Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s - Episode 009 " The Lockdown Duel Part 1 " , known as " Feelings Hanging for the Cards : A Planned Lightning Deathmatch " in the Japanese version , is the ninth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " anime . It first aired in Japan on May 28 , 2008 . Summary . The Facility . Yusei is moved to a new cell , where he meets his new cell mate , Alex . Alex tries to welcome Yusei by offering him the top bunk , while most newcomers get stuck with the bottom . Yusei ignores him and climbs into the top bunk , where he lies and reflects on what has happened over the last few days . Alex introduces himself and tells Yusei he saw his duel with Bolt Tanner . Yusei asks him to keep it down . Tenzen Yanagi appears outside Yusei and Alex ' s cell and escorts him to Bolt . The three of them have all been escorted to this part of the center . Yanagi explains that this part of the place is for long term inmates . Bolt ' s worried about rumors he ' s heard of Mr . Armstrong flashing his power around . Mr . Armstrong who is monitoring their conversation remembers Rex Goodwin telling him that Yusei is a Signer . Mr . Armstrong pointed out that their tests indicated otherwise . Nevertheless Rex Goodwin asked that he keep an eye on Yusei . Mr . Armstrong is outraged by this . He doesn ' t believe Yusei can be a Signer and vows to teach Yusei that trash will always be trash . Back at the cell , Alex explains that they use this part of the center to make an example out of outsiders and that he ' s not going to be leaving any time soon . Alex was told he would leave soon over a year ago . He offers Yusei a chance to escape with him . By lifting up the matress on his bed , Alex reveals a hole , that took him six months to make . After passing through it Alex leads him to a place just below a well hole in Neo Domino City . Tomorrow his friends are coming to rescue him from up there and jam the alarm system connected to the criminal mark s using the Net . Yusei requests that he let Yanagi and Bolt be included in this plan . Alex approves sayng that they must do this at eight o ' clock tomorrow . The next morning Mr . Armstrong speaks with Bolt Tanner saying there ' s been reports of him of him concealing a dangerous weapon and pulls a knife out of Bolt ' s jacket . In the English version , he claims he found magazines in his bed , which are forbidden in the facility . He then takes him for interrogation . He asks him about Yusei , but Bolt refuses to sell out his friend . Bolt ' s wailing is heard throughout the long term section of the center as Mr . Armstrong continues to torture him . The two guards drag Bolt to the center of the long term section , for everyone to see him . Mr . Armstrong announces that Bolt has committed a serious crime and everyone is to take responsibility for it . All their sentences are to be extended by a year and they are not allowed to leave their cells . The inmates begin to complain . Mr . Armstrong tells them to shut up . The world doesn ' t need any single one of them . Their kind doesn ' t have freedom rights . All they have is the misery to live in the shadows , he says . " If anyone has any complaints , speak up " . Yusei interrupts him saying that no one is this world is unneeded . He claims Tanner is innocent and a genuine duelist . Mr . Armstrong points out that he , himself , is also a duelist and asks Yusei if that means Bolt is genuine and he is a fake . Mr , Armstrong proposes a Duel ; If Yusei wins he ' ll forget Bolt Tanner ' s crime and won ' t lengthen Yusei ' s sentence , but if he wins . . . Yusei finishes his sentence saying that only he would be put in lockdown . Mr . Armstrong agrees and sets the duel for tomorrow at half past eight . Yusei says that ' s fine . Alex begins to tell Yusei that if he does that , but he ' s interrupted by Yanagi screaming as the guards drag him to Mr . Armstrong after finding he has cards . Yanagi pleas with them not to take his cards but Mr . Armstrong punches him away and confiscates his Deck . Tanner and Yanagi are tossed into a cell . Yusei rushes to them and is followed by many other inmates . Tanner