Spectre (Duel Links)

Spectre
English name	Spectre
Gender	Male
Mobile appearances	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
English voice	Billy Bob Thompson
Japanese voice	Kajimoto Daiki

Spectre is a Legendary Duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. This is a video game depiction of Specter, a character from the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime.

He first appeared on May, 23, 2024, during his own dedicated event "The Motherly Tree! Sunavalon Dryatrentiay" and officially became unlockable on May 26, 2024.

Yellow Gate Keys are required to Duel Spectre at the Gate.

Description

Spectre faithfully serves Varis as his advisor in the Knights of Hanoi. He is a victim of the Lost Incident - just like Playmaker and Soulburner. But unlike them, Spectre claims to have enjoyed the experience. His affection for his ace monster "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay" is similar to a child's love for their own mother.

Decks

Character

Spectre Deck

Monsters (15)

Normal Monsters

• Arlownay x3
• Darkworld Thorns x3
• Man Eater x3
• Man-Eating Plant x3
• Queen of Autumn Leaves

Effect Monsters

• Rainbow Flower x2

Spells (5) & Traps

Spells

• Ancient Leaf
• Forest
• Invigoration
• The World Tree
• Vile Germs

Level-up rewards

The following lists are the rewards the player accumulates from having Spectre reach a certain Level.

Level	Reward
2	5 Gems
3	1 copy of "Sunavalon Bloom"
4	10 Gems
5	Deck slot (Spectre)
6	15 Gems
7	1 copy of "Sunvine Cross Breed"
8	Deck slot (Spectre)
9	20 Gems
10	1 SR/UR Choice Ticket
11	1 copy of "Sunvine Thrasher"
12	35 Gems
13	Bloom of Avarice (Skill)
14	1 copy of "Sunavalon Bloom"
15	50 Gems
16	1 SR/UR Choice Ticket
17	60 Gems
18	1 copy of "Sunvine Cross Breed"
19	75 Gems
20	Sprouting of the Sacred Seed (Skill)
21	1 SR/UR Choice Ticket
22	100 Gems
23	1 copy of "Sunvine Thrasher"
24	120 Gems
25	1 copy of "Sunavalon Bloom"
26	150 Gems
27	Deck slot (Spectre)
28	200 Gems
29	250 Gems
30	1 SR/UR Choice Ticket
31	100000 Gold
32	200 Gems
33	1 copy of "Sunvine Cross Breed"
34	250 Gems
35	1 copy of "Sunvine Thrasher"

