Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 034

"Roots of Evil"

Spectre evolves his mother tree again, to "Sunavalon Dryanome".
Names
English	Roots of Evil
Japanese name Japanese 聖（せい）なる天（てん）樹（じゅ） Base 聖なる天樹 Furigana せいなるてんじゅ Rōmaji Seinaru Tenju Translated Sacred Tree
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Number	34
Season	1
Music
Japanese OP	"With The Wind"
Japanese ED	"Writing Life"
English OP & ED	"Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Main Theme"
Staff
Screenplay	Shoji Yonemura
Storyboard	Eran
Air dates
Japanese	January 10, 2018
English	December 23, 2018
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episodes (season 1)
Previous	"Once Upon A Time"
Next	"The Hollow"

"Roots of Evil", known as "Sacred Tree" in the Japanese version, is the thirty-forth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime. It first aired in Japan on January 10, 2018, became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day, and aired in Canada on December 23, 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.

Blue Angel has 3600 LP and controls "Trickstar Lycoris" (1600/1200) in Attack Position, as well as "Trickstar Light Arena in her Field Zone. Spectre has 3100 LP and controls "Sunavalon Dryades" (0/↙↘) in the Extra Monster Zone and "Trickstar Holly Angel" (2000/↙↘) in the Main Monster Zone the bottom-right Link Arrow of "Dryades" points to.

Turn 4: Blue Angel
Blue Angel Normal Summons "Trickstar Candina" (1800/400). As "Candina" was Normal Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect, adding a "Trickstar" card from her Deck to her hand. She adds "Trickstar Temptation". Blue Angel sets "Candina" and "Trickstar Lycoris" in the Link Arrows to Link Summon "Trickstar Crimson Heart" (2000/↙→) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Blue Angel Link Summoned a "Trickstar" monster, she activates the effect of "Trickstar Light Arena", targeting a "Trickstar" monster in her GY that was used as its material and Special Summoning it. She targets and Special Summons "Candina" to the zone the bottom-left Link Arrow of "Crimson Heart" points to. Each time a "Trickstar" monster is Normal or Special Summoned to a zone "Crimson Heart" points to, its effect increases Blue Angel's LP by 200 (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, and both players draw a card. Blue Angel activates the Quick-Play Spell "Trickstar Bouquet", targeting a "Trickstar" monster she controls and a face-up monster on the field, returning that "Trickstar" monster to the hand, then the other monster gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the returned monster, until the end of this turn. She targets "Candina" and "Sunavalon Dryades", returns "Candina", and increases the ATK of "Dryades" ("Dryades": 0 → 1800 ATK). As Blue Angel controls a "Trickstar" monster, she activates the Quick-Play Spell "Trickstar Temptation", targeting a monster whose current ATK is different from its original ATK and returning it to the hand. As Blue Angel activated a card or effect that targeted a Plant monster Spectre controls, Spectre activates the effect of "Sunvine Maiden" in his hand, Special Summoning it (0/0), then negating the activation. The activation of "Trickstar Temptation" is negated. Blue Angel Sets a card.

Turn 5: Spectre
Spectre sets "Maiden" and the Link-2 "Dryades" in the Link Arrows to Link Summon "Sunavalon Dryanome" (0/↙↓↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Spectre controls a "Sunavalon" monster, he sends a card from his hand to the GY to activate the Continuous Spell "Sunvine Shrine". He sends an unknown card. Spectre activates the effect of "Shrine", targeting a Level 4 or lower Plant Normal Monster in his GY and Special Summoning it. He targets and Special Summons the Level 1 "Sunseed Genius Loci" (0/600). Spectre sets "Genius Loci" in the Link Arrow to Link Summon "Sunvine Thrasher" (800/↓) to the zone the bottom-left Link Arrow of "Dryanome" points to. As "Thrasher" was Special Summoned, Spectre activates its effect, targeting a "Sunavalon" Link Monster that points to it and increasing its ATK equal to that monster's Link Rating times 800. He targets the Link-3 "Dryanome" and increases the ATK of "Thrasher" by 2400 ("Thrasher": 800 → 3200 ATK).

