Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 024

{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episode
    | season              = 1
    | image name          = Vrains 024.png
    | kanji               = ダークマスクが背負う宿命
    | ruby japanese       = ダークマスクが{{Ruby|背|せ}}{{Ruby|負|お}}う{{Ruby|宿|しゅく}}{{Ruby|命|めい}}
    | romaji              = Dāku Masuku ga Seou Shukumei
    | japanese translated = Dark Mask's Burden of Fate
    | english             = To Gore Or Not To Gore
    | japanese air date   = October 25, 2017
    | english air date    = November 18, 2018
    | japanese opening    = [[With The Wind]]
    | english opening     = 
    | japanese ending     = [[Believe In Magic]]
    | english ending      = 
    | screenwriter        = 
* [[Shoji Yonemura]]
* [[Atsushi Maekawa]]
    | director            = [[Yasumi Mikamoto]]
    | storyboard artist   = [[Shoji Nishida]]
    | animation director  = 
* [[Mizuki Sato]]
* [[Issei Hasegawa]]
}}

'''"To Gore Or Not To Gore"''', known as '''"Dark Mask's Burden of Fate"''' is the twenty-fourth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on October 25, 2017, became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day, and aired in Canada on November 18, 2018.

{{Episode summary|[[Dr. Genome]] uses his "[[Helixx]]" [[Deck]] to turn the "[[Gouki]]" [[Monster Card|monster]]s' powerful [[attack]]s against themselves, putting [[George Gore|The Gore]] into a pinch. At the same time, the other members of the [[Knights of Hanoi]] also show up in [[LINK VRAINS]] and indiscriminately attack the citizens...}}

==Featured Duels==
===The Gore vs Dr. Genome===
{{Duelprev|Featured Duel: The Gore vs Dr. Genome }}

The Gore has 200 [[LP]] and controls "[[Gouki Thunder Ogre (anime)|Gouki Thunder Ogre]]" (3400/↙↑↘) in the [[Extra Monster Zone]], as well as "[[Gouki Dark Mask]]" ([[equip]]ped to "Thunder Ogre") in his [[Spell & Trap Zone]]. Dr. Genome has 2300 LP and controls "[[Helixx Gothiclone]]" (0/↑↓) in the Extra Monster Zone.

'''<u>Turn 5: Dr. Genome</u>'''<br />
[[Dr. Genome|Genome]] [[activate]]s the [[effect]] of "[[Helixx Necro Darwin]]" in his [[GY]], [[Special Summon]]ing it to his [[zone]] a [[Link Monster]] [[points to]]. He Special Summons it (1800/←↑) to the zone the bottom-center [[Link Arrow]] of "Helixx Gothiclone" points to. As a Link Monster was Special Summoned from the GY, Genome activates his [[Skill]] "Minus Mitosis", making [[George Gore|Gore]]'s [[LP]] and one of his [[monster]]s' [[ATK]] become half their current values. He halves the ATK of "Gouki Thunder Ogre" and Gore's LP ("Thunder Ogre": 3400 → 1700 ATK, Gore: 200 → 100 LP).

