Czar Dragon

Czar Dragon
Species	Lava Babble
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

The Czar Dragon is a dragon made out of many Lava Babbles and the boss of the Barrel Volcano, who is guarding the sixth Star Piece in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The dragon first appears when a group of Lava Babbles join together to form it, and it immediately attacks the party. The dragon is physically strong and uses a small variety of powerful magic, most notable of them Flame Wall. It will also summon Helio to kamikaze-strike the party, similar to Punchinello. In the end, the dragon falls, but it promptly rises from the grave as Zombone. Mario and friends must fight an even more difficult battle, but prevail and acquire the Star Piece, only to have it snatched by the Axem Rangers.

"Czar" is a Russian title meaning "Emperor," derived from the title "Caesar" used during the Roman Empire. "Kaiser," the Japanese name for the dragon, comes from the German word for "Emperor," which was also derived from the title of "Caesar". The Czar Dragon resembles the Blargg species from Super Mario World.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Czar Dragon
	HP	1400	FP	100	Speed	20
	Location(s)	Barrel Volcano	Attack	160	Magic attack	120
	Role	Boss	Defense	100	Magic defense	70
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	20%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Water Blast, Flame Wall
	Weak	Ice	Strong	Fire, Sleep, Critical	Sp. attacks	Iron Maiden (Alone)
	Coins	0	Exp. points	100	Items	None
Psychopath	"Flamin' hot, right at ya!"

Japanese Thought Peek quote

• もえてます。まさに今もえております。どうでしょう (I'm burning. I'm burning right now. What do you think?)

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Czar Dragon
	HP	1400	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	100	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Barrel Volcano
	Monster List profile	Stone statues were built in its image to soothe its temper. But the likeness was way off, so in the end they didn't have much of an effect.
	Thought Peek	"I'm fired up! Seriously, I'm on fire. How about that?"
	Animations

Gallery

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  Field sprite

• SMRPG NS Czar Dragon.png

  Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
German	Kaiserdrache[?]	Kaiser Dragon
Italian	Zar Dragone[?]	Czar Dragon
Korean	카이저드래곤[?] Kaijeo Deuraegon	Kaiser Dragon
Spanish	Dragón zar[?]	Czar Dragon

Trivia

• In Final Fantasy VI (a game also created by Square), there is an unused enemy known as CzarDragon with an unfinished battle script. It was brought back as the superboss Kaiser Dragon (the Japanese name of both dragons) in Final Fantasy VI Advance, though an exact copy of the original Kaiser Dragon still exists in the game data. The name of its second form, Zombone, is also derived from Final Fantasy VI.
• The rendition of the Czar Dragon in the game intro is internally known as "Magidragon" in the English version, whereas it was blank in the Japanese version.
• The Czar Dragon shares the transformation underwent by Bowser in New Super Mario Bros., who becomes Dry Bowser after being dropped into a pool of lava.
• The Czar Dragon's sprites and render have several differences in design, with the render having a smooth body and tube-like neck while the sprites add more detail, with the body having a stitched garment shared with Zombone (albeit red instead of brown) and the neck being made from Lava Babbles.