Dragon Link 2026 Gameplay Guide

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Level 7 DARK Dragon monster from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; it becomes DARK until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Rokket Loader" once per turn.

Spell Field

Once per turn: You can discard 1 card, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Dragunity" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Send 1 Dragon monster from your Deck to the GY.

DARK 7

If you control a DARK Dragon Link Monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Rokket Detonator" once per turn this way. You can target 1 DARK Dragon Monster Card in your Spell & Trap Zone; Special Summon it (but it cannot attack, also its effects are negated), also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of "Rokket Detonator" once per turn.

DARK 7

If you control a "Rokket" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Absorouter Dragon" once per turn this way. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Absorouter Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2+ DARK Dragon monsters, including a "Rokket" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 "Rapid Trigger", "Heavy Interlock", or "Double Interlock" from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 face-up card you control and 1 DARK Dragon monster in your GY; destroy that card on the field, and if you do, add that other monster from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Trisborrel Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, add 1 Dragon monster from your Deck or GY to your hand, except "Bystial Magnamhut". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Magnamhut" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Dragon monsters Once per opponent's turn, if this card is in the Extra Monster Zone (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 monster from your hand or field; return 1 face-up card on the field to the hand. If this card is Tributed: Special Summon 1 Dragon monster from your hand or Deck, but make its ATK/DEF 0. You can only use this effect of "Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres" once per turn.

DARK 1

You can target 1 "Red-Eyes" monster you control; equip this monster from your hand or field to that target. It gains 600 ATK. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Red-Eyes" card from your Deck to your hand.

DARK

3+ Effect Monsters Your opponent cannot Tribute this face-up card on the field. Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Rokket" monster you control; negate the effects of 1 face-up card your opponent controls, then destroy the targeted monster. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation. Once while face-up on the field, at the start of the Battle Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Link-4 or lower "Borrel" Link Monster from your Extra Deck.

DARK

2 DARK Dragon monsters Once per turn, during your opponent's End Phase: You can target 1 Attack Position monster your opponent controls that did not declare an attack this turn; destroy it, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK. If a "Rokket" monster(s) is Special Summoned to your field, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Dillingerous Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2 Dragon monsters, including a "Rokket" monster You can discard 1 card, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; you cannot Special Summon Link-2 or lower monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of the turn, also destroy the targeted monster, then, if it was a Link Monster, you can Special Summon any number of "Rokket" monsters with different names, from your hand or GY, up to its Link Rating. You can only use this effect of "Quadborrel Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent to the GY: You can send 1 "Bystial" monster or 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap from your Deck to the GY, except "Bystial Saronir". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Saronir" once per turn.

DARK 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can equip 1 Link Monster from your GY to this card, and if you do, place Borrel Counters on this card equal to that Link Monster's Link Rating. This card gains ATK equal to half the ATK of the monster equipped to it by its effect. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can remove 1 Borrel Counter from this card; negate the activation. You can only use this effect of "Borreload Savage Dragon" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Tribute 1 face-up monster; Special Summon 1 monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and mentions "Max Metalmorph" from your hand, Deck, or GY, then you can equip this card to it with the following effect. ● The equipped monster gains 400 ATK/DEF, it cannot be destroyed by Spell or monster effects, also your opponent cannot target it with monster effects or Spell Cards or effects. You can only activate 1 "Max Metalmorph" per turn.

Trap Continuous

Once per turn, during the Main Phase, if you control a "Bystial" monster: You can Tribute 1 Dragon monster, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it. During the End Phase: You can target 1 "Branded" Continuous Spell/Trap in your GY; place it face-up on your field. You can only use this effect of "Branded Beast" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

You can send any number of Dragon monsters from your hand and/or face-up field to the GY; add 1 Dragon monster from your Deck to your hand, whose Level equals the total original Levels of those monsters sent to the GY. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Level 8 LIGHT or DARK Dragon monster in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Starliege Seyfert" once per turn.

