Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS - Episode 019 " The Incident Buried in the Darkness " is the nineteenth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS " anime . It first aired in Japan on September 20 , 2017 . It became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day . Featured Duel : Playmaker vs Akira Zaizen . Turn 4 : Playmaker The effect of " Tindangle Hound " decreases the ATK of each monster Playmaker controls by 1000 for each monster linked to them ( " Firewall Dragon " : 2500 → 1500 ATK ) . As he controls a monster that is Link - 4 or more , Playmaker activates the Spell Card " Link Hole " to destroy monsters Akira controls , up to the number of monsters he controls that are Link - 3 or more . Playmaker destroys " Hound " and the face - down " Tindangle Angel " ( " Decode Talker " : 1800 → 2800 ATK ; " Firewall Dragon " : 1500 → 2500 ATK ) . As Akira controls no monsters , " Lemoine Point " is destroyed by its own effect . " Decode Talker " attack s Akira directly ( Akira : 3900 → 1100 LP ) . As Akira took battle damage from Playmaker ' s monster while he had 3 or more " Tindangle " monsters in his GY , he activates the Trap Card " Tindangle Delaunay " to destroy the attacking monster and Special Summon " Tindangle Acute Cerberus " from his Extra Deck . " Decode Talker " is destroyed and Akira Special Summons " Tindangle Acute Cerberus " ( 0 / LINK - 3 / ↙↑↘ ) to the Extra Monster Zone . " Acute Cerberus " gains 1500 ATK for each " Hound " and " Angel " in his GY ( " Acute Cerberus " : 0 → 3000 ATK ) . Playmaker Set s a card . Turn 5 : Akira " Acute Cerberus " attacks " Firewall Dragon " , but Playmaker activates his face - down Trap Card " Doppler Phase Coating " , equip ping it to a Cyberse monster it controls and preventing it from being destroyed by battle once per turn . He equips it to " Firewall Dragon " ( Playmaker : 2000 → 1500 LP ) . As " Acute Cerberus " attacked , Akira activates its effect to Special Summon a " Tindangle Token " ( 0 / 0 ) to the bottom - right Link Point of " Acute Cerberus " . " Acute Cerberus " gains 500 ATK for each " Tindangle " monster it points to ( " Acute Cerberus " : 3000 → 3500 ATK ) . Akira Sets two cards . Turn 6 : Playmaker Akira activates his face - down Trap Card " Gergonne ' s End " equipping it to a " Tindangle " Link Monster and preventing it from being destroyed by battle or card effects and being target ed by card effects . If all of the equipped monster ' s Link Points are occupied , Akira can send " Gergone ' s End " and all monsters that the equipped monster points to to the GY and inflict damage to Playmaker equal to the ATK of the equipped monster . He equips it to " Acute Cerberus " . Playmaker activates the Spell Card " Alert Lancer " causing all Cyberse monsters on the field to deal piercing battle damage . " Firewall Dragon " attacks the " Tindangle Token " , but Akira activates his face - down Continuous Trap Card " Morley ' s Shield " as a " Tindangle " monster in the Main Monster Zone is battling , which reduces the damage Akira takes from that battle to 0 . The attack continues and the " Tindangle Token " is destroyed ( " Acute Cerberus " : 3500 → 3000 ATK ) . Turn 7 : Akira Akira draws the Continuous Spell Card " Nagel ' s Protection " and subsequently activates it , preventing " Tindangle " monsters from being destroyed by battle or Playmaker ' s card effects and doubling the first instance of battle damage a " Tindangle " monster inflicts battle damage to Playmaker once per turn . " Acute Cerberus " attacks " Firewall Dragon " , with the effect of " Doppler Phase Coating " preventing the destruction of " Firewall Dragon " , and the effect of " Nagel ' s Protection " doubling the battle damage dealt ( Playmaker : 1500 → 500 LP ) . Akira activates the effect of " Acute Cerberus " , Special Summoning a " Tindangle Token " ( 0 / 0 ) to the bottom - right Link Point of " Acute Cerberus " ( " Acute Cerberus " : 3000 → 3500 ATK ) . Turn 8 : Playmaker Playmaker Sets a card . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .