Card Trivia:Stardust Dragon


 * This card was designed by Kazuki Takahashi himself.


 * This is the Cover Card of The Duelist Genesis.


 * This card has the same ATK as "Dark Magician", "Elemental Hero Neos" and "Number 39: Utopia", the signature cards of Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki (in the GX manga, Jaden's signature card is "Elemental Hero Terra Firma", which also has the same ATK and DEF as "Neos") and Yuma Tsukumo respectively. Oddly, "Dark Magician" is a Spellcaster-Type with the Attribute of DARK and "Elemental Hero Neos" is a Warrior-Type with the Attribute of LIGHT and they are both Level 7, while "Stardust Dragon" is Level 8 and a Dragon-Type Synchro Monster with the Attribute of WIND, and also the first to have an Effect (Second if you count "Terra Firma" from the manga).
 * Also, the color scheme is similar to the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", which was originally supposed to be the Signature card of Yugi Muto
 * It is also the only Main Character signature card so far that is not human or at least humanoid, instead, it is dragonic.


 * This card has four different summon chants in the dubbed.


 * This card is the only Synchro Monster with two Summon chants in the Japanese anime because while Akiza used Yusei's chant when she Synchro Summoned "Stardust", when Jack used it, he made up a different one.


 * This monster appears to be the antithesis of "Red Dragon Archfiend". Their poses mirror each other and have opposite color schemes. Also their effects oppose each other as well. "Red Dragon Archfiend's" effect focuses on destroying opposing monsters, as this card focuses on protecting monsters from being destroyed.
 * Interestingly, along with the rivalry of Jaden Yuki's "Elemental HERO Neos or "Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman" (which are both LIGHT attribute monsters) to Chazz Princeton's "Armed Dragon LV10" (which is WIND attribute monster instead, even though the card already has its own Dark Counterpart), the rivalry of Yusei Fudo's "Stardust Dragon" and Jack Atlas's "Red Dragon Archfiend" also shares irrelevant polarity of their Attributes, this time they are WIND vs DARK respectively. Although LIGHT was supposed to be the best attribute for this card because of its name, theme and a very protective card effects, this is "only" just to avoid using "Honest" as one of its support in which upon its release in OCG/TCG, "Honest" was Unlimited.
 * The fact that these two cards rival each other is a possible reference to the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series; "Dark Magician", the signature card of Yugi Muto, with ATK equal to that of "Stardust Dragon", is the rival of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", the signature card of Seto Kaiba, with ATK equal to that of "Red Dragon Archfiend". Also, Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba are rivals, just as Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas are rivals.
 * Furthermore, the ace card of Akiza Izinski, "Black Rose Dragon", also has an effect that opposes Stardust, and a similar ATK and name to "Red-Eyes B. Dragon", the ace of Joey Wheeler. Like Joey, Akiza was initially highly hostile to Yusei, but quickly warmed up to him and became one of his closest companions.


 * This card has several and the most forms of all Signer Dragons:
 * This card has an "Assault Mode", "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode".
 * This card has a "Majestic" form, "Majestic Star Dragon".
 * This card has a "Malefic" version, "Malefic Stardust Dragon".
 * This card has an "Accel Synchro" counterpart, "Shooting Star Dragon".
 * This card has a "Delta Accel Synchro" counterpart, "Cosmic Blazar Dragon".
 * This card has a "Limit Over Accel Synchro" counterpart, "Shooting Quasar Dragon".
 * This card has a Duel Dragon counterpart, "Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust".
 * With this information, "Stardust Dragon" has the most counterparts of all the "Signer Dragons"(with or without anime/manga cards), with a total of seven, an "Assault Mode", a "Majestic form", a "Malefic" version, an "Accel Synchro", a "Delta Accel Synchro", a "Limit Over Accel Synchro" counterpart and a "Duel Dragon" counterpart. "Red Dragon Archfiend" comes in a close second having three similar forms, excluding a "Malefic" version.


 * This was the first Signer Dragon to be a featured card of a Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode.


 * "Stardust Dragon" and all of its counterparts have colored orbs on their bodies that look similar to the ones on Aliens' bodies, and are also similar to the "orbs" seen on their wielder Yusei Fudo's choice of clothing (actually his shoulder, elbow and knee guards while smaller ones decorate his collar, gloves and boots). The connection is clearly seen on "Debris Dragon", whose orbs are orange, like Yusei's.


 * With its release as a Rare in Turbo Pack 6, this card is tied with "Cyber Dragon" for most rarities printed in, being printed in all of the "standard" rarities except for Common, 7 rarities in total.


 * "Stardust Dragon" appears in the artwork of the following cards:
 * "Shooting Star"
 * "Stardust Flash"
 * "Starlight Road"
 * "Stardust Mirage"
 * "Rage Resynchro"
 * "Miracle Synchro Fusion"
 * "Emerging Awakening"


 * This card now has the most support cards of all the Signer Dragons (with or without anime cards).


 * The Tuner monster "Debris Dragon" seems to be a younger version of this card.


 * With the release of Gold Series 3, "Stardust Dragon" is the first Signer Dragon to be printed as a Gold Ultra Rare.


 * This Signer Dragon's abilities represents Yusei's willingness to risk his own life, whether it be for his friends, his loved ones, or strangers in need.


 * This card, along with "Number 39: Utopia" are the only Signature cards used by a Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist that have not had their signature attack made into a card.


 * Interestingly, when this card is stolen by "Paradox", the card turns black and the picture of Stardust Dragon becomes inverted. No other card Paradox stole had this alteration.


 * This card did not appear as a statue in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015 by how it has it's own statue. But it is mysterious of how Roku knows that Stardust Dragon has its own statue.


 * "Stardust Dragon" is the only of the four main protagonists' signature cards that doesn't have a chaos form or counterpart. Yugi has "Magician of Black Chaos"/"Dark Magician of Chaos", Jaden "Elemental HERO Chaos Neos" and Yuma "Number C39: Utopia Ray".
 * However, "Malefic Stardust Dragon" can be considered the wicked counterpart.


 * This card bears a physical resemblance to the "Bahamut ZERO" summon from the video game Final Fantasy VII.


 * Out of all the Signer Dragons in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, this one has the most "upgraded" forms. In this case, the upgraded forms are "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode", "Majestic Star Dragon", "Shooting Star Dragon" and "Shooting Quasar Dragon".


 * This card bears the same ATK, DEF, Level and Attribute as "Guardian Eatos" and "Air Fortress Ziggurat".


 * This card has several supports