Crawling Dragon

Metal Raiders MRD-012 • common

Set: Metal Raiders
Printing code: MRD-012
Rarity: Common
Card type: Normal monster
Attribute: Earth
Level / Rank: 5
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1400

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As a normal monster from this foundational card set, Crawling Dragon serves as a classic example of the early game's creature-based combat. Its status as a common card makes it an accessible piece of history for those looking to round out a collection reflecting the original era of play.

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The Crawling Dragon card debuted in the Metal Raiders booster set, released as the second core expansion for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game in North America during the summer of 2002. As a common monster card within this set, it served as part of the initial wave of support that expanded the game's mechanics beyond the foundational Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon release, helping to flesh out the early creature rosters for players establishing their first decks.

The design of the card reflects the aesthetic sensibilities of Kazuki Takahashi’s original manga illustrations, characterized by the rugged, fantastical monster tropes prevalent in early 2000s fantasy trading cards. Like many of the low-level normal monsters from the Metal Raiders set, the Crawling Dragon was intended primarily as a utility piece for early-game play, emphasizing simple stats and thematic consistency rather than the complex, game-altering effects that would define later generations of the card game.

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