DARK 4

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 LIGHT monster from your GY. You can only Special Summon "Black Dragon Collapserpent" once per turn this way. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "White Dragon Wyverburster" from your Deck to your hand.

Trap Counter

When your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card, while you control a "Rokket" or "Borrel" monster: Negate the activation, and if you do, Set that card face-down on your opponent's field, but it cannot be activated this turn. You can activate this card from your hand by paying half your LP.

DARK 8

1 DARK Link Monster + 1 DARK monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can add 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 DARK monster you control; equip it with 1 DARK Link Monster from your GY or banishment as an Equip Spell that gives it 500 ATK. If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Borreload Fatalflare Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

1 Level 4 or lower Dragon monster You cannot Special Summon monsters, except Dragon monsters. During your Main Phase: You can target 1 of your Dragon monsters that is banished or in your GY; Special Summon it to your zone that 2 or more Link Monsters point to. You can only use this effect of "Guardragon Pisty" once per turn. You can only Special Summon "Guardragon Pisty(s)" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can send 1 Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from your hand or Deck to the GY; Special Summon this card from your hand, then increase its Level by 1. During your Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the GY: You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 "Red-Eyes Fusion" from your Deck or GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2 DARK Dragon monsters, including a "Rokket" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 "Borrel" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 DARK monster you control; it gains 500 ATK, or if that monster is no longer on the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck in Defense Position instead. You can only use each effect of "Breechborrel Dragon" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Double Interlock" once per turn); ● Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing its materials from your GY, including a "Rokket" monster. ● Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your hand, by banishing monsters from your GY whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level, including a "Rokket" monster.

Spell Equip

Activate this card by targeting 1 "Rokket" monster in your GY; Special Summon it and equip it with this card, but banish it when this card leaves the field. If this card is sent to the GY because the equipped monster is destroyed: You can draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Borrel Regenerator" once per turn.

LIGHT 3

When a monster on the field activates its effect, or when a Spell/Trap that is already face-up on the field activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand or field to the GY; destroy that card on the field. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Send 1 LIGHT or DARK monster from your hand to the GY; add 1 LIGHT or DARK monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set from your Deck to your hand, with a Level from 4 to 8, and with a different Attribute than that monster. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 of your banished LIGHT or DARK monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set; place that monster on the bottom of the Deck, then draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Chaos Space" once per turn.

DARK 4

When a Link Monster's effect is activated that targets this face-up card on the field (Quick Effect): You can destroy this card, then look at your opponent's Extra Deck and banish 1 card from it. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was destroyed on the field by battle or card effect and sent there this turn: You can Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck, except "Silverrokket Dragon". You can only use each effect of "Silverrokket Dragon" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

Spell Continuous

If a LIGHT or DARK monster(s) is banished (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of those monsters; place that monster on the bottom of the Deck, and if you do, draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Branded Regained" once per turn. Once per turn, if your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 "Bystial" monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only activate this effect of "Branded Regained" once per Chain.

LIGHT 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) by Tributing 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Dragon monster. You can only Special Summon "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn this way. You can send this card from your hand to the GY; add 1 "Bystial" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "The Bystial Lubellion". During your Main Phase: You can place 1 "Branded" Continuous Spell/Trap from your Deck face-up on your field. You can only use each effect of "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner Dragon monsters You can target 1 banished LIGHT or DARK monster; Special Summon it to your field. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 banished card; shuffle it into the Deck, then if you shuffled it into your Deck, destroy that monster, or if you shuffled it into your opponent's Deck, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Dis Pater" once per turn.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

DARK

1 Level 4 or lower Dragon monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 "Boot Sector Launch" from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 face-up monster you control and 1 "Rokket" monster in your GY; destroy that monster on the field, and if you do, add that other monster from the GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Striker Dragon" once per turn.

