Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 022
Kanji	宿命のデュエル！ 遊戯ｖｓ海馬
Rōmaji	Shukumei no Dyueru! Yūgi Vāsasu Kaiba
Japanese translation	Fated Duel! Yugi vs. Kaiba
English	Face Off, Part 1
Episode number	22
Japanese air date	September 19, 2000
English air date	April 6, 2002
Music
Japanese opening	V O I C E
English opening	Yu-Gi-Oh! theme
Japanese ending	Energizing Shower
Chronology
Episode listing	Yu-Gi-Oh! episode listing (season 1)
Previous	Double Trouble Duel, Part 3
Next	Face Off, Part 2

Face Off, Part 1, known as The Duel of Destiny! Yugi vs. Kaiba in the Japanese version is the twenty-second episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Featured Duel: Yami Yugi vs. Seto Kaiba 3 Featured cards 4 Notes

SummaryEdit

In the dungeon, Pegasus gives Seto five star chips and makes a deal with him. If he can beat Yugi, then he may duel Pegasus for Mokuba's soul. Meanwhile, Yugi and the group emerge from the tunnel and arrive outside Pegasus' castle. Tea has many flashbacks, including of when she first met Yami and of when she was working at a fast-food restaurant. When she remembers times when Yugi switches from a gentle nature to a forceful one, she concludes there are two Yugis after all. As they approach the castle door, it is blocked by Seto, who challenges Yugi to a duel. After some words are exchanged, Yugi accepts.

They duel on an open area atop the castle using Seto's Duel Disks. (The Japanese version specifies that, having seen Pegasus duel, Kaiba suspects that Pegasus has a way to reading the identities of his opponent's cards. The Duel Disk transforms cards in the players' hands into hologram forms, and Kaiba hopes that this technology will prevent Pegasus from reading his cards.) Bandit Keith arrives at the castle in time to watch, but he stays out of view of the others. The Duel is pretty close. Each player is down to 1500 Life Points, but Seto has a plan to fuse all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons to form the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

Featured Duel: Yami Yugi vs. Seto KaibaEdit

Turn 1: Kaiba

• Kaiba Normal Summons "Ryu-Kishin Powered" in Attack Position (1600 ATK / 1200 DEF). *Holograms appear to represent the cards in Kaiba's hand: "Battle Ox", "Saggi the Dark Clown", "Ancient Lamp", and "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

(NOTE: In this episode of the Anime, Kaiba calls his Monster Ryu-Kishin).

Turn 2: Yami Yugi

• Yami Normal Summons "Curse of Dragon" in Attack Position (2000 ATK / 1500 DEF). "Curse of Dragon" attacks and destroys "Ryu-Kishin Powered" (Kaiba 2000 → 1600 Life Points).
• Yami's current hand contains "Multiply", Monster Replace", "Dark Magician", and "The Eye of Truth".

Turn 3: Kaiba

• Kaiba draws "Swordstalker" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (2000 ATK / 1600 DEF). Since a "monster" was destroyed by battle during the previous turn, "Swordstalker" gains Attack Points equal to 1/4 of "Ryu-Kishin Powered's" Original Attack Points ("Swordstalker" 2000 → 2400 ATK / 1600 DEF).

(Note: In the real game, Swordstalker is a Normal Monster.)

• "Swordstalker" attacks "Curse of Dragon", but Yami responds by activating Monster Replace, returning "Curse of Dragon" to his hand and Special Summoning "Dark Magician" in Attack Position (2500 ATK / 2100 DEF).
• Since "Curse of Dragon" was removed from the field when "Swordstalker" attacked it, the attack is negated as it lost its original target.

Turn 4: Yami Yugi

• "Dark Magician" attacks and destroys "Swordstalker" (Kaiba 1600 → 1500 Life Points).
• Yami then Normal Summons Curse of Dragon in Attack Position.

Turn 5: Kaiba

• Kaiba draws "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (1800 ATK / 1000 DEF).

Turn 6: Yami Yugi

• Yami Yugi draws.
• "Dark Magician" attacks La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, but Kaiba responds by activating "Ancient Lamp", which redirect the attack to "Curse of Dragon". "Curse of Dragon" is destroyed (Yami 2000 → 1500 Life Points).

(NOTE: In the real game, Ancient Lamp is a Monster Card with 900 ATK and 1400 DEF. It is not a Trap Card).

Duel continues next episode.

Featured cardsEdit

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Seto Kaiba

Monsters Battle Ox[Notes 1] Blue-Eyes White Dragon[Notes 1] La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp Ryu-Kishin Powered Saggi the Dark Clown[Notes 1] Swordstalker

Traps Ancient Lamp[Notes 2]

Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi

Monsters Curse of Dragon Dark Magician

Magic Monster Replace Multiply[Notes 3] The Eye of Truth[Notes 3][Notes 4]

Flashbacks

Monsters Curse of Dragon Cyber Commander Dark Magician Electric Lizard Flame Swordsman Magician of Faith

Kaiba's thought

Monsters Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (silhouette) Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} This card was seen in Kaiba's hand.
2. ↑ This card was played as a Trap Card. It is an Effect Monster in the TCG/OCG.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} This card was seen in Yugi's hand.
4. ↑ This card was played as a Magic Card. It is an Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.

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