Skills

Skill	Effect	Unlock
The Mother Tree Sees All	1: At the beginning of the Duel, add 1 "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay" to your Extra Deck and if there are two or less "Sunseed Genius Loci" in your Deck, add 0-3 "Sunseed Genius Loci" so that it contains 3 copies. During the End Phase, if you took battle or effect damage this turn, gain 500 LP.	Level 1
Bloom of Avarice	This Skill's effect can be used once per turn and twice per Duel. 1: During your Main Phase, shuffle 3 Plant monsters from your Graveyard into the Deck. Then, draw 1 card.	Level 13
Sprouting of the Sacred Seed	You can only use this Skill's second and third effects once per Duel. 1: At the beginning of the Duel, add 1 each of 3 "Sunvine" monsters with different names to your Extra Deck. During this Duel, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except EARTH Plant monsters or Link Monsters. 2: Shuffle 1 monster from your hand into the Deck, and then add 1 "Sunvine" Effect Monster or "Sunseed" Effect Monster from your Deck to your hand. 3: If a monster is on your opponent's field, shuffle 1 Plant monster from your hand, face-up field, Graveyard, or among your banished cards into the Deck, and then you can play 1 "Sunseed Genius Loci" from your Deck to your field in face-down Defense Position. (Its battle position can be changed.)	Level 20
Can't You Reduce My LP?	You can use this Skill's second effect once per turn and twice per Duel. 1: At the beginning of the Duel, if your Extra Deck contains "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay", add 5 types of "Sunavalon" monsters and 3 types of "Sunvine" monsters to your Extra Deck, and gain 1200 LP. 2: During a turn you have Normal or Special Summoned either a "Sunseed", "Sunvine", or "Sunavalon" monster, gain 1200 LP.	Event/Trader
Sunavalon Luxuriance	You can only use this Skill's second effect once per turn. 1: At the beginning of the Duel, if all of the monsters in your Extra Deck are Link Monsters with different names, add 5 "Sunavalon" monsters with different names to your Extra Deck, also for the rest of this Duel, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except EARTH Plant monsters or Link Monsters. 2: Shuffle 1 "Sunavalon" card, "Sunvine" card, or "Sunseed" card from your hand into the Deck, then add 1 "Sunseed Genius Loci" from your Deck, Graveyard, or among your banished cards to your hand.	Drop
Sunavalon Mythos	1: Once per Duel, before your normal draw, you can change 1 of the cards from your normal draw this turn to "Sunseed Genius Loci" in your Deck. During this Duel, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except EARTH Plant monsters or Link Monsters.	Drop
Plant's Exchange	You can use this Skill twice per Duel. 1: During your Main Phase, place 1 Level 5 or higher Plant Type monster from your hand on the bottom of your Deck, then draw 1 card.	Trader
Right Back at You	Can be used in the Main Phase of your next turn following the turn in which you took battle damage. Select 1 face-up monster on your field. This turn, the selected monster's ATK increases by half of the battle damage received in the turn you last took battle damage. This Skill can only be used once per turn.	Drop
Link Arrow Gain	Select 1 Link Monster you control. Until the end of the turn, monsters this card points to gain ATK equal to the Link Rating of the selected Link Monster x 100. This Skill can only be used once per turn.	Drop
Link Earthraze	You can use this Skill if your Extra Deck contains a EARTH Link Monster. 1: At the beginning of the Duel, gain 1500 Life Points. 2: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can choose 1 Link Monster on your field, it gains 300 ATK until the end of this turn. If an EARTH monster is on your field or in your Graveyard, the chosen monster gains an additional 300 ATK until the end of this turn.	Drop
Link Restoration	You can only use this Skill's first effect once per Duel. 1: During your Main Phase, return any number of Link Monsters whose total Link Arrows equals 4 or lower from your Graveyard to your Extra Deck. Then, you can make one monster your opponent controls lose ATK equal to the total of those Link Arrows x 100.	Drop
Monster Move	Select 1 monster you control, and move it to another of your Main Monster Zones. If you select a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, move it to your Main Monster Zone in the same column. This Skill can only be used once per turn.	Drop
Holy Guard	You take no battle damage during your turn.	Drop
Draw Sense: EARTH	Can be used before your normal draw each time your Life Points decrease by 1500. One of the cards from your normal draw this turn will be a random EARTH monster in your Deck.	Drop
Draw Sense: Low-Level	Can be used before your normal draw each time your Life Points decrease by 1500. One of the cards from your normal draw this turn will be a random Level 4 or lower monster in your Deck.	Drop

Dialogue

Character-specific

Playmaker and Ai

• When starting a Duel against Playmaker and Ai, Spectre says, "Playmaker, I will personally bring your existence to an end" or "Your misguided sense of justice will be your downfall. Now and forever."
  • When he wins the Duel, he says, "I quite enjoyed myself in the Lost Incident. But seeing how you're glaring at me, you must have not."

Varis

• When starting a Duel against Varis, Spectre says, "If you wish to Duel me, who am I to refuse?"
  • When he wins the Duel, he says "Everything I do is for you, Master Varis!" or "You gave me a home, Master Varis. I will never betray you."
  • When he loses the Duel he says "You never cease to impress me, Master Varis." or "Master Varis, forgive me for my incompetence."

Blue Angel

• When starting a Duel against Blue Angel, Spectre says, "Care to spare a moment with your biggest fan, Blue Angel?"
  • When he wins the Duel, he can say either of the following:
    • "Are you called Blue Angel because you always feel blue?"
    • "It was truly an honor to Duel you in your final Duel ever."
    • "You're here to save me, but you couldn't even save yourself!"
    • "I'm not so dumb to base my whole life on a fairy tale."
    • "Unlike a children's book, life doesn't have happy endings. Most of 'em? They end in tragedy!"
    • "I'd ask for any last words, but we've reached the last page. It was quite a good tale. But no one is writing a sequel."

Ghost Gal

• When he wins the Duel, he says, "Our names may be similar but our skills clearly are not."