LIGHT

1 Level 4 or lower Dragon or Spellcaster monster You cannot Special Summon, except Dragon monsters. You can only use each of the following effects of "Spirit with Eyes of Blue" once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can take 1 "Mausoleum of White" from your Deck and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Blue-Eyes" monster from your hand or GY, but if you Special Summoned an Effect Monster from your GY by this effect, it cannot attack and its effects are negated.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Druiswurm" once per turn.

DARK 4

If a DARK monster(s) you control that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can send this card from your hand or field to the GY, then target 1 of those destroyed monsters; Special Summon 1 DARK monster from your GY with a different original name from that targeted monster. You can only use this effect of "Rokket Recharger" once per turn. While you control a DARK monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, your opponent's monsters cannot target this card for attacks.

DARK 4

(Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up card you control; destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck, except "Rokket Tracer", also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of "Rokket Tracer" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Declare 1 card name; banish 1 of that declared card from your Main Deck, and if you do, negate its effects, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of cards with the same original name, until the end of this turn. You can only activate 1 "Crossout Designator" per turn.

DARK 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned with "Max Metalmorph" that was activated by Tributing a Level 5 or higher Dragon monster. You can reveal this card in your hand; Set 1 "Metalmorph" Trap from your Deck, and if you do, shuffle this card into the Deck. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, then you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of 1 Attack Position monster your opponent controls. You can only use each effect of "Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

DARK 10

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by banishing 1 face-up Dragon monster you control. You can only Special Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" once per turn this way. During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Dragon monster from your hand or GY, except "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon". You can only use this effect of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" once per turn.

Spell Field

All "Rokket" monsters on the field gain 300 ATK/DEF. You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Special Summon up to 2 "Rokket" monsters with different names from your hand in Defense Position. ● If your opponent controls more monsters than you do: Special Summon "Rokket" monsters with different names from your GY in Defense Position, up to the difference. You can only use this effect of "Boot Sector Launch" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 DARK monster from your GY. You can only Special Summon "White Dragon Wyverburster" once per turn this way. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Black Dragon Collapserpent" from your Deck to your hand.

WIND

2 Dragon and/or Winged Beast monsters, except Tokens If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 "Dragunity" Spell/Trap or 1 "Dragon Ravine" from your Deck to your hand. If a Dragon monster(s) is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck to a zone this card points to (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 Dragon or Winged Beast monster from your hand in Defense Position, but for the rest of this turn, its effects (if any) are negated and it cannot be used as Link Material. You can only use each effect of "Dragunity Knight - Romulus" once per turn.

DARK 4

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to your zone a DARK Link Monster points to. You can only Special Summon "Rokket Caliber" once per turn this way. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 DARK Dragon or Machine monster from your hand, except "Rokket Caliber". You can only use this effect of "Rokket Caliber" once per turn.

DARK

2+ Effect Monsters When your opponent activates a monster effect on the field or GY (Quick Effect): You can banish this card that was Special Summoned this turn until the End Phase; negate that effect, and if you do, banish it. During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 monster, and if this card you control would be used as material for that Link Summon, you can also use 1 Link-2 or lower monster your opponent controls. Neither player can activate the effects of Link Monsters in response to this effect's activation. You can only use each effect of "W:P Fancy Ball" once per turn.

WIND 3

If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) face-up (except during the Damage Step): You can discard this card, then target 1 of those face-up monsters; negate its effects until the end of this turn, also if that face-up monster leaves the field this turn, its controller takes damage equal to its original ATK. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck, but it cannot attack, also destroy it during the End Phase.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If your opponent Special Summons a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute 1 other LIGHT or DARK monster, then target 1 of those Special Summoned monsters; banish it. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Baldrake" once per turn.

EARTH 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that activation. ● Add a card(s) from the GY to the hand, Deck, and/or Extra Deck. ● Special Summon a Monster Card(s) from the GY. ● Banish a card(s) from the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" once per turn.

WATER 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

DARK 7

''A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack.''