Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 037

{{Infobox episode
| image              = Vrains 037.png
| caption            = [[Spectre]]'s mother tree evolves into its strongest form, "[[Sunavalon Dryatrentiay (anime)|Sunavalon Dryatrentiay]]".
| en_name            = Out on a Limb
| ja_name            = {{Ruby|我|わ}}が{{Ruby|母|はは}}なる{{Ruby|樹|き}}
| romaji_name        = Waga Hahanaru Ki
| ja_trans_name      = My Mother Tree
| series             = Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
| number             = 37
| season             = 1
| ja_opening         = With The Wind
| ja_ending          = Writing Life
| en_theme           = Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Main Theme
| screenwriter       = [[Mitsutaka Hirota]]
| director           = [[Masahiro Takada]]
| storyboard_artist  = [[Masahiro Takada]]
| animation_director = 
* [[Yuko Ebara]]
* [[Akemi Yokota]]
| ja_air_date        = January 31, 2018
| en_air_date        = January 5, 2019
}}

'''"Out on a Limb"''', known as "'''My Mother Tree'''" in the Japanese version, is the thirty-seventh episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on January 31, 2018, became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day, and aired in Canada on January 5, 2019.

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

Playmaker has 900 [[LP]] and controls "[[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]" (2300/) in the [[Main Monster Zone]]. 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: Spectre</u>'''<br />
[[Spectre]] [[Set]]s a card.

'''<u>Turn 6: Playmaker</u>'''<br />
[[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] Sets a card.

'''<u>Turn 7: Spectre</u>'''<br />
"Sunvine Thrasher" attacks "Excode Talker". Playmaker activates his face-down [[Continuous Trap Card]] "[[Overload Anchor]]". As Spectre'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]]).

'''<u>Turn 8: Playmaker</u>'''<br />
Playmaker draws the [[Continuous Spell Card]] "[[Link Processing Failure]]" and subsequently activates it by choosing a Link Monster he controls, and preventing Spectre'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: Spectre</u>'''<br />
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]]. 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 Spectre's Main Monster Zone cannot attack the turn this effect is activated. Spectre Tributes the Link-2 "Daphne" and destroys "Overload Anchor" and "Link Processing Failure". Spectre activates the effect of "Sunvine Shrine" to Special Summon "[[Sunseed Genius Loci (anime)|Sunseed Genius Loci]]" (0/600) from his [[Graveyard|GY]]. 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, 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). 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, 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 Spectre controls was destroyed, "Sunavalon Glorious Growth" is destroyed by its own effect. As 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. Spectre activates the Continuous Spell Card "[[Sunavalon Cursed Rebirth]]", 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).

'''<u>Turn 10: Playmaker</u>'''<br />
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 Spectre's Link Monster, then Spectre'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 (Spectre: 4000 → 0 LP).

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

{{Decklist|Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker
|effect monsters = 
* [[Latency (anime)|Latency]]
* ''[[ROM Cloudia (anime)|ROM Cloudia]]''
|link monsters = 
* [[Binary Blader (anime)|Binary Blader]]
* [[Binary Sorceress (anime)|Binary Sorceress]]
* [[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]
* [[Link Devotee (anime)|Link Devotee]]
* [[Link Disciple (anime)|Link Disciple]]
* [[Link Spider (anime)|Link Spider]]
* [[Multi Sledgehammer]]
* ''[[Talkback Lancer (anime)|Talkback Lancer]]''
* [[Underclock Taker (anime)|Underclock Taker]]
|spells =
* ''[[Link Atrocity]]''
* ''[[Link Processing Failure]]''
|traps =
* ''[[Link Surge Counter]]''
* ''[[Overload Anchor]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Spectre
|normal monsters = 
* [[Sunseed Genius Loci (anime)|Sunseed Genius Loci]]
|link monsters = 
* [[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
|spells = 
* ''[[Sunavalon Cursed Rebirth]]''
* [[Sunvine Shrine (anime)|Sunvine Shrine]]
|traps = 
* ''[[Sunavalon Bloom (anime)|Sunavalon Bloom]]''
* [[Sunavalon Force]]
* [[Sunavalon Glorious Growth]]
}}

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

==In other languages==
{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Title
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| {{flag|Germany}} German || Mein Mutterbaum
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| {{flag|Italy}} Italian || Sospesi nel Vuoto
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| {{flag|Brazil}} Portuguese || Minha Árvore Maternal
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| {{flag|Mexico}} Spanish || Árbol materno
|}

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