'''<u>Turn 6: Gore</u>'''<br />
Gore [[Draw a card|draws]] and subsequently activates the [[Spell]] "[[Gouki Face Turn (anime)|Gouki Face Turn]]", [[target]]ing a "[[Gouki]]" card he [[control]]s and a "Gouki" monster in his GY, [[destroy]]ing that card on the [[field]], then Special Summoning that other monster from the GY. He targets "Gouki Dark Mask" he controls and "[[Gouki Suprex (anime)|Gouki Suprex]]" in his GY, destroying "Dark Mask", then Special Summoning "Suprex" (1800/0). Gore [[Link Material|sets]] "Suprex" and the [[Link Rating|Link]]-3 "Thunder Ogre" in the Link Arrows to [[Link Summon]] "[[Gouki The Master Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Master Ogre]]" (2800/↑↙↓↘) to the Extra Monster Zone. As "Suprex" was sent from the field to the GY, Gore activates its effect, [[Add a card|adding]] a different "Gouki" card from his [[Main Deck|Deck]] to his [[hand]]. He adds an unknown card. Gore activates the Spell "[[Gouki Re-Match (anime)|Gouki Re-Match]]", targeting two "Gouki" monsters in his GY with different [[Level]]s and Special Summoning them in [[Defense Position]]. He targets and Special Summons the Level 3 "[[Gouki Twistcobra (anime)|Gouki Twistcobra]]" (1600/0) and the Level 5 "[[Gouki Riscorpio (anime)|Gouki Riscorpio]]" (2300/0) to the zones the bottom-center and bottom-left Link Arrows of "Master Ogre" points to. Gore activates the effect of "Master Ogre", [[return]]ing to the hand any number of "Gouki" monsters he controls that "Master Ogre" points to, then targeting the same number of [[face-up]] cards Genome controls to [[negate]] their effects until the end of this turn. He returns "Twistcobra" and "Riscorpio", then targets and negates the effects of "Gothiclone" and "Necro Darwin". If Genome controls a face-up monster, the effect of "Master Ogre" makes it only able to target Genome's monster with the highest ATK for [[attack]]s. The effect of "Master Ogre" allows it to attack all monsters Genome controls, once each. "Master Ogre" attacks and destroys "Necro Darwin" (Genome: 2300 → 1300 LP). "Master Ogre" attacks and destroys "Gothiclone" (Genome: 1300 → 0 LP).

===The Gore vs. Knight of Hanoi===
The Duel is conducted as a [[Speed Duel]] and begins from an unspecified [[turn]].

'''<u>Gore's turn</u>'''<br />
"[[Gouki The Master Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Master Ogre]]" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s the [[Knight of Hanoi]]'s "[[Jack Wyvern (anime)|Jack Wyvern]]" (Knight of Hanoi: 1000 → 0 LP).

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

{{Decklist|The Gore (George Gore)
|effect monsters = 
* [[Gouki Riscorpio (anime)|Gouki Riscorpio]]
* [[Gouki Suprex (anime)|Gouki Suprex]]
* [[Gouki Twistcobra (anime)|Gouki Twistcobra]]
|link monsters =
* ''[[Gouki The Master Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Master Ogre]]''
* [[Gouki Thunder Ogre (anime)|Gouki Thunder Ogre]]
|spells =
* [[Gouki Dark Mask]]
* ''[[Gouki Face Turn (anime)|Gouki Face Turn]]''
* [[Gouki Re-Match (anime)|Gouki Re-Match]]
}}

{{Decklist|Dr. Genome
|link monsters = 
* [[Helixx Gothiclone]]
* [[Helixx Necro Darwin]]
}}

{{Decklist|Knights of Hanoi
|effect monsters =
* [[Cracking Dragon (anime)|Cracking Dragon]]
* [[Hack Worm (anime)|Hack Worm]]
* ''[[Jack Wyvern (anime)|Jack Wyvern]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Flashback
|effect monsters = 
* [[Cyberse Gadget (anime)|Cyberse Gadget]]
* [[Tindangle Hound (anime)|Tindangle Hound]]
|link monsters =
* [[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]
}}

==Trivia==
* At the climax of the episode, [[Kyoko Taki|Baira]] and [[Faust]] defeat 1000 AI Duelists in 30 seconds. Assuming that they Dueled each one separately, they would have had to have defeated 17 AI Duelists per second to accomplish this feat.

==In other languages==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Title
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| {{flag|Germany}} German || Dark Masks belastendes Schicksal
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} Italian || La Scelta di Gore
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}} Portuguese || O Destino que Carrega o Peso da Dark Mask
|-
| {{flag|Mexico}} Spanish || El destino de Dark Mask
|}

{{Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episodes/season 1}}