Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 022 " 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 . It first aired in Japan on September 19 , 2000 and in the United States on April 6 , 2002 . Summary . In the dungeon , Pegasus gives Kaiba five Star Chip s and makes a deal with him . If he can beat Yugi , then he may Duel Pegasus to rescue Mokuba ' s spirit . Meanwhile , Yugi and the group emerge from the underground tunnel and arrive outside Pegasus Castle . Téa thinks about how Yugi often switches from a gentle and caring nature to a more forceful , slightly colder and unfriendlier one . She concludes there must be two Yugis after remembering his Duel with Bakura . She recalls how she first became friends with Joey and Yugi . She was working at Burgerpalooza despite being too young and she feared that Yugi and Joey would give her real age away one time when they visited . She admitted she was working there to raise money to study ballet dancing and was shocked to find they encouraged her instead of mocking her . At a later point , she was lured into a warehouse by a mugger . She was rescued by Yami Yugi who challenged the mugger to Duel Monsters and Mind Crushed him . In present day , the gang approach the castle door , but it is blocked by Kaiba , who challenges Yugi to a Duel . After Kaiba insists his attitude has changed , Yugi accepts . They Duel on an open area atop the castle using Kaiba ' s new - and - improved Duel Disk s . 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 brought down to 1500 Life Points , but Kaiba has a plan to fuse all three of his " Blue - Eyes White Dragon s " to form the mighty " Blue - Eyes Ultimate Dragon " . Featured Duel : Yami Yugi vs . Seto Kaiba . Turn 1 : Kaiba Kaiba Normal Summon s " Ryu - Kishin Powered " ( 1600 / 1200 ) in Attack Position . His hand contains " Battle Ox " , " Saggi the Dark Clown " , " Ancient Lamp " , and " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . Turn 2 : Yami Yugi Yugi Normal Summons " Curse of Dragon " ( 2000 / 1500 ) in Attack Position . " Curse of Dragon " attack s and destroy s " Ryu - Kishin Powered " ( Kaiba : 2000 → 1600 LP ) . Yugi ' s hand contains " Multiply " , " Monster Replace " , " Dark Magician " , and " The Eye of Truth " . Turn 3 : Kaiba Kaiba draw s " Swordstalker " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 2000 / 1600 ) in Attack Position . Since a monster was destroyed by battle during the previous turn , " Swordstalker " gains ATK equal to 20 % of its original ATK ( " Swordstalker " : 2000 → 2400 / 1600 ) . " Swordstalker " attacks " Curse of Dragon " , but Yugi activate s " Monster Replace " to return " Curse of Dragon " to his hand and Special Summon " Dark Magician " ( 2500 / 2100 ) in Attack Position . Since " Swordstalker ' s " original attack target has left the field , the attack is negate d . Turn 4 : Yami Yugi " Dark Magician " attacks and destroys " Swordstalker " ( Kaiba : 1600 → 1500 LP ) . Yugi then Normal Summons " Curse of Dragon " ( 2000 / 1500 ) in Attack Position . Turn 5 : Kaiba Kaiba draws " La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 1800 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Turn 6 : Yami Yugi " Dark Magician " attacks " La Jinn " , but Kaiba activates " Ancient Lamp " to redirect the attack to " Curse of Dragon " , destroying it instead ( Yugi : 2000 → 1500 LP ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .