Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS - Episode 037 " My Mother Tree " is the thirty - seventh episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! VRAINS " anime . It will air in Japan on January 31 , 2018 . It became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day . Featured Duel : Playmaker vs . Spectre . Turn 5 : Spectre Spectre Set s a card . Turn 6 : Playmaker Playmaker Sets a card . Turn 7 : Spectre " Sunvine Thrasher " attack s " Excode Talker " , but Playmaker activate s his face - down Continuous Trap Card " Overload Anchor " . Once per turn , if a Cyberse monster would be destroyed by battle , Playmaker can prevent it 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 ) . Turn 8 : Playmaker Playmaker draw s the Continuous Spell Card " Link Processing Failure " and subsequently activates it by choosing a Link Monster he controls , and preventing a number of Spectre ' s monsters up 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 . Turn 9 : Spectre Spectre uses " Thrasher " and the Link - 3 " Dryanome " to Link Summon " Sunavalon Dryatrentiay " ( 0 / LINK - 4 / ↑↙↓↘ ) to the Extra Monster Zone . Spectre activates the effect of " Dryatrentiay " , Tributing a Plant Link Monster it points to , then destroying Spell / Trap Cards 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 " ( 0 / ? ? ? ) from his GY . Spectre uses " Genius Loci " to Link Summon " Thrasher " ( 800 / LINK - 1 / ↓ ) to the zone the bottom - right Link Arrow of " Dryatrentiay " points to . Spectre activates the effect of " Thrasher " , which lets him increase its ATK by 800 for every Link Arrow a " Sunavalon " Link Monster that points to it has , in this case four ( " Thrasher " : 800 → 4000 ATK ) . Spectre activates his face - down Continuous Trap Card " Sunavalon Bloom " to negate the effects of Playmaker ' s monsters . The effect of " Excode Talker " is negated . " Dryatrentiay " attacks " Excode Talker " . As " Dryatrentiay " is battling , its effect activates , increasing 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 , he activates his face - down " Link Surge Counter " , banish ing 2 Spell / Trap Cards from his 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 " to make the ATK of " Excode Talker " become equal to that of " Dryatrentiay " . 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 for every Link Arrow the Link Monster with the highest Link Rating on the field , in this case , four ( Playmaker : 450 → 50 LP ) . As there are no " Sunavalon " monsters on the field , " Bloom " , " Sunavalon Glorious Growth " , " Shrine " and " Force " are destroyed by their own effects . 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 Reborn " , to Special Summon a " Sunavalon " monster from his GY with its effects negated and increasing its ATK by its Link Rating x1000 . He Special Summons " Dryatrentiay " ( 0 / LINK - 4 / ↑↙↓↘ ) ( " Dryatrentiay " : 0 → 4000 ATK ) . Turn 10 : Playmaker Playmaker draws " 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 uses " Latency " to Link Summon " Talkback Lancer " ( 1200 / LINK - 1 / ↓ ) to the Extra Monster Zone . As " Latency " was Special Summoned by its effect and was subsequently used for a Link Summon , 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 " 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 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 , in this case 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 .