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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | season image = 1Vrains 037.png | image name caption = Vrains 037[[Spectre]]'s mother tree evolves into its strongest form, "[[Sunavalon Dryatrentiay (anime)|Sunavalon Dryatrentiay]]".png | kanji en_name = 我が母なる樹Out on a Limb | ruby japanese ja_name = {{Ruby|我|わ}}が{{Ruby|母|はは}}なる{{Ruby|樹|き}} | romaji romaji_name = Waga Hahanaru Ki | japanese translated ja_trans_name = My Mother Tree | english series = Out on a LimbYu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | japanese air date number = January 31, 201837 | english air date season = January 5, 20191 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[With The Wind]] | english opening = | japanese ending ja_ending = [[Writing Life]] | english ending en_theme = Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Main Theme | screenwriter = [[Mitsutaka Hirota]] | director = [[Masahiro Takada]] | storyboard artist storyboard_artist = [[Masahiro Takada]] | animation director animation_director =

==Featured Duel: Playmaker vs. SpecterSpectre=={{Duelprev|Featured Duel: Playmaker vs. SpecterSpectre}}

Playmaker has 900 [[LP]] and controls "[[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]" (2300/) in the [[Main Monster Zone]]. Specter Spectre has 4000 LP and controls "[[Sunavalon Dryanome (anime)|Sunavalon Dryanome]]" (0/↙↓↘) in the Extra Monster Zone, and "[[Sunvine Thrasher (anime)|Sunvine Thrasher]]" (800/↓) and "[[Sunavalon Daphne (anime)|Sunavalon Daphne]]" (0/←→) in the Main Monster Zones the and bottom-left [[Link Arrow]]s of "Dryanome" [[points to|point to]], respectively, as well as "[[Sunvine Shrine (anime)|Sunvine Shrine]]", "[[Sunavalon Glorious Growth]]", and "[[Sunavalon Force]]" in his [[Spell & Trap Zone]].

'''<u>Turn 5: SpecterSpectre</u>'''<br />[[SpecterSpectre]] [[Set]]s a card.

'''<u>Turn 7: SpecterSpectre</u>'''<br />"Sunvine Thrasher" attacks "Excode Talker". Playmaker activates his face-down [[Continuous Trap Card]] "[[Overload Anchor]]". As SpecterSpectre's monster attacked while Playmaker controls a [[Link Monster]] and no other monsters, he activates the effect of "Overload Anchor" to prevent that Link Monster from being destroyed by that battle, halve the battle damage, and end the [[Battle Phase]]. The attack continues, but "Excode Talker" is not destroyed (Playmaker: 900 → 450 [[LP]]).

Playmaker draws the [[Continuous Spell Card]] "[[Link Processing Failure]]" and subsequently activates it by choosing a Link Monster he controls, and preventing SpecterSpectre's monsters with a [[Link Rating]] less than or equal to that monster's Link Rating from attacking while "Link Processing Failure" is on the field. During the second [[Standby Phase]] after activation, "Link Processing Failure" is destroyed. Playmaker chooses the Link-3 "Excode Talker", and prevents "Thrasher", "Sunavalon Dryanome" and "Sunavalon Daphne" from attacking.

'''<u>Turn 9: SpecterSpectre</u>'''<br />Specter Spectre sets "Thrasher" and the Link-3 "Dryanome" in the [[Link Arrow]]s to [[Link Summon]] "[[Sunavalon Dryatrentiay (anime)|Sunavalon Dryatrentiay]]" (0/↑↙↓↘) to the [[Extra Monster Zone]]. Specter Spectre activates the effect of "Dryatrentiay", [[Tribute|Tributing]] a [[Plant]] Link Monster it points to, then destroying [[Spell Card|Spell]]/[[Trap Card]]s Playmaker controls up to the Link Rating of the Tributed monster, but monsters in SpecterSpectre's Main Monster Zone cannot attack the turn this effect is activated. Specter Spectre Tributes the Link-2 "Daphne" and destroys "Overload Anchor" and "Link Processing Failure". Specter Spectre activates the effect of "Sunvine Shrine" to Special Summon "[[Sunseed Genius Loci (anime)|Sunseed Genius Loci]]" (0/600) from his [[Graveyard|GY]]. Specter Spectre sets "Genius Loci" in the Link Arrow to Link Summon "Thrasher" (800/↓) to the zone the bottom-right Link Arrow of "Dryatrentiay" points to. As "Thrasher" was [[Special Summon]]ed, Specter Spectre activates its effect, which lets him increase its [[ATK]] by 800 times the Link Rating of a "[[Sunavalon]]" Link Monster that points to it, in this case four ("Thrasher": 800 → 4000 ATK). Specter Spectre activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card "[[Sunavalon Bloom (anime)|Sunavalon Bloom]]" to negate the effects of Playmaker's monsters and target a Link-4 or higher Plant Link Monster he controls. The effect of "Excode Talker" is negated and he targets "Dryatrentiay". When "Dryatrentiay" battles, it will gain ATK equal to all monsters it points to. When "Dryatrentiay" leaves the field, "Bloom" is destroyed. "Dryatrentiay" attacks "Excode Talker". As "Dryatrentiay" is battling, the effect of "Bloom" increases its ATK by an amount equal to the combined ATK of all monsters it points to ("Dryatrentiay": 0 → 4000 ATK). As a Link Monster Playmaker controls is battling a monster that has a Link Rating higher than his monster's, he activates his face-down Trap Card "[[Link Surge Counter]]", banishing 2 Spell/Trap Cards from his field or GY to make the ATK of that monster he controls become equal to the ATK of the opponent's monster it is battling. Playmaker banishes "Overload Anchor" and "Link Processing Failure" from his GY to make the ATK of "Excode Talker" become equal to that of "Dryatrentiay" ("Excode Talker": 2300 → 4000 ATK). The attack continues and both monsters are destroyed. As Playmaker's monster was destroyed by battle, Specter Spectre activates the effect of "Sunavalon Force", inflicting 100 damage to Playmaker times the Link Rating of the Link Monster with the highest Link Rating on the field, in this case, four (Playmaker: 450 → 50 LP).

