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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season = 2 | image name = Yugioh058Yugioh episode 58.jpgpng | image size = | image caption = | english en_name = Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist, Part 1 | kanji ja_name = エスパー絽場 サイキックデッキの恐怖 | romaji romaji_name = Esupā Roba Saikikku Dekki no Kyōfu | japanese translated ja_trans_name = Esper Roba - Terror Danger of the Psychic Deck | episode number = 058 | japanese air date ja_air_date = June 5, 2001 | english air date en_air_date = January 25, 2003 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[S H U F F L E]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[The Afternoon of that Day]]<br /> あの日の午後 | english opening en_theme = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 Theme (English)|Season Two theme]] | english ending screenwriter = Atsushi Maekawa
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"'''"Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist, Part 1"'''", known as "'''"Esper Roba - Terror Danger of the Psychic Deck"''' " in the Japanese version, is the fifty-eighth episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' second series anime]]. It first aired in Japan on June 5, 2001 , and in the US United States on January 25, 2003.
==Summary==
It is day two of the [[Battle City]] Tournament and [[Joey Wheeler]] is still looking for an opponent to fight his first [[Duel]] with.
[[File:YGO 58 - Rex beaten by Espa Roba.jpg|thumb|left|Rex Raptor loses to Espa Roba.]]Wanting 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]]. As per the [[Battle City Rules]], Rex had to give up his "[[Serpent Night Dragon (anime)|Serpent Night Dragon]]" to Espa as it was his rarest card. Espa, knowing Joey was the runner-up in [[Duelist Kingdom]], challenges him to a Duel and Joey accepts.
In the hospital, [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] visits [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]] and brings a laptop with him, so he can watch the Duel online and tell Serenity how it is going. However, he has trouble figuring out how to make the computer work and 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 [[Tribute]]s) and is intimidated by Espa's psychic powers.
[[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] is watching the Duel from a rooftop and sees Espa's brothers spying on Joey's cards, revealing that Espa is indeed a cheateractually cheating. Yugi decides to just watch and let the Duel take its course.
When Joey eventually proves draws, Espa's brothers see the card and tells their brother it appears to be another "Graceful Dice". Espa, using his "psychic powers", then claims this to Joey. Joey however sees that cheating something is going on by activating up as the card he drew was "Skull Dice". Joey decides that this is his chance to turn the Duel around in his favor. Joey sets two cards and summons "Swordsman of Landstar". Espa, assuming that Joey has two set "Graceful Dice" decides that won't matter for his next move. Espa summons "The Fiend Megacyber" and uses it to attack "Swordsman of Landstar", but Joey activates "[[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]" and "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]" when Espa thought he had 2 "Graceful Dice"set. This allows Joey to surprise Espa and make a comeback.
At this point, Joey points out to Espa that due to how he held his cards, Espa knew he had two "Dice" cards, but he couldn't tell which ones. Joey then states this means that Espa is cheating and someone is telling him what cards are in his hand. Espa becomes shocked he figured that out. Rex realizes that Espa must have used the same cheating method on him too. Espa's brothers realize they're busted for sure. Yugi congratulates Joey on his efforts as he is now in control of the Duel.
[[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] soon 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. His decision is also influenced from seeing Yami Yugi watching the Duel from a different roof during his conversation and thinking that Yugi would give them a second chance as well. 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 [[activate]]s "[[Mind Control (anime)|Mind Control]]" to take control of Joey's "[[Swordsman of Landstar (anime)|Swordsman of Landstar]]".
He then Tributes it to [[Summon]] "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]", which makes all [[Trap Card]]s useless, putting Joey in a tight spot.
==Featured Duels==
===Rex Raptor vs. Espa Roba===
<u>'''Turn ?: Espa Roba'''</u><br />
"[[Jinzo]]" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "[[Serpent Night Dragon]]" ([[Rex Raptor|Rex]] 50 → 0 [[Life Points]]).
===Joey Wheeler vs. Espa Roba, Part 1===
<u>'''Turn 1: Joey'''</u><br />
<u>'''Turn 2: Espa'''</u><br />
<u>'''Turn 3: Joey'''</u><br />
Joey draws "Graceful Dice". Joey's hand contains from left to right: "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]", "[[Graceful Dice]]", "[[Skull Dice]]", "[[Battle Warrior]]", and "[[Flame Swordsman]]". *[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Swordsman of Landstar (anime)|Swordsman of Landstar]]" (500/1200) in Attack Position and [[Set]]s 2 two cards.
<u>'''Turn 4: Espa'''</u><br />
<u>'''Turn 5: Joey'''</u><br />
<u>'''Turn 6: Espa'''</u><br />Espa draws. He then [[Tribute]]s "Swordsman of Landstar" in order to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[Jinzo (NOTE: In anime)|Jinzo]]" (2400/1500) in [[Attack Position]]. Due to the real gameeffect of "Jinzo", [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]'s [[Set]] "Chasm of Spikes"is destroyed. While [[Mind ControlJinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]" is a on the [[field]], its [[effect]] prevents the [[Normal Spell Activate|activation]] of [[Trap Card]])s and no Trap Cards can be Set either.
* In the dub, Joey''s first hand of cards includes a "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]", although that becomes an error and changes to a "[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 059Skull Dice (anime)|Duel continues next episodeSkull Dice]]" when he draws another "Graceful Dice". However, in the original, his first cards have the correct "Skull Dice" instead. Also, "Skull Dice" is a Trap card in the dub, but a Magic card in the Japanese.* Several Japanese words on billboards are painted over in the English Dubbing.You can see this clearly when Espa falls to his knees after Joey destroys "[[The Fiend Megacyber (anime)|The Fiend Megacyber]]", as the paint goes over Espa''s hand.
==Differences in adaptationsErrors==* A close-up Neither Joey nor Espa Roba draws a card during their first turn. Joey is later shown to have "Chasm of Honda with a big sweet-drop on Spikes" in his hand despite it not being among the cards in his forehead is cut out opening hand nor one of the cards he drew, presumably signifying that the hand count for the Duel was mistaken and that both players should have had an extra card in their hands from the dubstart.* Cut from the dub, When Joey thinks about Yugidraws his first cards, saying that he doesnhas "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]" in his hand. However, when Espa Roba't know s younger brothers see that Joey draws a "Graceful Dice", the future but he knows that somewhere first one in the city someone is waiting for him. He his hand has changed to keep going until he finds him"[[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]".* Joey has "[[Battle Warrior (anime)|Battle Warrior]]" and "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman of Landstar]]" slicing in his hand, however in the next episode, one of those two cards are replaced with "[[The Fiend MegacyberTime Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" .* When Espa Roba states that the leftmost card in Joey's hand is the "Swordsman of Landstar", all five of Joey's first cards are back in his hand, even though "<span>Giltia the D. Knight" should have still been on his Duel Disk after he illegally attempted to Summon it.</span>* <span>Although the monster could not be Summoned, "Giltia the D. Knight" should still have been seen on Joey's Duel Disk until Espa Roba attacked him, just like it was shown on Tristan's laptop, but "Giltia the D. Knight" is not seen on his Duel Disk after Roba's statement about Joey's leftmost card. However, after Cyber Raider attacks Joey directly, "Giltia the D. Knight" incorrectly reappears on his Duel Disk for a few moments as he falls down, but finally disappears as he stands up.</span>* In both versions, when "Cyber Raider" is Summoned, its DEF is shown incorrectly.* When "Cyber Raider" attacks Joey directly, for a few moments in half the close-up, his Duel Disk is not on his left arm and he is not shown holding any cards. As Joey is seen falling on his rear, his Duel Disk is back with "<span>Giltia the D. Knight" incorrectly on it, but he </span>still isn't holding any cards.* When "Alligator's Sword" is obscured Summoned, its lower jaw is mistakenly colored green, the same as the rest of its head.* In this episode, Joey didn't know about Tribute Summoning, but in a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 055|previous episode]], he performed a Tribute Summon against [[Seeker]], creating a small continuity error.** It's possible that his excitement got the dubbest of him during this duel, whereas he was more focused during his duel with Seeker so he could go see [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]].
==Featured cards==
{{Decklist|Joey Wheeler
|normal monsters =
* [[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]* [[Battle Warrior (anime)|Battle Warrior]]<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card can be seen in Joey's [[hand]].</ref>* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/><ref group=Notes name=fusion>This was played as a [[Normal Monster]]. It is an a [[Fusion Monster]] in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>* [[Giltia the D. Knight (later anime)|Giltia the D. Knight]]<ref group=Notes name=fusion/>* [[Swordsman of Landstar (anime)|Swordsman of Landstar]]
|spells =
* [[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]* [[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]<ref group=Notes name=magic>This was played as a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]]. It is an [[Trap Card]] in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>
|traps =
* [[Chasm of Spikes]]
}}
{{Decklist|Espa Roba
|normal monsters =
* [[Cyber Raider (anime)|Cyber Raider]]<ref group=Notes name=effect>This was played as a [[Normal Monster]]. It is an [[Effect Monster]] in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>
|effect monsters =
* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]* [[The Fiend Megacyber (anime)|The Fiend Megacyber]]
|magic =
* [[Mesmeric Control (anime)|Mesmeric Control]]
|traps =
* [[Mind Control (anime)|Mind Control]]<ref group=Notes name=trap>This was played as a [[Trap Card]]. It is an a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]] in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>
}}
{{Decklist|Rex Raptor
|normal monsters =
* [[Serpent Night Dragon (anime)|Serpent Night Dragon]]
}}
{{Decklist|Computer's screen
|normal monsters =
* [[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]* [[Cyber Raider (anime)|Cyber Raider]]<ref group=Notes name=effect/>* [[Giltia the D. Knight (later anime)|Giltia the D. Knight]]<ref group=Notes name=fusion/>* [[Swordsman of Landstar (anime)|Swordsman of Landstar]]
}}