"Thrasher" attacks "Crimson Heart". At the start of the Damage Step, as "Thrasher" is battling Blue Angel's monster, Spectre activates its effect, if Blue Angel's monster is destroyed by this battle and sent to the GY, Spectre Special Summons it to his zone his "Sunavalon" Link Monster points to. During damage calculation, as Blue Angel's "Trickstar" Link Monster is battling, Blue Angel activates the effect of "Light Arena", making all battle damage from that battle become 0, then gaining LP equal to the original damage. The attack continues and "Crimson Heart" is destroyed (Blue Angel: 3800 → 5000 LP), then Spectre Special Summons "Crimson Heart" (2000/↙→) to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Dryanome" points to. "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 sets "Nightshade" in the Link Arrow to Link Summon "Trickstar Bloom" (100/↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. As "Bloom" was Link Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect, making Spectre draw a card. As "Nightshade" was sent to the GY as Link Material for the Link Summon of a "Trickstar" monster, Blue Angel activates its effect, Special Summoning it (100/0). Blue Angel sets "Bloom" and "Nightshade" in the Link Arrows to Link Summon "Trickstar Black Catbat" (2000/←→) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Blue Angel Link Summoned a "Trickstar" monster, she activates the effect of "Light Arena", targeting a "Trickstar" monster in her GY that was used as its material and Special Summoning it. She targets and Special Summons "Nightshade" (100/0). Blue Angel sets "Nightshade" and the Link-2 "Black Catbat" to Link Summon "Trickstar Delfiendium" (2200/↙↑↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. As Blue Angel Link Summoned, she activates the Trap "Trickstar Maribold", returning a "Trickstar" card from the GY to her hand, then during her Main Phase this turn, Blue Angel can Normal Summon a "Trickstar" monster in addition to her Normal Summon/Set. She returns "Lycoris" to her hand. Blue Angel Normal Summons "Candina" (1800/400) to a zone "Delfiendium" points to. As "Candina" was Normal Summoned, Blue Angel activates its effect, adding a "Trickstar" card from her Deck to her hand. She adds "Lycoris" to her hand. Blue Angel Sets a card.

"Delfiendium" attacks "Crimson Heart". As "Delfiendium" declared an attack while pointing to a "Trickstar" monster, Blue Angel activates its effect, targeting her banished "Trickstar" cards up to the number of Link Monsters Spectre controls and adding them to her hand, then "Delfiendium" gains 1000 ATK for each card added until the end of this turn, but for the rest of this turn, Blue Angel cannot Set cards, nor activate the effects of "Trickstar" cards in her hand. She targets and adds three copies of "Trickstar Reincarnation" to her hand ("Delfiendium": 2200 → 5200 ATK). As a monster "Dryanome" points to was targeted for an attack, Spectre activates its effect, moving that monster to another Main Monster Zone to negate that attack. The attack of "Delfiendium" is negated. During the End Phase, Spectre activates the effect of "Shrine", sending it to the GY, then targeting a Trap in his GY to Set it.