As "Dryatrentiay" left the field, "Bloom" is destroyed by its own effect. As a "Sunavalon" monster Specter Spectre controls was destroyed, "Sunavalon Glorious Growth" is destroyed by its own effect. As Specter Spectre controls no "Sunavalon" monsters, "Shrine" is destroyed by its own effect. As there are no "Sunavalon" monsters on the field, "Force" is destroyed by its own effect. As there is no "Sunavalon" monster that points to "Thrasher", it is destroyed by its own effect. Specter Spectre activates the Continuous Spell Card "[[Sunavalon Cursed RebornRebirth]]", to Special Summon a "Sunavalon" monster from his GY with its effects negated and increasing its ATK by 1000 times its Link Rating. He Special Summons "Dryatrentiay" (0/↑↙↓↘) ("Dryatrentiay": 0 → 4000 ATK).

Playmaker draws "[[ROM Cloudia (anime)|ROM Cloudia]]" and subsequently [[Normal Summon]]s it (1800/0). As "ROM Cloudia" was Normal Summoned, Playmaker activates its effect to add a [[Cyberse]] monster from his GY to his hand. He adds "[[Latency]]" to his hand. As "Latency" was added from the GY to Playmaker's hand, he activates its effect, Special Summoning it (0/0). Playmaker sets "Latency" to in the Link Arrow to Link Summon "[[Talkback Lancer (anime)|Talkback Lancer]]" (1200/↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. As "Latency" was Special Summoned by its effect and was subsequently used as Link Material, Playmaker activates its effect to draw a card. Playmaker activates the effect of "Talkback Lancer", Tributing a Cyberse monster to Special Summon a "[[Code Talker (archetype)|Code Talker]]" monster from his GY to a zone "Talkback Lancer" points to. He Tributes "ROM Cloudia" to Special Summon "Excode Talker" to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Talkback Lancer" points to. Monsters "Excode Talker" point to gain 500 ATK and cannot be destroyed by card effects ("Talkback Lancer": 1200 → 1700 ATK). Playmaker activates the Spell Card "[[Link Atrocity]]" to Tribute a Link Monster he controls to increase the ATK of another Link Monster he controls by the Tributed monster's ATK. If that Link Monster he controls battles SpecterSpectre's Link Monster, then SpecterSpectre's Link Monster loses 400 ATK for each Link Monster in the GYs. He Tributes "Talkback Lancer" to increase the ATK of "Excode Talker" ("Excode Talker": 2300 → 4000 ATK).

"Excode Talker" attacks "Dryatrentiay", with the effect of "Link Atrocity" decreasing the ATK of "Dryatrentiay" for each Link Monster in the GYs x400. There are currently fourteen ("Dryatrentiay": 4000 → 0 ATK). "Dryatrentiay" is destroyed (SpecterSpectre: 4000 → 0 LP).

{{Decklist|SpecterSpectre

* [[Sunseed Genius Loci (anime)|Sunseed Genius Loci]]

* [[Sunavalon Daphne (anime)|Sunavalon Daphne]]* [[Sunavalon Dryanome (anime)|Sunavalon Dryanome]]* [[Sunavalon Dryas (anime)|Sunavalon Dryas]]* ''[[Sunavalon Dryatrentiay (anime)|Sunavalon Dryatrentiay]]''* [[Sunvine Gardna (anime)|Sunvine Gardna]]* [[Sunvine Thrasher (anime)|Sunvine Thrasher]] x2

* ''[[Sunavalon Cursed RebornRebirth]]''* [[Sunvine Shrine (anime)|Sunvine Shrine]]

* ''[[Sunavalon Bloom (anime)|Sunavalon Bloom]]''

*During the next episode preview, [[Roken Kogami|Varis]] narrates the next episode instead of [[Kal Cal Kolter]].