Card-specific

Monsters

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay" a brief cut-in of Spectre appears and he announces, "Rise before me! Link 4 Sunavalon Dryatrentiay!" If its summoning animation has not played during the Duel, a cutscene of "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay" being Summoned plays afterward.
  • "Link Summoning Sunavalon Dryatrentiay activates its effect!"
  • "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay activates its effect!"
  • "Sunavalon Dryatrentiay will protect me by attacking you!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Dryanome" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Appear! Link 3 Sunavalon Dryanome!"
  • "That was pointless! I activate Sunavalon Dryanome's effect!"
  • "Dryanome is linked to that monster, so its effect activates!"
  • "Sunavalon Dryanome! Attack!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Melias" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Witness Link 3 Sunavalon Melias!"
  • "Sunavalon Melias' effect activates when it's Link Summoned!"
  • "Sunavalon Melias activates its effect!"
  • "Attack! Sunavalon Melias!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Daphne" he announces, "Here comes Link 2 Sunavalon Daphne!"
  • "I activate Sunavalon Daphne's effect!"
  • "Sunavalon Daphne attacks!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Dryades" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Here's Link 2 Sunavalon Dryades!"
  • "Since I took damage, Sunavalon Dryades' effect activates!"
  • "Sunavalon Dryades! Attack!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunavalon Dryas" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Grow! Link 1 Sunavalon Dryas!"
  • "Using Genius Loci to Link Summon activates Dryas' effect!"
  • "If I take damage, Sunavalon Dryas can activate its effect!"
  • "Attack, Sunavalon Dryas!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunvine Gardna" he announces, "Join the Duel! Link 1 Sunvine Gardna!"
  • "My Sunvine Gardna is linked to a Sunavalon Link Monster!"
  • "Sunvine Gardna activates when it's destroyed in battle!"
  • "Sunvine Gardna! Attack!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunvine Healer" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Here's Link 1 Sunvine Healer!"
  • "Special Summoning Sunvine Healer activates its effect!"
  • "Ah! When a Plant Link Monster deals damage, my Healer activates!"
  • "Ah! Sunvine Healer attacks!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunvine Thrasher" a cut-in frame of Spectre briefly appears and he announces, "Go! Link 1 Sunvine Thrasher!"
  • "Special Summoning Sunvine Thrasher activates its effect!"
  • "Sunvine Thrasher destroyed your monster, and due to its effect, that monster is now mine!"
  • "Sunvine Thrasher! Slash!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunseed Genius Loci" he announces, "Sunseed Genius Loci!"
  • "Sunseed Genius Loci, attack!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunvine Maiden" he announces, "Sunvine Maiden!"
  • "I activate Sunvine Maiden's effect from my hand!"
  • "Attack, Sunvine Maiden!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunseed Shadow" he announces, "Sunseed Shadow!"
  • "Sunseed Shadow's effect activates from my hand!"
  • "I banish Sunseed Shadow from my Graveyard to use its effect!"
  • "Sunseed Shadow attacks!"

• When Spectre Summons "Sunseed Twin" he announces, "Sunseed Twin!"
  • "When Sunseed Twin is Summoned, its effect activates!"
  • "Sunseed Twin activates its effect from the Graveyard!"
  • "Sunseed Twin! Attack!"

• When Spectre Summons "Dark Angel" he announces, "I shall unlock your heart and release your deepest desires! Appear, Dark Angel!"
  • "I send Dark Angel from my hand to the Graveyard!"
  • "Dark Angel! Attack!"

Spells/Traps

• When Spectre activates "Sunvine Cross Breed" he announces, "I activate my Continuous Spell, Sunvine Cross Breed!"
  • "I activate Sunvine Cross Breed's effect!"

• When Spectre activates "Sunvine Shrine" he announces, "I activate the Continuous Spell, Sunvine Shrine!"
  • "Sunvine Shrine's effect activates!"
  • "I send Sunvine Shrine to the Graveyard to use its effect!"

• When Spectre activates "Sunvine Sowing" he announces, "I activate my Spell Card, Sunvine Sowing!"

• When Spectre activates "Sunavalon Bloom" he announces, "I activate the Continuous Trap, Sunavalon Bloom!"
  • "The Continuous Trap, Sunavalon Bloom's effect!"

Unused Dialogue

Spells/Traps

• When Spectre activates "Angel of Blue Tears" he announces, "Have you read the fairy tale about the blue angel? I activate my Spell Card, Angel of Blue Tears!"
  • "Is the blue angel crying due to sadness or due to joy? I banish Angel of Blue Tears from the Graveyard!"

Trivia

• In leaked dialogue, it is shown that like Varis, Spectre also has voice lines when starting a Duel with the Ignises, foreshadowing their possible addition to Duel Links:
  • "You think you'll win? There must be a bug in your program"
  • "You won't feel guilty for failing to defeat me, because you can't feel emotions if you don't exist!"
  • "I didn't know that it was possible to program arrogance"
  • "You Ignise may pretend to be sophisticated creatures but you're like every program, predicable and formulaic"
  • "You can be smart if you're limited by your programing"
  • "When my Ignise was deleted, I was surprised to feel it's loss"

• Like Ghost Gal, Mizar, and Dennis, Spectre is also a Speed Duel Legendary Duelist with voice-lines for Rush Duels:
  • "I Maximum Summon a monster!" or "Maximum Summon!"
  • "It's an honor to duel you, Get Ready for the Rush!"
  • "Let us begin, Turbo Rush Duel!"