of "Abyss Kid", "Abyss Guardian" is destroyed. This activates its effect, inflicting 800 damage to Jack. The second effect of "Abyss Guardian" then activates, ending the Battle Phase. On Jack's next turn, this card attacks the Familiar directly, but the Familiar activates the effect of "Abyss Boat Watchman", Special Summoning "Abyss Guardian" from the Graveyard. Jack then Special Summons "Extra Veiler" via its own effect. Due to the effect of "Abyss Kid", "Abyss Guardian" is destroyed. This activates the effect of "Abyss Guardian", but due to the effect of "Extra Veiler", the Familiar takes the damage from "Abyss Guardian's" effect instead of Jack. The second effect of "Abyss Guardian" then activates, ending the Battle Phase. At the End Phase, this card's last effect activates, destroying "Extra Veiler". On Jack's next Standby Phase, the Familiar activates "Battle Mania" to force this card to attack this turn. Jack then summons "Synchro Soldier". He then activates the latter's effect, banishing "Red Dragon Archfiend" until his next Standby Phase to inflict 600 damage to the Familiar. Since Jack activated the effect of "Synchro Soldier", he can't conduct his Battle Phase this turn, so the effect of "Battle Mania" is now useless. On Jack's next Standby Phase, this card returns to the field. Jack then Special Summons "Creation Resonator" via its own effect. He then summons "Attack Gainer". Jack then double tunes this card with "Creation Resonator" and "Attack Gainer" to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * In episode 118, Jack used this card in his Ground Duel against Dragan. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Dark Resonator". This card then attacks and destroys "Tanngrisnir of the Nordic Beasts". This activates its effect, Special Summoning two Nordic Beast Tokens onto Dragan's side of the field. Dragan then Synchro Summons "Thor, Lord of the Aesir". The latter then attacks this card, but the collision causes a massive shockwave that causes the arena to tremble like an earthquake was occurring. As such, Lazar called the Duel off.


 * In episode 119, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Yoshizo Hayashi. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Twin-Sword Marauder" and "Battle Fader" with "Sword Master". This card then attacks "Hand-Holding Genie"(whose DEF was 2800 due to its own effect), but Yoshizo activates "Castle Walls" to increase the DEF of "Hand-Holding Genie" by 500 until the end of the turn. The attack fails, but Jack activates this card's effect, destroying all of Yoshizo's Defense Position monsters, however Yoshizo activates "Scrum Force" to prevent his Defense Position monsters from being destroyed by card effects. On Jack's next turn, he activates "Speed Spell - Sonic Buster" to inflict damage to Yoshizo equal to half of this card's ATK. On Jack's next turn, he activates "Fiendish Chain" to negate the effects of "Hand-Holding Genie", reverting its DEF back to 1600. Jack then summons "Lancer Archfiend". This card then attacks and destroys "Hand-Holding Genie". Due to the effect of "Lancer Archfiend", this card inflicts piercing damage to Yoshizo. In the next episode, "Lancer Archfiend" attacks and destroys "Genin". After Yoshizo loses, he passes the baton to Jinbei Tanigawa who proceeds in Dueling Jack. After Jack ends his turn, this card's last effect destroyed "Lancer Archfiend" as it didn't attack this turn. Jack later figured out that Team Taiyo was planning to summon "Zushin the Sleeping Giant". Jack then activates "Overgain" to increase this card's ATK by 1000 this turn, but not allowing it to attack this turn. Jack then activates "Shockwave" to destroy this card and inflict damage to both players equal to this card's ATK, but Jinbei activates "Gift of the Mystical Elf" to increase his Life Points by 300 for each monster on the field. Since there are six monsters on the field, Jinbei gains 1800 Life Points. The effect of "Shockwave" continues, but because of Jinbei's move, Jack's Life Points deplete to 0, defeating him. Jack then passes the baton to Crow Hogan who proceeds in Dueling Jinbei.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Jack has when he claims to his friends that they will face their real opponent in the next round which is Team Ragnarok.


 * In episode 123, this card appears in a flashback Dragan has when he tells Jack Atlas the last Duel they had was rigged by Rex Goodwin and if he had not been told to lose on purpose, he wouldn't have held back and lost. This card was shown being used by Jack during his Turbo Duel against Dragan. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Power Breaker" with "Top Runner". This card then attacks "Garmr of the Nordic Beasts". Dragan was about to activate "Nordic Relic Brisingamen" which would allow him to win the Duel, but he remembered Lazar told him he will only get the money for his father's operation if he lost the Duel and thus chose not to activate his Trap Card. As such the attack continues, destroying "Garmr". The rest of the Duel is not shown, but Dragan lost so he can get the money for his father's operation.


