Card Trivia:Stardust Dragon

• This card was designed by Kazuki Takahashi himself.

• This monster is the cover card of The Duelist Genesis.

• This monster is the signature card of Yusei Fudo in the anime.
  • This is replaced by "Stardust Spark Dragon" in the manga.

• In the TCG, this card has been printed in all rarities, except for "Parallel Rare" (it has been printed in Duel Terminal Parallel Rare in the OCG however).

• This card has the same ATK of 2500 as the signature cards of other main protagonists, which are Yugi Muto's "Dark Magician", Jaden Yuki's "Elemental HERO Neos", Yuma Tsukumo's "Number 39: Utopia", Yuya Sakaki's "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" and Yusaku Fujiki's "Firewall Dragon".

• 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. The effect of "Red Dragon Archfiend" focuses on destroying opposing monsters, as this card focuses on protecting monsters from being destroyed.
  • 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 like how Yusei is rivals with Jack Atlas.
  • 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.
  • It is also interesting to note that if both monsters are on the same side of the field and for some reason this card does not attack, their rivalry arises at the End Phase, when their owner must choose to either destroy this card with the effect of "Red Dragon Archfiend" or negate its effect with this card.

• This card has the most forms of all "Signer Dragons":
  • "/Assault Mode" form: "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode".
  • "Majestic" form: "Majestic Star Dragon".
  • "Malefic" form: "Malefic Stardust Dragon".
  • Accel Synchro form: "Shooting Star Dragon".
  • Delta Accel Synchro form: "Cosmic Blazar Dragon"
  • Limit Over Accel Synchro form: "Shooting Quasar Dragon".
  • "Duel Dragon" form: "Stardust Spark Dragon".

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

• This monster and all of its versions have colored orbs on their bodies that are similar to the "orbs" seen on their wielder Yusei Fudo's choice of clothing (specifically 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.

• This monster appears in the artworks of the following cards:
  • Cosmic Flare
  • Emerging Awakening
  • Miracle Synchro Fusion
  • Rage Resynchro
  • Scrap-Iron Statue
  • Shooting Star
  • Stardust Flash
  • Stardust Mirage
  • Stardust Re-Spark
  • Starlight Road
• This card appears in the artwork of "E☆HERO Pit Boss".

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

• "Debris Dragon" seems to be a younger version of this card.

• With the release of Gold Series 3, this card is the first "Signer Dragon" to be printed as a Gold Rare.

• The abilities of this "Signer Dragon" represents Yusei's willingness to risk his own life, whether it be for his friends, his loved ones, or strangers in need.
  • In fact Yusei had this card stolen from him by Jack after Yusei decided to save Rally instead of keeping the "Stardust Dragon" card, only for Yusei to regain this card later, similarly to this card's effect of Tributing itself to save cards from destruction, only to come back later.

• This card did not appear as a statue in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015. But it is mysterious of how Roku knows that this monster has its own statue.

• In the Facebook game "Social Empires", there is a dragon that has a strong basis on this monster's artwork design called "Star Dragon".

• This is the only "Signer Dragon" to not have been used as a Synchro Material for "Shooting Quasar Dragon". In fact, this is also the first time that this card was Summoned after "Shooting Star Dragon" due to the effect of "Shooting Quasar Dragon" in Yusei's Duel against "Z-one".

• This card resembles both "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon" and "Enlightenment Paladin".
  • All three have 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF.
  • They are used by a main protagonist as one of their signature cards.
  • This card and "Clear Wing" are WIND Dragon-Type monsters.
  • The effects of this card and "Clear Wing" can negate and destroy harmful effects.
  • This card and "Clear Wing" are used by Synchro Summon practitioners.
  • While this card has a defensive effect, "Clear Wing" has a much more aggressive effect.
  • This card and "Enlightenment Paladin" are Level 8.
  • This card and "Enlightenment Paladin" have Graveyard recovery effects under certain circumstances.
  • This card and "Enlightenment Paladin" have an upgraded form as a Level 10 Synchro Monster with 3300 ATK.

• This monster has the following distinctions from the other main protagonists' signature cards:
  • It is the only ace monster whose Attribute is neither DARK nor LIGHT.
    • However, its manga counterpart "Stardust Spark Dragon" is a LIGHT monster.
  • It is the only ace monster with a Level that is not 7.
  • It is the only ace monster who does not have a "Chaos" form ("Dark Magician" has "Magician of Black Chaos"/"Dark Magician of Chaos", "Elemental HERO Neos" has "Elemental HERO Chaos Neos", "Number 39: Utopia" has "Number C39: Utopia Ray V"/"Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory" and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" has "Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon"/"Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon").