Episode 26

The Three-Draw of Hope
Japanese	希望を導くスリー・ドロー
Rōmaji	Kibō o Michibiku Surī Dorō
Alternative Titles
English Title	Diagnosis: Deletion
Information
Season	1
Episode number	26
Air date	November 8, 2017 TBA
Music
Opening	With the Wind
Ending	Writing Life
Staff
Screenplay	Atsushi Maekawa
Director	Yasuyuki Fuse
Animation director	Sung-jin Lee Hyeon-guk Kang
Episode guide
Episode listing	Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS episode listing (season 1)
Previous	Episode 25
Next	Episode 27
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Diagnosis: Deletion or The Three-Draw of Hope known in the Japanese version is the twenty-sixth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime. It will air in Japan on November 8, 2017. In Canada will air on November 25, 2018.

Synopsis

All of Blue Angel’s Trickstar tactics were locked away, and she received a huge amount of damage due to Baira’s “Dark Mummy.” With no other choice, Blue Angel bets everything on her one last chance, despite all the risks …

Featured Duel: Blue Angel vs. Baira

Duel continues from the previous episode.

Turn 3: Blue Angel
Blue Angel Sets a monster. As a monster was Set to a zone Blue Angel's Link Monster next to the link, Baira activates the effect of "Dark Mummy Surgical Cooper", destroying it.

Turn 4: Baira

"Surgical Cooper" inflicting 500 damage to Blue Angel.

Baira draws "- Root - Hack Virus". As Baira drew a Trap Card, she activates the effect of "Surgical Cooper", revealing it to inflict 500 damage to Blue Angel (Blue Angel: 3600 → 3100 LP). Baira activates her Skill "Forbidden Surgical Operation", excluding 2 Level 2 or lower monsters with the same name from her GY to Special Summon 2 monsters with the same name and same Level as the excluded monsters from her Deck. She excludes two copies of "Dark Mummy Sonde" to Special Summon two copies of "Dark Mummy Syringe" (0/500) from her Deck. As "Syringe" was Special Summoned to a zone a Undead Link Monster next to the link, Baira activates its effect, causing that monster to be unaffected by Trap Effects as long as "Syringe" is on the field.

"- Root - Hack Virus" changes the ATK of "Trickstar Holly Angel" to 0.

She targets "Dark Mummy Surgical Cooper". "Surgical Cooper" gains 600 ATK for each monster it next to the link ("Surgical Cooper": 2400 → 3000 ATK). Baira Sets a card. The effect of "Temple of the Royal Family" allows Baira to activate Trap Cards the turn they were Set. Baira activates her face-down "- Root - Hack Virus", Releasing a DARK monster with 0 ATK to change the ATK of all Link Monsters on the field to 0 and negate their effects. She Releases "Syringe" ("Trickstar Holly Angel": 2000 → 0 ATK).

Blue Angel Special Summons "Trickstar Mandrake" from the Graveyard.

"Surgical Cooper" attacks "Holly Angel", but Blue Angel activates the effect of "Trickstar Perennial", sending it to the GY to prevent the destruction of "Holly Angel" by battle this turn. The attack continues (Blue Angel: 3100 → 100 LP). Blue Angel activates her Skill "Trickstar Fraud", discarding a "Trickstar" card during Baira's turn to make Baira draw until she has three cards in her hand, then during the End Phase, Baira must exclude cards from her hand for each "Trickstar" monster in Blue Angel's Graveyard. She discards "Trickstar Mandrake". Baira draws "Plague Virus Blackdust", "Giant Virus", and "Virus Mail". As "Mandrake" was sent from the hand to the Graveyard, Blue Angel activates its effect to Special Summon it from the Graveyard in Defense Position (0/1000). During the End Phase, Baira excludes "Plague Virus Blackdust", "Giant Virus", and "Virus Mail" by the effect of "Trickster Fraud".

Turn 5: Blue Angel

"Trickstar Bella Madonna" Link Summoned.

Blue Angel draws "Trickstar Narkiss", and subsequently Normal Summons it (1000/1800). The effect of "- Current - Hack Virus" reduces the ATK of all monsters Blue Angel controls with 2000 or less DEF to 0, and negates their effects ("Narkissus": 1000 → 0 ATK). Blue Angel uses "Narkiss", "Mandrake", and "Holly Angel" to Link Summon "Trickstar Bella Madonna" (2800/LINK-4/↑→↙↓). As "Mandrake" was used as a Link Material for the Link Summon of a "Trickstar" monster, Blue Angel activates its effect, destroying a monster Baira's Link Monster next to the link. She destroys the "Syringe" that "Surgical Cooper" next to the link ("Surgical Cooper": 3000 → 2400 ATK). As a Link Monster was Link Summoned while "- Root - Hack Virus" is in Baira's Graveyard, its effect reduces the ATK of all Link Monsters on the Field to 0, and negate their effects ("Surgical Cooper": 2400 → 0 ATK). "Bella Madonna" is unaffected by other cards' effects while it does not next to the link a monster. As "Bella Madonna" does not next to the link a monster, Blue Angel activates its effect, inflicting 200 damage for each "Trickstar" monster with different names in her GY, meaning 1200 (Baira: 3600 → 2400 LP). "Bella Madonna" attacks and destroys "Surgical Cooper" (Baira: 2400 → 0 LP).

List of Featured Cards

Blue Angel

Monsters	Traps	Extra Deck
Effect Monsters Trickstar Candina Trickstar Mandrake Trickstar Narkiss	Trickstar Perennial	Link Monsters Trickstar Bella Madonna Trickstar Holly Angel

Baira

Monsters	Magic	Traps	Extra Deck
Effect Monsters Dark Mummy Sonde x2 Dark Mummy Syringe x2 Giant Virus	Plague Virus Blackdust Temple of the Royal Family Virus Mail	- Current - Hack Virus - Root - Hack Virus	Link Monsters Dark Mummy Surgical Cooper

Characters in Order of Appearance

1. Yusaku Fujiki
2. Shoichi Kusanagi
3. Kyoko Taki / "Baira"
4. Ai
5. "Blue Angel" / Aoi Zaizen
6. MC
7. Hayami
8. Akira Zaizen
9. Go Onizuka
10. Den City orphanage owner
11. Revolver

Cast

Japanese character name	Japanese voice actor
Yusaku Fujiki / "Playmaker"	Shouya Ishige
Ai	Takahiro Sakurai
Shoichi Kusanagi	Subaru Kimura
Aoi Zaizen / "Blue Angel"	Yuki Nakashima
Akira Zaizen	Shouma Yamamoto
"Baira" / Kyoko Taki	Ami Koshimizu
Hayami	Chihiro Ikki
MC	Ikkan
Others	Ikumi Hasegawa
Others	Masaaki Yano
Monsters	Mako Muto
Robot receptionist	Minami Takahashi
Blue Angel's Ai	Eve Yurianne

References

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/program/detail/201711/23144_201711081825.html