Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 058

Summary

It is day two of the Battle CityTournament and Joey Wheeler is still looking for an opponent to fight his first Duel with. He doesn't want to Duel wimps. He wants to find a worthy opponent to defeat. He arrives just in time to watch Espa Roba, a Duelist claiming to have psychic powers, defeat Rex Raptor. Espa, knowing Joey was the runner-up in Duelist Kingdom, challenges him to a Duel and Joey accepts. In the hospital, Tristan visits Serenity and brings a laptop with him, so he can watch the Duel online and tell Serenity how it is going. Now if he can just figure out how to make the computer work. He has to get a nurse to help him. The Duel does not start off very well for Joey, as he still does not know some of the Battle City rules (including Tributes) and is intimidated out by Espa's psychic powers. Yugi is watching the Duel from a rooftop and sees Espa's brothers spying on Joey's hands of cards, revealing that Espa is indeed a cheater. Yugi decides to just watch and let the duel take its course. Duel Monsters is full of cheaters, and learning to beat them anyway is a valuable skill. Joey proves that cheating is going on by activating Skull Dice and Graceful Dice when Espa thought he had two Graceful Dice. Mokuba finds out about the cheating, dashes in and tackles the wicked accomplice up on the roof. He threatens to expel Espa from Battle City, but the brothers talk him out of it after telling him their sad story about being orphans and having no one but Espa to protect and care for them. Mokuba, having been in a similar situation, is convinced to let the Duel continue as long as they stop cheating. He stands by to be sure they don't start doing it again. Joey appears to have regained control of the Duel, bringing Espa's Life Points down to 1440. However, Espa activates Mind Control to take control of Joey's Swordsman of Landstar. He then Tributes it to Summon Jinzo, which makes all Trap Cards useless, putting Joey in a tight spot. Can he defeat the psychic cheat, or will he be eliminated from the tournament before things really heat up?

Rex Raptor vs. Espa Roba

Most of the duel is skipped

Espa'sJinzo attacks Rex's Serpent Night Dragon (Rex LP:50 - 0)

Joey Wheeler vs. Espa Roba

• Joey tries to Summon Giltia the D. Knight (1850/1500), but it's a Level 5 monster and therefore requires a Tribute. Since Joey didn't have any monsters on the field to Tribute, it's removed from play.
• Espa Summons Cyber Raider and attacks Joey directly, dropping his Life Points to 2600.
• Joey Summons Swordsman of Landstar and Sets two cards.
• Espa Tributes Cyber Raider to Summon The Fiend Megacyber and attacks, but Joey activates Graceful Dice and Skull Dice and rolls a three and five, respectively. This drops The Fiend Megacyber's ATK to 440 while Swordsman of Landstar's ATK rises to 1500. The Fiend Megacyber is destroyed and Espa's Life Points drop to 2940. Espa Sets a card and ends his turn.
• Joey Summons Alligator Sword and attacks Espa directly, dropping his Life Points to 1440. He then attacks with his Swordsman of Landstar, but Espa activates Mind Control to take control of it. Joey Sets a card.
• Espa Tributes Joey's Swordsman to Summon Jinzo, which destroys Joey's Set Chasm of Spikes. With Jinzo on the field, no Trap Cards can be activated.

Duel continues next episode, Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 059.

Changes to the English Version

• A close-up of Honda with a big sweet-drop on his forehead is cut out from the dub.

• Cut from the dub, Joey thinks about Yugi, saying that he doesn't know the future, but he knows that somewhere in the city someone is waiting for him. He has to keep going until he finds him.

• The words "TO BE CONTINUED" are added at the end of the dub episode.