 * In episode 124, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Dragan. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Power Breaker" with "Top Runner". This card then attacks "Garmr of the Nordic Beasts", but Dragan activates "Nordic Relic Brisingamen" to make the ATK of "Garmr" the same as this card's ATK. Dragan explains that if "Garmr" manages to destroy this card, "Nordic Relic Brisingamen" will inflict damage to Jack equal to this card's ATK. Jack then activates "Reaction Summon" to Special Summon "Top Runner" from the Graveyard. Due to the effect of "Top Runner", this card gains 600 ATK. This card then destroys "Garmr". Since a monster Dragan controlled was destroyed in battle, he Special Summons "Tanngnjostr of the Nordic Beasts" from his hand via its own effect in Defense Position. "Top Runner" then attacks "Tanngnjostr". The attack fails, but Jack did this to keep "Top Runner" from being destroyed by this card's effect. Later Dragan Synchro Summons "Thor, Lord of the Aesir". Dragan then activates the effect of "Thor", negating the effects of "Top Runner" this turn and granting "Thor" those effects until the End Phase. Because of that, this card's ATK goes back to normal while the ATK of "Thor" increases by 600. "Thor" then attacks and destroys this card. In the next episode, Jack activates "Descending Lost Star" to revive this card with its effects negated, its DEF reduced to 0, and its Level reduced by 1. Jack then double tunes this card with "Top Runner" and "Barrier Resonator" to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". Since there are two Tuners in Jack's Graveyard, "Red Nova Dragon" gains 1000 ATK. "Red Nova Dragon" then attacks "Thor", but Dragan activates "Raging Sacred Curse" to reduce the ATK and DEF of "Red Nova Dragon" by 2000. Dragan then activates "Solemn Authority" to prevent "Thor" from being affected by Jack's Trap Cards. Jack then activates "Burning Rebirth" to Tribute "Red Nova Dragon" and Special Summon this card from the Graveyard as well as equip it with this card. Jack then activates the final effect of "Burning Rebirth", sending "Trap Eater" from his hand to the Graveyard as well as sending "Burning Rebirth" to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Red Nova Dragon" from the Graveyard. Since "Burning Rebirth" was removed from the field, this card is destroyed.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card is seen in the Atlas Rising video that Team 5D's watches to find out what Dragan meant by his Turbo Duel with Jack being rigged.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card is seen in a flashback Jack has when he notes that he must defeat the set card Dragan had in their previous Duel to restore his damaged pride.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card is seen in a flashback Dragan has when he remembers that he had promised himself that he would get back his damaged pride.


 * In episode 130, this card appears in a series of flashbacks that Akiza Izinski, Leo, and Luna have when they write about Jack Atlas in the report Carly Carmine was writing about Team 5D's. Their dialogue is interrupted by Carly and Mina Simington due to them arguing over about who knew Jack longer.
 * This card also appears in a flashback Mina Simington has when she tells Akiza, Leo, and Luna that it was thanks to the Signers that the Neo Domino City became united.
 * This card also appears in a flashback Leo has when he reveals to Carly that Jack and Yusei have obtained new powers for the battle against Yliaster.


 * In episode 131, Jack used this card in his Turbo Duel against Lester. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Gear Changer" (who was Level 5 due to Jack using its effect to increase its Level by the Level of "Sky Core") with "Dark Resonator". Jack then Normal Summons "Trust Guardian". He then Special Summons "Red Nova" as he had this card face-up on his side of the field. Jack then double tunes this card with "Trust Guardian" and "Red Nova" to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * In episode 141, Jack uses this card in his Ground Duel with Leo and Luna against Aporia. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Power Giant" (whose Level was 5 due to its second effect reducing its Level by the Level of "Synchro Soldier") with "Dark Resonator". Leo then activates "Power-Up Adapter" to equip it onto "Morphtronic Staplen" and increase this card's ATK by the ATK of "Morphtronic Staplen", but Aporia activates "Power Gravity", equipping it to "Meklord Army of Wisel", decreasing this card's ATK to 0, and increasing the ATK of "Meklord Army of Wisel" by the amount this card would have gained. Later "Meklord Army of Wisel" attacks and destroys this card. Since this card was removed from the field, "Power-Up Adapter" is destroyed. In Two episodes later, Jack activates "Descending Lost Star" to revive this card with its effects negated, its DEF reduced to 0, and its Level reduced by 1. Jack then activates "Red Dragon Vase" to draw two cards. Jack then activates "Scarlet Security" to destroy all face-up Spell and Trap Cards Aporia controls. Jack then activates "Resonator Call" to add "Creation Resonator" from his Deck to his hand. Jack then Special Summons "Creation Resonator" through its own effect and Normal Summons "Dread Dragon". Jack then double tunes this card with "Creation Resonator" and "Dread Dragon" in order to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * In episode 147, Jack gives this card to Yusei for his upcoming Duel against Z-one.


