[Monday August 24, 2026]
[Duel Links]
[Ghost Gal Level 40 Update]
[Altergeist Haunted Rock]
[VRAINS Level 40 Update Discussion]
Yup you heard it here folks! The love of my life Ghost Gal FINALLY got some new Altergeist support! As the number one Altergeist main and Ghost Gal lover, I should discuss my thoughts on what I think of Haunted Rock. Despite what people might think, I think this card has potential and isn't terrible in Duel Links. It's not Protocol or anything, but I wouldn't toss Haunted Rock aside as trash. Let's talk about it.
Haunted Rock has an effect to where you can activate it the turn it was set if it was set by an "Altergeist" card. You will always be setting this off of Altergeist Marionetter to then discard Multifaker. From there, Marionetter targets Haunted Rock to revive Multifaker. Multifaker activates summoning Meluseek from the deck and from there, you have full Altergeist combo. With this card, Ghost Gal actually has a good way to get to her Hexstia endboard without relying so much on Pookuery, which is really good. However, this isn't good enough to save Ghost Gal Altergeist. What Ghost Gal needs more than anything is an Altergeist Skill that does something.
However, Haunted Rock in the Odion build (Sanctuary of the King's Treasures) is crazy. With Odion, you can activate Haunted Rock. From there, you can search Emulatelf and since you still have Temple of the Kings, you can also activate Emulatelf as well to extend more off of your Skill. I think Odion having a ton of gas to play through disruptions is arguably a good thing and something Altergeist has needed for a while. With Haunted Rock, the Odion version of Altergeists doesn't flat out get FTK'ed if your opponent removed, negated, or dealt with your Temple of the Kings on your Draw Phase, so that's something. I'll for sure be testing Haunted Rock on stream and will have multiple videos out, so if you don't want to miss that, drop by the Twitch stream or check the YouTube!
I can't stress enough how happy I am that Altergeist finally got something that's at least somewhat playable. Granted, it's not Protocol, Adminia, or Malwisp, which are the main cards I wanted, but still. Haunted Rock isn't bad and I don't think people should be discrediting it. There will be testing being done on the Twitch stream (CrimsonReaper5) and videos on YouTube.
I love you so much Ghost Gal hun. I am so happy my beloved Ghost Gal got something usable. Ghost Gal is my world and my everything, she belongs with me, and my heart only beats for her. And no I'm not sharing. Ghost Gal only has eyes for me.
For the people complaining about not getting Protocol, Adminia, or Malwisp, yeah it's a major blow we didn't get them but like come on. It could have been worse. We could have gotten actual garbage cards like Peritrator and Altergeist Revitalization, so I am at least grateful Konami came through for us Altergeist fans and gave us something that's at least somewhat playable instead of complete unusable trash. I am grateful for what I got and I think others should be too. For what it's worth, Ghost Gal got the best level 40 reward out of everyone with Soulburner coming in at second place with Will of the Salamangreat.
[Other VRAINS updates]
Playmaker & Ai → Cynet Circuit
Soulburner & Flame → Salamangreat Blaze Dragon (38) and Will of the Salamangreat (40)
The Gore → Gouki Guts
Blue Angel/Blue Gal → Marincess Bubble Ring
Varis → Zero-Day Blaster
Spectre → One By One
Akira Zaizen → Euler's Circuit (limit 2)