"The Sacred Tree" is the thirty-forth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime. It first aired in Japan on January 10, 2018.
Spectre's Sunavalon evolves and drives Blue Angel into a corner. As her tactics are gradually sealed off, Blue Angel comes up with a plan to counter Spectre's impenetrable battle formation. Now on the defensive, Blue Angel Link Summons a new Trickstar...!
Featured Duel: Blue Angel vs. Spectre
Duel continues from the previous episode.
Turn 4: Blue Angel
Blue Angel's hand contains "Trickstar Treat", "Trickstar Lilybell" and "Trickstar Candina". Blue Angel Normal Summons "Candina" (1800/400). As "Candina" was Normal Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect to add a "Trickstar" card from her Deck to her hand. She adds "Trickstar Temptation". Blue Angel uses "Candina" and "Trickstar Lycoris" to Link Summon "Trickstar Crimson Heart" (2000/LINK-2/↙→) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Blue Angel Link Summoned a "Trickstar" monster, she activates the effect of "Trickstar Light Arena", letting her Special Summon a "Trickstar" monster that was used for that Link Summon from the GY. She Special Summons "Candina" to the bottom-left Link Point of "Crimson Heart". As a "Trickstar" monster was Normal or Special Summoned to a zone "Crimson Heart" points to, Blue Angel gains 200 LP (Blue Angel: 3600 → 3800 LP). Blue Angel activates the effect of "Crimson Heart", discarding a "Trickstar" card to make both players draw a card. She discards an unknown "Trickstar" card. Blue Angel activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Trickstar Bouquet", returning a "Trickstar" monster to her hand, then increasing the ATK of a monster on the field by that "Trickstar" monster's ATK until the End Phase. She returns "Candina" and increases the ATK of "Sunavalon Dryades" ("Dryades": 0 → 1800 ATK). As she controls a "Trickstar" monster, Blue Angel activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Trickstar Temptation", to return a monster with an ATK that is higher than its original ATK to the hand. As "Blue Angel" activated a Spell Card, Spectre activates the effect of "Sunvine Maiden" in her hand, to Special Summon it in Defense Position (???/0) and negate the effect of that Spell Card. Blue Angel Sets a card. During the End Phase, the effect of "Bouquet" expires ("Dryades": 1800 → 0 ATK).
Turn 5: Spectre
Spectre uses "Dryades" and "Maiden" to Link Summon "Sunavalon Dryanome"(0/LINK-3/↙↓↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. Spectre discards a card from his hand to activate the Continuous Spell Card "Sunvine Shrine" . Once per turn, Spectre can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Plant Normal Monster from the GY. He activates this effect to Special Summon "Sunseed Genius Loci" (0/???) from the GY. Spectre uses "Genius Loci" to Link Summon "Sunvine Slasher" (800/LINK-1/↓) to the bottom-left Link Point of "Dryanome". Spectre activates the effect of "Slasher", which lets him increase its ATK by 800 for every Link Arrow a "Sunavalon" Link Monster that points to it has, in this case three ("Slasher": 800 → 3200 ATK).
"Slasher" attacks "Crimson Heart". As a "Trickstar" monster battled, Blue Angel activates the effect of "Light Arena" to make all battle damage from that battle become 0, then gain LP equal to the damage that would have been dealt. "Slasher" destroys "Crimson Heart" (Blue Angel: 3800 → 5000 LP). As "Slasher" destroyed a monster by battle, Spectre activates its effect, Special Summoning that monster to a zone a "Sunavalon" Link Monster points to. He Special Summons "Crimson Heart" (2000/LINK-2/↙→) to the bottom Link Point of "Dryanome". "Trickstar Holly Angel" and "Crimson Heart" attack Blue Angel directly (Blue Angel: 5000 → 3000 → 1000 LP).
Turn 6: Blue Angel
Blue Angel Normal Summons "Trickstar Nightshade" (100/0). Blue Angel uses "Nightshade" to Link Summon "Trickstar Bloom" (100/LINK-1/↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. As "Bloom" was Link Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect to make Spectre draw a card. As "Nightshade" was sent to the GY as a material for the Link Summon of a "Trickstar" monster, Blue Angel activates its effect to Special Summon it from the GY (100/0). Blue Angel uses "Bloom" and "Nightshade" to Link Summon "Trickstar Black Catbat" (2000/LINK-2/←→) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Blue Angel Link Summoned a "Trickstar" monster, she activates the effect of "Light Arena", Special Summoning "Nightshade". Blue Angel then uses "Nightshade" and "Black Catbat" to Link Summon "Trickstar Devil Finium"(2200/LINK-3/↙↑↘). Blue Angel activates the Trap Card "Trickstar ???" returning a "Trickstar" card from the GY to her hand, then Normal Summoning a "Trickstar" monster from her hand. She returns "Lycoris" to her hand, then Normal Summons "Candina" (1800/400). As "Candina" was Normal Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect to add another copy of "Lycoris" to her hand. Blue Angel Sets a card.
"Devil Finium" attacks "Crimson Heart". Blue Angel activates the effect of "Devil Finium", to return banished cards to her hand, up to the number of Link Monsters on the opponent's field, then increasing the ATK of "Devil Finium" by 1000 for each card returned until the End Phase, however she cannot Set those cards this turn. She returns three copies of "Trickstar Reincarnation" to her hand ("Devil Finium": 2200 → 5200 ATK). As a monster "Dryanome" points to is attacked, Spectre activates its effect, to move that monster to an unoccupied Main Monster Zone and negating that attack. During the End Phase, the ATK increase of "Devil Finium" expires ("Devil Finium": 5200 → 2200 ATK), also the effect of "Shrine" allows Spectre to Set a Trap Card from his GY.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
- Trickstar Black Catbat
- Trickstar Bloom
- Trickstar Crimson Heart
- Trickstar Holly Angel
- Trickstar Devil Finium
- Trickstar Treat
- Trickstar Reincarnation x3
- Unknown Trickstar Trap
- Unknown Sunavalon Monster
- Sunavalon Dryades
- Sunvine Healer
- Sunvine Slasher
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