Playmaker and Blue Angel's Duel
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Playmaker and Blue Angel's Duel | |
Playmaker and Blue Angel's Duel is the third Duel of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime, conducted between Playmaker and Blue Angel.
Prior events
Aoi Zaizen, seeking to prove herself to her brother, issues a public challenge to Playmaker. But by doing so, she encounters Spectre, and inadvertently became a puppet of the Knights of Hanoi. Later, after Aoi meets with Yusaku at Den City High School, Ai detects a Hanoi presence from Aoi. Ai then informs Yusaku about this, prompting the latter to enter Link VRAINS, only to find Blue Angel. After Ai explains his suspicion, Playmaker proceeds to Duel Blue Angel, in the hopes of ridding the Hanoi presence.
The Duel
Turn 1: Blue Angel
Blue Angel activates the Field Spell Card "Trickstar Light Stage". As "Light Stage" was activated, Blue Angel can add a "Trickstar" monster from her Deck to her hand. Blue Angel adds "Trickstar Lilybell". As "Lilybell" was added to Blue Angel's hand using a method other than drawing, Blue Angel activates its effect, Special Summoning it (800/2000). Blue Angel Normal Summons "Trickstar Candina" (1800/400). As "Candina" was Normal Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect to add a "Trickstar" card from her Deck to her hand. Blue Angel adds "Trickstar Reincarnation". Blue Angel activates the effect of "Trickstar Lycoris" in her hand, allowing her to return a "Trickstar" monster she controls to her hand to Special Summon "Lycoris". She returns "Candina" to her hand and Special Summons "Lycoris" in Defense Position (1600/1200). Blue Angel activates the Spell Card "Trickstar Vision" to Special Summon a "Trickstar" monster from her hand with its ATK halved and effects negated, then both players draw a card. Blue Angel Special Summons "Candina" ("Candina": 1800 → 900/400). As a card was added to Playmaker's hand, the effect of "Lycoris" inflicts 200 damage to him for each card (Playmaker: 4000 → 3800 LP). As a "Trickstar" monster inflicted damage to Playmaker, the effect of "Light Stage" inflicts 200 more damage to Playmaker (Playmaker: 3800 → 3600 LP). Blue Angel uses "Candina" and "Lilybell" to Link Summon "Trickstar Holly Angel" (2000/LINK-2/↙↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. Blue Angel Sets two cards.
Turn 2: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. As a card was added to Playmaker's hand, "Lycoris" inflicts 200 damage for each card and "Light Stage" inflicts 200 more damage (Playmaker: 3600 → 3400 → 3200 LP). As Playmaker took damage by a "Trickstar" monster's effect, the effect of "Holly Angel" activates, increasing its ATK equal to that damage ("Holly Angel": 2000 → 2200 ATK) until the End Phase. Playmaker Normal Summons "Draconnet" (1400/1200). As "Draconnet" was Normal Summoned, Playmaker activates its effect to Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Normal Monster from his hand or Deck in Defense Position. Playmaker Special Summons "Bitron" (200/2000). Playmaker uses "Bitron" to Link Summon "Link Spider" (1000/LINK-1/↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. Playmaker activates the effect of "Link Spider", letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from his hand to a zone "Link Spider" points to. Playmaker Special Summons "Bitron" (200/2000) to the zone the bottom Link Arrow of "Link Spider" points to. Playmaker uses "Bitron" and "Draconnet" to Link Summon "Link Bumper" (1400/LINK-2/←↑) to the zone the bottom Link Arrow of "Link Spider" points to. Playmaker uses "Link Spider" and "Link Bumper" to Link Summon "Decode Talker" (2300/LINK-3/↙↑↘) to the Extra Monster Zone.
"Decode Talker" attacks "Holly Angel", but Blue Angel activates her face-down Trap Card "Trickstar Reincarnation", banishing all cards in Playmaker's hand, then Playmaker draws the same number of cards. Four cards are banished, so Playmaker draws four cards. The effect of "Lycoris" inflicts 200 damage for each card added to Playmaker's hand, then "Light Stage" inflicts 200 more (Playmaker: 3200 → 2400 → 2200 LP) ("Holly Angel": 2200 → 3000 ATK). Playmaker activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Security Block", allowing him to prevent a Cyberse monster from being destroyed by battle this turn and preventing both players from taking battle damage this turn. Playmaker targets "Decode Talker". The attack continues and neither monster is destroyed. As a "Trickstar" monster battled this turn, Blue Angel activates her face-down Trap Card "Trickstar Scatter" to destroy a monster on the field. She destroys "Decode Talker". As a Cyberse Link Monster was destroyed by a card effect, Playmaker activates the effect of "Salvagent Driver" to Special Summon it from his hand in Defense Position (2200/2100).
