Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 002

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 002

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Series
Number	2
Season	1
Staff
Screenplay	Shin Yoshida
Director	Kimiharu Muto
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"Seize the Wind! Storm Access" is the second episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime. It first aired in Japan on May 17, 2017. It became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on June 1, 2017.

Yusaku managed to capture the Mysterious Lifeform as he chases after the Knights of Hanoi. In order to defeat them, he logs into the VR Space network, LINK VRAINS, as Playmaker. He commenced a Duel, holding the lifeform as a hostage. However, the lifeform predicted that "Yusaku can't win with his Deck", and performed a certain action...

Featured Duel: Playmaker vs. Knight of Hanoi

The Duel is conducted as a Speed Duel.

Turn 1: Knight of Hanoi
The Knight's hand contains two copies of "Hack Worm", "Cracking Dragon" and "Air Cracking Storm". As Playmaker controls no monsters, the Knight Special Summons both copies of "Hack Worm" (400/0) from his hand in Attack Position by their own effects. The Knight Tributes both 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. He then Normal Summons "Cyberse Wizard" (1800/800). As Playmaker Normal or Special Summoned exactly one monster, the Knight activates the effect of "Cracking Dragon", reducing that monster's ATK by its Level times 200 until the end of the turn, then inflicting damage equal to the lost ATK to Playmaker. "Cyberse Magician" is Level 4 ("Cyberse Wizard": 1800 → 1000 ATK, Playmaker: 4000 → 3200 LP). Playmaker activates the effect of "Cyberse Wizard", targeting an Attack Position monster the Knight controls and changing it to Defense Position, but monsters Playmaker controls will not be able to attack this turn, except to attack the targeted monster, also Cyberse monsters will inflict piercing battle damage this turn. He targets "Cracking Dragon". "Cyberse Wizard" attacks "Cracking Dragon". The effect of "Cracking Dragon" prevents its destruction by battle by monsters with a Level equal to or lower than its own (The Knight: 4000 → 3000 LP).

Turn 3: Knight of Hanoi
The Knight activates his Skill, "Double Draw", letting him draw two cards for his Normal Draw this turn instead of one. The Knight activates the Spell Card "DDoS Attack", targeting a Machine monster he controls and sending any number of copies of "DDoS Attack" from his Deck to his Graveyard to inflict damage to Playmaker equal to the number of sent "DDoS Attack" times the Level of the targeted monster times 100. He sends two "DDoS Attack" and targets "Cracking Dragon", which is Level 8 (Playmaker: 3200 → 1600 LP). The Knight Sets a card and changes "Cracking Dragon" to Attack Position. The Knight activates the Equip Spell Card "Air Cracking Storm", equipping it to "Cracking Dragon". When "Cracking Dragon" destroys Playmaker's monster by battle, it can make a second attack during that Battle Phase, though other monsters he controls may not attack this turn. "Cracking Dragon" attacks "Cyberse Wizard". As his opponent controls exactly three cards, Playmaker activates his face-down Trap Card "Three Strikes Barrier", letting him either prevent the destruction of his monsters by battle this turn, take no battle damage this turn or gain Life Points equal to the battle damage his monsters inflict this turn. He chooses to prevent the destruction of his monsters by battle. The attack continues, but "Cyberse Wizard" is not destroyed (Playmaker: 1600 → 400 LP).

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 "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 and allowing Cyberse monsters Playmaker controls to inflict piercing battle damage this turn. As he controls a Machine monster, the Knight activates his face-down "Pulse Mines", changing all Attack Position monsters Playmaker controls to Defense Position, then whenever Playmaker Normal or Special Summons a monster this turn, it is changed to Defense Position. Playmaker Normal Summons "Stack Reviver" (100/600), which is switched to Defense Position. As his opponent Normal Summoned exactly one monster, the Knight activates the effect of "Cracking Dragon", reducing the ATK of "Stack Reviver" by 200 times its Level and inflicting damage to Playmaker equal to the lost ATK. "Stack Reviver" is Level 2 ("Stack Reviver": 100 → 0 ATK, Playmaker: 400 → 300 LP). As he controls a Cyberse monster, Playmaker activates the Spell Card "Effect Cowl", which prevents him from taking effect damage this turn. As he took damage this turn, he activates his face-down Trap Card "Cyberse Beacon", to add a Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from his Deck to his hand. Playmaker adds "Backup Secretary". As he controls a Cyberse monster, Playmaker Special Summons "Backup Secretary" (1200/800) from his hand by its own effect. He Special Summons it in Defense Position.

Playmaker uses "Cyberse Wizard", "Stack Reviver" and "Backup Secretary" to Link Summon "Decode Talker" (2300/↙↑↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Link Monsters cannot exist in Defense Position, the effect of "Pulse Mines" does not apply. As "Stack Reviver" was used as a material for a Link Summon, Playmaker activates its effect, targeting a Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster in his Graveyard that was also used as a material for that Link Summon and Special Summoning it in Defense Position. He Special Summons "Cyberse Wizard" (1800/800) to the zone the bottom-left Link Arrow of "Decode Talker" points to. "Decode Talker" gains 500 ATK for each monster it points to. "Decode Talker" 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 a Level lower than or equal to "Cracking Dragon" does not apply, so "Cracking Dragon" is destroyed. The effect of "Cyberse Wizard" allows "Decode Talker" to inflict piercing battle damage (The Knight: 3000 → 0 LP).

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

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