Turn 7: Spectre
Blue Angel activates the effect of both copies of "Lycoris" in her hand, targeting "Candina" and "Delfiendium", Special Summoning both copies of "Lycoris" in Defense Position (1600/1200 each), then returning "Candina" to her hand and "Delfiendium" to her Extra Deck. Blue Angel activates her face-down Continuous Trap "Trickstar Treat", placing a Trickstar Counter on it ("Treat": 0 → 1 Trickstar Counter). During the End Phase, if two or more Trickstar Counters are on "Treat", it is destroyed. If "Treat" is destroyed, Blue Angel takes 1000 damage for each Trickstar Counter that was on "Treat". Blue Angel activates the effect of "Treat", placing a Trickstar Counter on "Treat" and revealing a "Trickstar" Trap in her hand to Set that card to her Spell & Trap Zone, but it is destroyed during the End Phase. It can be activated this turn ("Treat": 1 → 2 Trickstar Counters). She reveals and Sets "Trickstar Reincarnation", and subsequently activates it, banishing Spectre's entire hand, then he draws the same number of cards. Four cards are banished and Spectre draws four cards (Spectre: 3100 → 2300 → 1500 LP). As Spectre took battle or effect damage, he activates the effect of "Dryanome", Special Summoning a "Sunvine" Link Monster from his Extra Deck to his zone his "Sunavalon" Link Monster points to, then gaining LP equal to the damage he took. He Special Summons "Sunvine Healer" (600/↑) to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Dryanome" points to (Spectre: 1500 → 2300 LP). As "Healer" was Special Summoned, Spectre activates its effect, targeting a "Sunavalon" Link Monster that points to it and gaining LP equal to its Link Rating times 300. He targets the Link-3 "Dryanome" and gains 900 LP (Spectre: 2300 → 3200 LP). Blue Angel activates the effect of "Treat", placing a Trickstar Counter on it ("Treat": 2 → 3 Trickstar Counters), revealing, Setting, then subsequently activating "Reincarnation", with the effects of both "Lycoris" following after (Spectre: 3200 → 2400 → 1600 LP). Blue Angel activates the effect of "Treat", placing a Trickstar Counter on "Treat" ("Treat": 3 → 4 Trickstar Counters), revealing, Setting, then subsequently activating "Reincarnation", but as Spectre controls a "Sunavalon" monster, he activates his face-down Trap "Sunbloom Doom", targeting a monster he controls and gaining LP equal to the total ATK of all monsters on the field with the same Type as that monster. He targets the Fairy "Holly Angel" and gains LP equal to the combined ATK of all Fairy monsters on the field ("Holly Angel", "Crimson Heart", and both copies of "Lycoris"), in this case 7200 (Spectre: 1600 → 8800 LP). The effect of "Reincarnation" resolves, with the effects of both "Lycoris" following after (Spectre: 8800 → 8000 → 7200 LP).

Spectre activates the effect of "Sunbloom Doom" in his GY, banishing it to destroy as monsters on the field as possible with a Level less than or equal to the total number of Spells/Traps in the GYs that were activated this turn, then inflicting 500 damage to their controllers for each of their destroyed monsters. A total of three Trap Cards were activated and sent to the GY this turn, so Spectre destroys both Level 3 "Lycoris" (Blue Angel: 1000 → 0 LP).

Featured cards

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

Blue Angel (Skye Zaizen)
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Trickstar Candina Trickstar Lilybell Trickstar Lycoris x2 Trickstar Nightshade Spell Cards Trickstar Bouquet Trickstar Light Arena Trickstar Temptation Trap Cards Trickstar Maribold Trickstar Reincarnation x3 Trickstar Treat Extra Deck Link Monsters Trickstar Black Catbat Trickstar Bloom Trickstar Crimson Heart Trickstar Delfiendium Trickstar Holly Angel

Spectre
Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Sunseed Genius Loci Effect Monsters Sunvine Maiden Spell Cards Sunvine Shrine Trap Cards Sunbloom Doom Extra Deck Link Monsters Sunavalon Dryades Sunavalon Dryanome Sunvine Healer Sunvine Thrasher

Differences in Adaptations

• When Spectre destroys the Blue Angel book and it is engulfed in flames, the fire is changed to purple in the dub.
• The scene where Blue Angel lands on her head after being blasted away by Spectre's final attack is cut from the dub.

In other languages

Language	Title
German	Der heilige Baum
Italian	Le Radici del Male
Portuguese	Sagrada Árvore
Spanish	El árbol sagrado