 * In episode 148, Yusei uses this card during his Turbo Duel against Z-one. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Quillbolt Hedgehog" and "Clear Effector" with "Debris Dragon". Since "Clear Effector" was sent to the Graveyard for a Synchro Summon, its first effect activates, allowing Yusei to draw one card. Yusei then activates the second effect of "Clear Effector" to negate the effects of this card. Later "Razion, the Timelord" attacks this card, but Yusei activates "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" to negate the attack. Later Yusei tunes "Regene Warrior" with "Junk Synchron" in order to Synchro Summon "Black Rose Dragon". Yusei then activates the effect of "Black Rose Dragon" to destroy all cards on the field. Yusei then activates "Synchro Barrier Force" to negate the effect of "Black Rose Dragon" and inflict 500 damage to Z-one for each Synchro Monster Yusei controls. Since Yusei controls three Synchro Monsters, Z-one takes 1500 damage. In the next episode, "Camion, the Timelord" attacks this card. Due to the first two effects of "Camion", it is not destroyed and Z-one takes no Battle Damage. After damage calculation, the third effect of "Camion" activates, returning Yusei's monsters to his Deck (they go to the Extra Deck when this occurs since the returned monsters are Synchro Monsters) and inflicting 500 damage to Yusei for each monster returned this way. Since three were returned this way, Yusei takes 1500 damage. In the following episode, Yusei Special Summons this card, "Black-Winged Dragon", "Black Rose Dragon", and "Ancient Fairy Dragon" from his Extra Deck via "Speed Spell - Synchro Panic". Yusei then activates the third effect of "Life Stream Dragon" and declares 1 for its effect in order to make all monsters on Yusei's side of the field except "Life Stream Dragon" Level 1 monsters. Yusei then tunes this card, "Black-Winged Dragon", "Black Rose Dragon", and "Ancient Fairy Dragon" with "Life Stream Dragon" in order to Limit Over Accel Synchro Summon "Shooting Quasar Dragon". In the next episode, Yusei activates the fourth effect of "Gathering Wishes" to return this card to his Extra Deck and force "Sephylon, the Ultimate Timelord" to attack "Stardust Dragon" (whose ATK was 9800 due to "Gathering Wishes"). "Stardust Dragon" then destroys "Sephylon", winning Yusei the Duel. After Yusei and his friends escape the Divine Temple and get rid of it, Yusei returns this card to Jack.


 * In episode 152, Jack uses this card during his Turbo Duel against Yusei. He Synchro Summons this card by tuning "Star Gatherer" (whose Level was 6 due to Jack using its effect to make its Level the Level of "Stardust Dragon" minus one) with "Synchron Resonator". This card then attacks "Stardust Dragon", but Yusei activates "Star Excursion" to banish both battling monsters until the end of Jack's third Battle Phase after the activation of "Star Excursion". In the next episode, the effect of "Star Excursion" expires after "Crimson Blader" failed to destroy "Sonic Chick" in battle due to the latter's own effect. Because of this, this card and "Stardust Dragon" are Special Summoned from the Banished Zone to their respective owners' side of the field in Attack Position. Jack then Normal Summons "Chain Resonator" and activates the latter's effect to Special Summon "Dark Resonator" from his Deck. Jack then double tunes this card with "Dark Resonator" and "Chain Resonator" in order to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". In the next episode, Jack Special Summons this card from his Graveyard via the last effect of "Red Cocoon". After Yusei tunes "Sonic Warrior" with "Junk Synchron" in order to Synchro Summon "Junk Warrior", the effect of "Sonic Warrior" activates, increasing the ATK of "Speed Warrior", "Sonic Chick", and "Quillbolt Hedgehog" by 400. Due to the effect of "Junk Warrior", it gains ATK equal to the ATK of all Level 2 or below monsters on Yusei's side of the field. This made the ATK of "Junk Warrior" 5500. "Junk Warrior" then attacks and destroys this card, winning Yusei the Duel.

Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons

 * Jack Atlas summoned this card in his very first turn during his Assault Mode Duel with Yusei Fudo, by tuning "Vice Dragon" with "Dark Resonator". It attacked Yusei's Defense Position "Shield Wing", which could not be destroyed in battle at the time, but "Shield Wing" was immediately destroyed by "Red Dragon Archfiend's" effect afterwards.
 * "Red Dragon Archfiend" then later evolved to its Assault Mode form after Jack activated "Assault Mode Activate", which protected it from being destroyed by Yusei's "Trick Battle" Trap Card.

Video game appearances

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