Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS - Episode 042 " Stardust Road ' s Guidance " is the fourty - second episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS " anime . It will air in Japan on March 7 , 2018 . It became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day . Featured Duel : Playmaker vs . Varis . Turn 4 : Varis Varis attacks Playmaker directly with " Blast Powder Dragon " . Playmaker then activates the Quick - Play Spell " Spool Code " , negating the direct attack because he has at least 3 Cyberse monsters in his GY and Special Summoning 3 " Spool Tokens " in Defense Position ( 0 / 0 ) . Varis then activates the effect of " Flash Charge Dragon " , destroying 1 " Spool Token " summoned to a zone it points to and inflicting 500 damage to Playmaker ( Playmaker : 900 → 400 LP ) . During the End Phase , the ATK of " Flash Charge Dragon " returns to normal ( " Flash Charge Dragon " : 3100 → 2300 ATK ) . Turn 5 : Playmaker Playmaker Link Summons " Link Disciple " ( ATK 500 / LINK - 1 / ↓ ) using 1 " Spool Token " . He then Normal Summons " Swap Cleric " ( 500 / ? ? ? ) . He then Link Summons " Security Dragon " ( 1100 / LINK - 2 / ↑↓ ) using " Cleric " and the remaining " Spool Token " . Due to the effect of " Swap Cleric " , " Security Dragon " loses 500 ATK and Playmaker draws 1 card ( " Security Dragon " : 1100 → 600 ATK ) . Because " Security Dragon " is co - linked , he then activates its effect to target " Flash Charge " and return it to the hand . Varis chains the effect of " Flash Charge Dragon " , tributing another monster to negate the effect targeting it . He tributes " Blast Powder Dragon " . At this point , Playmaker uses his Skill , " Storm Access " , adding " Transcode Talker " to his Extra Deck . Playmaker uses LINK - 2 " Security Dragon " and " Link Disciple " to Link Summon " Transcode Talker " ( 2300 / LINK - 3 / ↑↓→ ) . He activates its effect , Special Summoning " Decode Talker " ( ATK 2300 / LINK - 3 / ↙↑↘ ) from his GY to the Zone " Trancode Talker " points to . " Decode Talker " gains 500 ATK because it points to " Transcode " ( " Decode Talker " : 2300 → 2800 ATK ) . The effect of " Transcode Talker " effect also raises both its ATK own and " Decode Talker " by 500 because they are co - linked ( " Decode Talker " : 2800 → 3300 ATK ; " Transcode Talker " : 2300 → 2800 ATK ) . Playmaker then activates the Field Spell " Cynet Storm " , which raises the ATK / DEF of linked monsters by 500 ( " Decode Talker " : 3300 → 3800 ATK ; " Transcode Talker " : 2800 → 3300 ATK ) . Playmaker then attacks " Flash Charge Dragon " with " Decode Talker " , destroying it ( Varis : 4000 → 2500 LP ) . He then attacks directly with " Transcode Talker " . Varis then Special Summons " Chobham Armor Dragon " ( 0 / ? ? ? ) from his hand using its effect . When summoned this way , it cannot be destroyed by battle this turn and the Battle Damage Varis takes from its battles is halved . " Transcode " attacks " Chobham Armor " and it is not destroyed by battle ( Varis : 2500 → 850 LP ) . Turn 6 : Varis At this point , Varis attempts to use his Skill , " Storm Access " , as his LP is 1000 or lower , adding " Topologic Gamble Dragon " to his Extra Deck . Varis then activates the Spell " Link Recovery " , Special Summoning " Flash Charge Dragon " from his GY . Playmaker then gets to draw 1 card because of the difference between the Link Rating of " Flash Charge Dragon " , LINK - 3 , and his controlling 2 monsters and Varis can ' t attack this turn . He then uses the LINK - 3 " Flash Charge " and " Chobham Armor " to Link Summon " Topologic Gamble Dragon " ( 3000 / LINK - 4 / ←↑↓→ ) . The effect of " Chobham Armor Dragon " then activates , returning 1 monsters from both players ' GY to their hand . Varis adds " Spin - Headed Behemoth " and Playmaker adds " Backup Secretary " . Varis then Special Summons " Drop Draco " ( 1000 / 2000 ) in Defense Position from his hand to the Zone " Topologic Gamble Dragon " points to . The effect of " Topologic Gamble Dragon " activates , destroying all cards in both players ' hands . The effect of " Drop Draco " activates , inflicting 300 damage to both players for each card sent from the hand to the GY . Both Playmaker and Varis take 900 damage ( Playmaker : 400 → 0 LP ; Varis : 850 → 0 LP ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .