{{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

"'''"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.

[[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.

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.

[[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.

Most of the [[Duel]] is skippedalready in progress. Espa controls "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]" (2400/1500) in Attack Position while Rex controls "Serpent Night Dragon"(2350/2400) in Attack Position. Espa Roba has just activated "[[Mesmeric Control (anime)|Mesmeric Control]]" to negate the attack of "[[Serpent Night Dragon (anime)|Serpent Night Dragon]]" and reduce its ATK by 800 ("Serpent Night Dragon": 2350 → 1550 ATK/2400 DEF).

"[[Jinzo]]" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "[[Serpent Night Dragon]]" ([[Rex Raptor|Rex]] 50 → 0 [[Life Points]]).

* Joey's opening hand shows "Swordsman of Landstar", "Graceful Skull Dice", "[[Battle Warrior (anime)|Battle Warrior]]", "Giltia the D. Knight", and "[[Flame Swordsman(anime)|Flame Swordsman]]".*[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] attempts to [[Normal Summon]] "[[Giltia the D. Knight (later anime)|Giltia the D. Knight]]" in [[Attack Position]]. However, since the [[Summoning Conditions]] in [[Battle City]] are different than those in [[Duelist Kingdom]], a Level 5 or higher [[Monster Card|monster]] requires at least 1 [[tribute]]. Since this is an illegal move, "[[Giltia the D. Knight]]" is [[Banish|removed from play]].  (NOTE: In the real game, [[Giltia the D. Knight]] is a [[Fusion Monster]]).

* Espa draws.*[[Espa Roba|Espa]] He then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Cyber Raider (anime)|Cyber Raider]]" (1400/1000) in [[Attack Position]]. *"[[Cyber Raider]]" [[Direct attack|attacks]] [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] directly ([[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] 4000 → 2600 [[Life Points]]).

* Joey draws "Skull 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.

* Espa draws.*He then [[Espa Roba|Espa]] [[tributeTribute]]s "[[Cyber Raider]]" to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[The Fiend Megacyber (anime)|The Fiend Megacyber]]" (2200/1200) in [[Attack Position]]. *"[[The Fiend Megacyber]]" [[attack]]s "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]".**, but [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] [[activate]]s [[Quick-Play Spell Card|Quickhis face-Play Magic Card]] down "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]", rolling to roll a die. Depending on the result, and multiply the ATK of "Swordsman of Landstar" will be multiplied by the result. The result is Joey gets a three, so the ATK of "Swordsman of Landstar" is tripled ("Swordsman of Landstar": 500 → 1500/1200).**Joey then activates [[Quick-Play Spell Card|Quickhis face-Play Magic Card]] down "[[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]" , rolling to roll a die. Depending on the result, and divide the ATK of "The Fiend Megacyber" will be divided by the result. The result is Joey gets a five, so the ATK of "The Fiend Megacyber" is divided by five ("The Fiend Megacyber": 2200 → 440/1200).** "Swordsman of Landstar" destroys "The Fiend Megacyber" ([[Espa Roba|Espa]] 4000 → 2940 [[Life Points]]). * At this point, [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] points out that [[Espa Roba]] was cheating and [[Mokuba Kaiba|Commissioner Mokuba]] catches [[Espa Roba]]'s brothers helping him. Mokuba is about to expel Espa from the Duel and Battle City, but Espa's brothers explain to Mokuba why they were doing this and after a little argument, Mokuba decides not to cancel the Duel. *[[Espa Roba|Espa]] [[Set]]s 1 a card.

*[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] draws "[[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/1200) in Attack Position. *"[[Alligator's Sword]]" [[Direct attack|attacks]] [[Espa Roba]] directly ([[Espa Roba|Espa]] 2940 → 1440 [[Life Points]]). *"[[Swordsman of Landstar]]" then [[Direct attack|attack]]s [[Espa Roba|Espa]] directly, but [[Espa Roba|Espa]] [[activate]]s his face-down "[[Normal Trap CardMind Control (anime)|Trap Card]] "[[Mind Control]]" to take [[control]] of "Swordsman of Landstar". [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] [[Set]]s "[[Chasm of Spikes]]".

* Espa draws. He then passes[[Tribute]]s "Swordsman of Landstar" in order to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]" (2400/1500) in [[Attack Position]]. Due to the effect of "Jinzo", [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]'s [[Set]] "Chasm of Spikes" is destroyed. While [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]] is on the [[field]], its [[effect]] prevents the [[Activate|activation]] of [[Trap Card]]s and no Trap Cards can be Set either.

<u>'''Turn 7: Joey'''</u><br />*[[Joey WheelerYu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 059|Joey]] drawsDuel continues next episode. He then [[Set]]s "[[Chasm of Spikes]]". ''

<u>'''Turn 8: Espa'''</u><br />== Trivia ==*Espa draws Rex's most Rare card after losing "[[Jinzo]]"Red-Eyes B.*[[Espa RobaDragon (anime)|Espa]] [[tributeRed-Eyes Black Dragon]]s "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]" to [[Tribute Summon]] was "[[Jinzo]]" Serpent Night Dragon (2400/1500anime) in [[Attack Position|Serpent Night Dragon]]". Due to the effect of "Jinzo"Oddly, these are not [[Joey Wheeler|JoeyDinosaur]]monsters; in Rex's last full Duel of the series, he also plays "[[Set]] [[Normal Trap CardTyrant Dragon (anime)|Trap Card]] "[[Chasm of SpikesTyrant Dragon]]" is destroyedas his ace card. While ** In [[Jinzo]] is on the [[Playing FieldYu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 011|fieldEpisode 11]], its [[Card effect|effect]] prevents Rex states that he won "Serpent Night Dragon" from the Finals of the Regional Tournament in [[ActivateYu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 002|activation]] of [[Trap CardEpisode 2]], which would also explain why it's and no Trap Cards can be Set eitherso rare.  (NOTE: In the real game, As for "[[Jinzo]]Tyrant Dragon" doesn't destroy [[Trap Card]]s, it just [[negate]]'s them while they are on likely he took the card from [[Playing Field|FieldDartz]]'s lair when he (Dartz)offered him the choice of cards, thinking he could work a good strategy around it. * Shouldn't Rex have found it suspicious that Roba didn't change where he was standing to Duel?* Roba is the first Duelist to have any kind of psychic themed Deck, years before the actually [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Psychic- Episode 059Type|Duel continues next episode.Psychic]]''type monsters were created.

 * In the dub, Joey's first hand of cards includes a "[[Swordsman of LandstarGraceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]" slicing , although that becomes an error and changes to a "[[The Fiend MegacyberSkull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]" when he draws another "Graceful Dice". However, in half the original, his first cards have the correct "Skull Dice" instead. Also, "Skull Dice" is obscured 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.

* Neither Joey nor Espa Roba draws a card during their first turn. Joey is later shown to have "Chasm of Spikes" in his hand despite it not being among the cards in his 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 start.* When Joey draws his first cards, he has "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]" in his hand. However, when Espa Roba's younger brothers see that Joey draws a "Graceful Dice", the first one in his hand has changed to "[[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]".* Joey has "[[Battle Warrior (anime)|Battle Warrior]]" and "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]" in his hand, however in the next episode, one of those two cards are replaced with "[[Time 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 attempts '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 removedshown incorrectly.* When "Cyber Raider" attacks Joey directly, for a few moments in the close-up, his Duel Disk is not on his left arm and he is not shown holding any cards. As Joey has to be told about is seen falling on his rear, his Duel Disk is back with "<span>Giltia the RulesD. Knight" incorrectly on it, despite the fact but he scarified for </span>still isn't holding any cards.* When "Alligator's Sword"is 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 [[RedYu-Eyes BGi-Oh! - Episode 055|previous episode]], he performed a Tribute Summon against [[Seeker]], creating a small continuity error. Dragon** It's possible that his excitement got the best of him during this duel, whereas he was more focused during his duel with Seeker so he could go see [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]]" in his previous Duel.

* [[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]]

* [[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>

* [[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>

* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]* [[The Fiend Megacyber (anime)|The Fiend Megacyber]]

* [[Mesmeric Control (anime)|Mesmeric Control]]

* [[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>

* [[Serpent Night Dragon (anime)|Serpent Night Dragon]]

* [[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]]