Katsuya Jonouchi and Esper Roba ' s Duel ( manga ) Katsuya Jonouchi and Esper Roba had a Duel in the preliminary rounds of the Battle City tournament . Each player wagered one Puzzle Card and a rare card . Jonouchi ' s rare card was " Time Wizard " , while Roba ' s was " Jinzo " . Despite Roba having his brothers ' spy on Jonouchi ' s cards , Jonouchi won the Duel . Events . Prior events . Jonouchi spotted Dinosaur Ryuzaki being defeated by Esper Roba . As Roba called for his next opponent , most of the bystanders were too put off by his alleged . Ryuzaki warned Katsuya Jonouchi not to consider , while informing him that Roba was capable of predicting opponents ' strategies . However Jonouchi was intent on becoming a stronger Duelist and refused to pass up on an opponent . They waged a Puzzle Card each and Jonouchi ' s " Time Wizard " for Roba ' s " Jinzo " . Seeing " Time Wizard " as the wager , Ryuzaki demanded to know what happened to the " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " , Jonouchi had won from him . The Duel . 1st turn : Jonouchi Jonouchi ' s opening hand contained " Giltia the D . Knight " , " Swordsman of Landstar " , " Skull Dice " , " Scapegoat " and " Chasm with Spikes " . Roba said that he could feel the energy of the cosmos passing through his body , becoming one with him and that it was destiny and the law of the cosmos that he would win . Jonouchi attempted to Summon " Giltia the D . Knight " only for the card to instantly disappear . He began to panic , fearing that this was the power of Roba ' s ESP . However the crowd erupted into laughter and Ryuzaki reminded him that he was playing by the playing Super Expert Rules , wherein high Level monsters require Sacrifices to be Summoned . Roba told Jonouchi that he had just wasted a turn and offered him some advice , suggesting that he play " Swordsman of Landstar " . He claimed to have learned it was in Jonouchi ' s hand through the use of telepathy . 2nd turn : Roba Roba Summoned " Cyber Raider " and attack ed Jonouchi directly ( Jonouchi : 4000 → 2600 Life Points ) . 3rd turn : Jonouchi Jonouchi drew " Graceful Dice " . Roba feigned some psychic channeling and declared that Jonouchi drew a second " Graceful Dice " . He claimed to have received that knowledge by communicating with the deceased spirit of Maximillion J . Pegasus . Looking at his hand , Jonouchi realized that Roba had been wrong about it being his " second " " Graceful Dice " and that his partially covered " Devil Dice " could look like " Graceful Dice " to an onlooker . Jonouchi Summoned " Swordsman of Landstar " and played his two " Dice " cards face - down . 4th turn : Roba Roba ' s hand contained " Jinzo " , " Mind Control " , " Brain Control " , " Amplifier " and " The Fiend Megacyber " . Roba suspected that Jonouchi planned to oppose his ESP with the roll of a die , because luck was something he could not predict . Roba accepted the challenge and Tributed " Cyber Raider " for " The Fiend Megacyber " . Jonouchi activated " Graceful Dice " needing a 5 or 6 to make " Swordsman of Landstar " stronger than " The Fiend Megacyber " . However he rolled a 3 , tripling its ATK ( ATK : 500 → 1500 ) . Roba attacked " Swordsman of Landstar " with " The Fiend Megacyber " . To his surprise , Jonouchi activated " Skull Dice " , targeting " The Fiend Megacyber " and rolling a 5 , dividing its ATK by that amount ( ATK : 2200 → 440 ) . This caused " Swordsman of Landstar " to win the battle , destroying " The Fiend Megacyber " ( Roba : 4000 → 2940 Life Points ) . Jonouchi explained Roba had mistook " Skull Dice " for " Graceful Dice " by only seeing a portion of the card and accused him of having someone spy on his cards , rather than use ESP . Roba denied having spies and told Jonouchi not to be making baseless assumptions . Having been caught , Roba ' s brothers decided to stop spying and were confident that their brother could win without their help . Roba played " Mind Control " face - down and ended his turn . 5th turn : Jonouchi Jonouchi drew " Alligator Sword " and Summoned it . Jonouchi attacked Roba directly " Alligator Sword " ( Roba : 2940 → 1440 ) . He declared another direct attack with " Swordsman of Landstar " , but Roba played " Mind Control " , taking control of it . Jonouchi wondered why he did not use that when the first monster attacked and Roba explained that it would have resulted in both monsters being destroyed , as they had the same ATK , but he wanted Jonouchi ' s monster alive . Jonouchi played " Chasm with Spikes " face - down and ended his turn . 6th turn : Roba Roba activated " Brain Control " , taking control of " Alligator Sword " and sacrificed both of Jonouchi ' s stolen monsters to Summon " Jinzo " . " Jinzo " used its special power to detect and destroy Jonouchi ' s Trap Card , " Chasm with Spikes " . Roba then attacked Jonouchi directly with " Jinzo " ( Jonouchi : 2600 → 200 Life Points ) . He suggested that Jonouchi give up at this point , but Jonouchi thought that if he gave up now , he would not be able to reach his future , where he was to fulfill his promise to Duel Dark Yugi after becoming stronger . 7th turn : Jonouchi Jonouchi drew " Baby Dragon " and activated " Scapegoat " to Summon 4 " Sheep " to buffer Roba ' s attacks . 8th turn : Roba Roba drew " Reflect Bounder " . Roba activated " Amplifier " , increasing the ATK of " Jinzo " by 500 . He then Summoned " Reflect Bounder " and explained that it had the effect to bounce enemy attacks back at them , so even if Jonouchi could Summon a monster he would lose if he attacked . Roba attacked and destroyed two of Jonouchi ' s " Sheep " with " Jinzo " and " Reflect Bounder " . 9th turn : Jonouchi Jonouchi drew and activated " Roulette Spider " , at the cost of half of his Life Points ( Jonouchi : 200 → 100 Life Points ) . The spider clamped itself onto " Jinzo " and covered its eyes . A roulette table then appeared around them . He explained that " Roulette Spider " blinds the strongest monster on the field and spins it around . When Roba calls for it to stop , the monster will stop spinning and attack whatever it is pointing at . Its possible targets included ; Roba , Jonouchi , " Reflect Bounder " and the two remaining " Sheep " . Jonouchi said that if Roba really had ESP , he should be able to tell the monster to stop at the right moment . Roba shouted " stop " , leaving " Jinzo " point at " Reflect Bounder " . Its attack was reflected and both monsters were destroyed ( Roba : 1440 → 240 Life Points ) . Jonouchi then Summoned " Baby Dragon " and attacked Roba directly ( Roba : 240 → 0 Life Points ) . Jonouchi won the Duel and claimed that he had been the one who had seen the future . Aftermath . Roba broke down and began sobbing . Some onlookers were surprised that he lost to Jonouchi , a " newbie " . Jonouchi said that he knew from experience that psychic powers are real and that Roba did not have them . Per the rules of the tournament , he asked for Roba ' s Puzzle Card and rare card . Roba yelled at everyone watching , asking if they enjoyed looking down on him . Jonouchi told him that nobody there thought he was a loser and that he should not be so hard on himself . After his brothers appeared , Roba admitted Jonouchi was right and handed him " Jinzo " and a Puzzle Card . Cards used . The following cards from each player ' s Decks were shown :