Talk:Dragon Emperor Legend/@comment-10796565-20140616084710/@comment-13275021-20140616174217

Using a card in hand is losing a resource. We often trade our resource to get rid of an opponent's resource, an even trade.

For example, using Dragonic Thunder against an attacking monster is -1 card from hand and -1 gauge (lost resources) to remove an opponent's monster (-1 to them, a net +0 in card advantage) and stop us from taking damage/losing a card, which is what the gauge pays for.

This card is completely different, because we get to draw a card (therefore, it pays for itself), on top of gaining life and gauge. There is literally nothing but pure gain when using Dragon Emperor Legend.