Turn 3: Blue Angel
Blue Angel draws "Dark Angel". Blue Angel activates the effect of "Reincarnation" from her GY, banishing it to Special Summon a "Trickstar" monster from her GY. She Special Summons "Lilybell" in Attack Position (800/2000). The effect of "Lilybell" allows it to attack directly (Playmaker: 2200 → 1400 LP). As a "Trickstar" monster inflicted battle damage, "Light Stage" inflicts 200 more damage (Playmaker: 1400 → 1200 LP). As "Lilybell" inflicted battle damage to Playmaker, Blue Angel activates its effect, allowing her to add a "Trickstar" monster from her GY to her hand. She adds "Candina" to her hand.
Turn 4: Playmaker
Playmaker draws and takes 200 damage from both "Lycoris" and "Light Stage" (Playmaker: 1200 → 1000 → 800 LP) ("Holly Angel": 2000 → 2200 ATK). Playmaker Normal Summons "Defect Compiler" (1000/1000). Playmaker activates the effect of "Salvagent Driver", discarding a Spell Card to Special Summon a Cyberse monster from his GY. Playmaker discards "Cynet Universe", and Special Summons "Link Bumper" (1400/LINK-2/←↑).
At this point, Playmaker enters the Data Storm. As his LP is 1000 or lower, Playmaker activates his Skill, "Storm Access", to randomly access a card within a Data Storm. Playmaker obtains "Encode Talker" and adds it to his Extra Deck.
Playmaker uses "Salvagent Driver" and the Link-2 "Link Bumper" to Link Summon "Encode Talker" (2300/LINK-3/↑↓↘) to his Extra Monster Zone. "Defect Compiler" attacks "Lilybell". Playmaker activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Frontline Disturbance", targeting 1 Level 4 or lower monster Blue Angel controls. When that monster leaves the field, Playmaker can place 1 Disturbance Counter on a face-up monster he controls. If that monster battles, Playmaker can remove the Disturbance Counter and decrease the ATK of one monster Blue Angel controls equal to the combined DEF of all face-up Defense Position monsters she controls until the End Phase. He targets "Lilybell".
Blue Angel activates her Skill "Trickstar Fraud", allowing her to discard a "Trickstar" card during Playmaker's turn to let Playmaker draw until he has 3 cards in his hand. The effect of "Lycoris" would inflict 600 damage to Playmaker, but the effect of "Defect Compiler" allows Playmaker to put a Defect Counter on "Defect Compiler" instead of taking the damage ("Defect Compiler": 0 → 1 Defect Counters). The attack continues, but Blue Angel activates the effect of "Dark Angel" in her hand as a Fairy monster she controls is targeted for an attack, Tributing that monster and sending "Dark Angel" from her hand to her GY to change the attack target to another monster she controls and increasing that monster's ATK by the ATK of the Tributed monster's. Blue Angel Tributes "Lilybell" and changes the attack target to "Holly Angel" ("Holly Angel": 2200 → 3000 ATK). As "Lilybell" left the field, Playmaker places a Disturbance Counter on "Encode Talker" by the effect of "Frontline Disturbance" ("Encode Talker": 0 → 1 Disturbance Counters). The attack continues, but as a monster "Encode Talker" points to is attacking a monster with higher ATK, Playmaker activates its effect, preventing "Defect Compiler" from being destroyed by battle and Playmaker taking no battle damage from that battle. After damage calculation, either "Encode Talker" or a card it points to gains ATK equal to the current ATK of Blue Angel's monster. He chooses to increase the ATK of "Encode Talker" by the ATK of "Holly Angel" ("Encode Talker": 2300 → 5300 ATK). Playmaker activates the effect of "Defect Compiler", removing a Defect Counter from it to increase the ATK of a Cyberse monster he controls by 800. He targets "Encode Talker" ("Defect Compiler": 1 → 0 Defect Counters; "Encode Talker": 5300 → 6100 ATK).
"Encode Talker" attacks "Holly Angel". Playmaker removes the Disturbance Counter on "Encode Talker" to decrease the ATK of "Holly Angel" by the DEF of all Defense Position monsters Blue Angel controls. "Lycoris" is in Defense Position, so "Holly Angel" loses ATK equal to its DEF ("Encode Talker": 1 → 0 Disturbance Counters; "Holly Angel": 3000 → 1800 ATK). The attack continues and "Holly Angel" is destroyed (Blue Angel: 4000 → 0 LP).
Aftermath
During the Duel, Playmaker obtained "Encode Talker" using Storm Access, allowing him to use it again in future Duels. As Blue Angel drew "Dark Angel" during the Duel, it started to affect her mentally. By defeating her in the Duel, Playmaker stopped "Dark Angel" from affecting her further, but Blue Angel fell into a coma shortly after, not being able to log out of Link VRAINS. Yusaku, having logged out of Link VRAINS, finds Aoi unconscious on the roof of the school, and calls the ambulance.
