Playmaker and Number 10's Duel

Playmaker and Number 10's Duel
Game details
Game	Duel Monsters
Duel type	Speed Duel
Players	Playmaker Number 10
Winner(s)	Playmaker
Location	Link VRAINS
Appearances
Anime	Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Episodes	002: "Seize the Wind!"
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Playmaker and Number 10's Duel is the first Duel of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime, conducted between Playmaker and Number 10.

Prior events

Ai, an Ignis of Cyberse, escaped the Knights of Hanoi (albeit, as an eye), and is now on the run from both the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technologies. Yusaku, however, managed to capture Ai in his Duel Disk, unbeknownst to the Knights or SOL Technologies. While looking for Ai, SOL Technologies decide to perform a sweep of Link VRAINS, which would result in the overall security level of Link VRAINS dropping to dangerously low levels. When SOL Technologies perform the sweep, the Knights take this opportunity to make their attack on Link VRAINS, using Cracking Dragon to delete the accounts of any who get caught in its fiery attack. Blue Angel was about to be caught in its attack, until Playmaker saves her. Playmaker then challenges Number 10 to a Duel, who accepts. Ai, sensing that Playmaker's deck isn't strong enough, calls forth a Data Storm, turning the Duel between Playmaker and Number 10 into a Speed Duel.

The Duel

Turn 1: Number 10
Number 10's hand contains two copies of "Hack Worm", "Cracking Dragon", and "Air Cracking Storm". As Playmaker controls no monsters, Number 10 Special Summons two copies of "Hack Worm" (400/0) from his hand by their own effects. Number 10 Tributes two copies of "Hack Worm" to Tribute Summon "Cracking Dragon" (3000/0).

Turn 2: Playmaker
Playmaker's hand contains "Three Strikes Barrier", "Cyberse Beacon", "Effect Cowl", and "Salvagent Driver". Playmaker draws "Cyberse Wizard". Playmaker Sets two cards. Playmaker Normal Summons the Level 4 "Cyberse Wizard" (1800/800). As Playmaker Normal or Special Summoned exactly one monster while "Cracking Dragon" is on the field, Number 10 activates its effect, reducing that monster's ATK by its Level times 200 until the end of this turn, then inflicting damage to Playmaker equal to the ATK lost by this effect ("Cyberse Wizard": 1800 → 1000 ATK, Playmaker: 4000 → 3200 LP). Playmaker activates the effect of "Cyberse Wizard", changing Number 10's Attack Position monster to Defense Position, then for the rest of this turn, Playmaker's monsters cannot attack, except to attack that monster, and if his Cyberse monster attacks a Defense Position monster, it inflicts piercing battle damage to Number 10. He targets "Cracking Dragon".

"Cyberse Wizard" attacks "Cracking Dragon". The effect of the Level 8 "Cracking Dragon" prevents it from being destroyed by battle with a monster with equal or lower Level than it. The attack continues and "Cracking Dragon" is not destroyed (Number 10: 4000 → 3000 LP).

Turn 3: Number 10
During the Draw Phase, Number 10 activates his Skill "Double Draw", allowing him to draw two cards for his normal draw instead of one. Number 10's hand contains "Pulse Mines", "DDoS Attack", and "Air Cracking Storm". Number 10 activates the Spell Card "DDoS Attack", sending any number of "DDoS Attack" from his Deck to the GY, then inflicting damage to Playmaker equal to the number of "DDoS Attack" sent to the GY by this effect times the Level of a Machine monster Number 10 controls times 100. He targets the "Cracking Dragon" and sends two copies of "DDoS Attack" (Playmaker: 3200 → 1600 LP). Number 10 Sets a card, and changes "Cracking Dragon" to Attack Position. Number 10 activates the Equip Spell Card "Air Cracking Storm", equipping it to "Cracking Dragon". During the Battle Phase, if "Cracking Dragon" equipped with "Air Cracking Storm" destroys Playmaker's monster by battle, Number 10 can activate the effect of "Air Cracking Storm", allowing "Cracking Dragon" to make a second attack during that Battle Phase, but Number 10's other monsters cannot attack the turn he activates this effect.

