Stats are ok on a Level 8, this is the protagonist ace obviously, so it was gonna have 2500 ATK. Stardust Dragon is a Level 8 WIND Dragon Syncrho with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF requiring one Tuner and one or more non-Tuner monsters. First released in the 2008 Wave 1 Tins, we have Stardust Dragon. Now we can look at an old Synchro that was good then and is good now. Even in a world of Xyz and Link monsters, you may come across a Stardust because of that negation ability. It has withstood the test of time better than other Synchro monsters. Stardust was on the ground floor of what Synchro monsters could be.
Stardust also gave birth to Shooting Star Dragon and Shooting Quasar Dragon, two monsters that offer insane combo strategies to go with them. Sure, you couldn’t bring it back if it popped itself to negate, but that still got you another negation. Starlight Road negated a destruction of 2 or more cards, then Special Summoned Stardust without the need for materials. It had its own trap to accompany it as well: Starlight Road. Plenty of monsters could get over Stardust, but if you couldn’t, you were going to likely lose at least one card to negation. Your opponent needed to beat Stardust in a battle or steal it and get rid of it that way, but with no Links back then or Xyx, you’d have to tribute it or finish your opponent (Mind Control locked you out of a tribute). Pop to negate a destruction effect, then Special Summon itself back in the End Phase of either turn was a tremendous effect back then, and still is. When your opponent would bring Stardust to the field, you immediately knew you had to get rid of it. While not as strong in ATK as its counterpart: Red Dragon Archfiend, Stardust was far better in terms of protection. Stardust Dragon…one of the originals, and something that was beyond powerful long ago.
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