"Cracking Dragon" attacks "Cyberse Wizard". As Number 10 controls exactly three cards, Playmaker activate his face-down Trap Card "Three Strikes Barrier", allowing him to activate one of three effects, either preventing his monsters from being destroyed by battle this turn, preventing him from taking any battle damage this turn, or allowing him to gain LP each time his monster inflicts battle damage to Number 10 this turn equal to the battle damage inflicted. He chooses to activate the first effect, preventing his monsters from being destroyed by battle this turn. The attack continues and "Cyberse Wizard" is not destroyed (Playmaker: 1600 → 400 LP).

At this point, Playmaker enters the Data Storm. As Playmaker's LP is 1000 or less, he activates his Skill "Storm Access", accessing a Cyberse Link Monster at random from a nearby Data Storm and adding it to his Extra Deck. Playmaker obtains "Decode Talker" and adds it to his Extra Deck.

Turn 4: Playmaker
Playmaker activates the effect of "Cyberse Wizard", changing "Cracking Dragon" to Defense Position, then for the rest of this turn, Playmaker's monsters cannot attack, except to attack "Cracking Dragon", and if his Cyberse monster attacks a Defense Position monster, it inflicts piercing battle damage to Number 10. As Number 10 controls a Machine monster, he activates his face-down Trap Card "Pulse Mines", changing Playmaker's Attack Position monsters to Defense Position, also, until the end of this turn, if a monster is Normal or Special Summoned to Playmaker's field, that monster is changed to Defense Position. "Cyberse Wizard" is changed to Defense Position. Playmaker Normal Summons the Level 2 "Stack Reviver" (100/600), which is changed to Defense Position by the effect of "Pulse Mines". As Playmaker Normal Summoned exactly one monster while "Cracking Dragon" is on the field, Number 10 activates its effect, reducing that monster's ATK by its Level times 200 until the end of this turn, then inflicting damage to Playmaker equal to the ATK lost by this effect ("Stack Reviver": 100 → 0 ATK, Playmaker: 400 → 300 LP). As Playmaker controls a Cyberse monster, he activates the Spell Card "Effect Cowl", preventing him from taking any effect damage this turn. As Playmaker took damage by battle or Number 10's card effect this turn, Playmaker activates his face-down Trap Card "Cyberse Beacon", adding a Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from his Deck to his hand. He adds the Level 3 "Backup Secretary". As Playmaker controls a Cyberse monster, he Special Summons "Backup Secretary" (1200/800) from his hand by its own effect. He Special Summons it in Defense Position.

Playmaker uses "Stack Reviver", "Cyberse Wizard", and "Backup Secretary" to Link Summon "Decode Talker" (2300/↙↑↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Link Monsters do not have Levels, Number 10 cannot activate the effect of "Cracking Dragon". As Link Monsters cannot exist in Defense Position, the effect of "Pulse Mines" does not apply. As "Stack Reviver" was used as material for a Link Summon, Playmaker activates its effect, Special Summoning another Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster that was used as material for that Link Summon from his GY in Defense Position. He Special Summons "Cyberse Wizard" to the zone the bottom-left Link Arrow of "Decode Talker" points to. The effect of "Decode Talker" increases its ATK by 500 for each monster it points to. It points to "Cyberse Wizard" and "Cracking Dragon" ("Decode Talker": 2300 → 3300 ATK).

"Decode Talker" attacks "Cracking Dragon". As Link Monsters do not have Levels, the effect of "Cracking Dragon" that prevents it from being destroyed by battle with a monster with equal or lower Level than it does not apply. The attack continues and "Cracking Dragon" is destroyed (Number 10: 3000 → 0 LP).

Aftermath

During the Duel, Playmaker obtained "Decode Talker" using Storm Access, allowing him to use it again in future Duels. After defeating Number 10, Playmaker was able to defend Link VRAINS from the Knights of Hanoi.

Featured cards

Playmaker (Yusaku Fujiki)
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Backup Secretary Cyberse Wizard Salvagent Driver Stack Reviver Spell Cards Effect Cowl Trap Cards Cyberse Beacon Three Strikes Barrier Extra Deck Link Monsters Decode Talker