has also had his Deck confiscated . Alex tells Yusei that Mr . Armstrong has suckered him ; without a Deck , Yusei will be little more than a joke . He requests that the two of them just escape . Yanagi and Bolt Tanner will be unable to come in their condition . Yusei declines . Alex is astonished and says that no one in the center has honor . Yusei simply says , " If they duel me , they ' re my friend . If I were to leave without my friends , I wouldn ' t truly be free . " Alex gets annoyed and tells Yusei not to act tough , without a Deck . He then runs off saying " Do whatever you want then , freaking hell . " The other inmates confront Yusei telling that he ' s really went and done it now and they need a little chat . The next morning at 8 : 30 , the guards escort Yusei to Mr . Armstrong , who thinks Yusei has no Deck , allowing him to win by default . But Yusei shows him he has a Deck . Mr . Armstrong , in shock , asks how he got that . Yusei says that Mr . Armstrong doesn ' t understand the care a duelist can have for a card as he reflects on last night , when the other inmates spoke with him . They each gave him cards important to them for Yusei to use against Mr . Armstrong . Yusei is given a Duel Disk . Both players have their Duel Disks chained to the ground . As they duel , individual inmates light up , when Yusei plays a card they gave to him . Yusei receives an electric shock whenever his LP take damage . Mr . Armstrong explains that both players are subjected to a shock when they take damage and it is unlikely that the loser will survive . Only a small current passed through Mr . Armstrong when he took damage . Mr . Armstrong claimed that his is out of order . The inmates boo and accuse Mr . Armstrong of setting that up . Jack . Jack rides around his mansion on his Duel Runner wondering if he must duel Yusei again to make the Crimson Dragon appear . Featured Duel : Yusei Fudo vs . Mr . Armstrong . Turn 1 : Yusei ( Yusei ' s Deck : 40 → 35 ) Yusei ' s hand contains " Nightmare ' s Steelcage " , " Taunt " , " Stim - Pack " , " The Kick Man " and " Great Phantom Thief " . Yusei draws " Battle Mania " ( Yusei ' s Deck : 35 → 34 ) . He then Normal Summon s " Great Phantom Thief " ( 1000 / 1000 ) in Defense Position . Turn 2 : Mr . Armstrong Mr . Armstrong draws " Iron Chain Repairman " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 1600 / 1200 ) in Attack Position . " Iron Chain Repairman " attack s and destroy s " Great Phantom Thief " . Since " Iron Chain Repairman " destroyed a monster by battle and sent it to the Graveyard , its first effect activates , inflicting 300 damage to Yusei ( Yusei 4000 → 3700 ) . Mr . Armstrong then Sets two cards ( " Psychic Cyclone " and " Soul Anchor " ) . Turn 3 : Yusei Yusei draws " Nightmare ' s Steelcage " ( Yusei ' s Deck : 34 → 33 ) . He then Normal Summons " The Kick Man " ( 1300 / 300 ) in Attack Position . Yusei then activates " Stim - Pack " , equipping it to " The Kick Man " and increasing its ATK by 700 ( " The Kick Man " : 1300 → 2000 / 300 ) . " The Kick Man " attacks " Iron Chain Repairman " , but Mr . Armstrong activates his face - down " Soul Anchor " and equips it to " Iron Chain Repairman " . Now " Iron Chain Repairman " can ' t be destroyed by battle , however Mr . Armstrong can ' t change its Battle Position . The attack continues , but " Iron Chain Repairman " isn ' t destroyed ( Mr . Armstrong 4000 → 3600 ) . Turn 4 : Mr . Armstrong Mr . Armstrong ' s hand contains " Iron Chain Snake " , " Poison Chain " and " Iron Chain Snake " . Mr . Armstrong draws " Iron Chain Snake " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 800 / 1200 ) in Attack Position . Armstrong then activates the first effect of " Iron Chain Snake " , equipping the latter to " The Kick Man " and decreasing its ATK and DEF by 800 ( " The Kick Man " : 2000 → 1200 / 300 → 0 ) . " Iron Chain Repairman " attacks and destroys " The Kick Man " ( Yusei 3700 → 3300 ) . The first effect of " Iron Chain Repairman " activates ( Yusei 3300 → 3000 ) . The second effect of " Iron Chain Snake " activates , forcing Yusei to send the top three cards of his Deck to the Graveyard ( Yusei ' s Deck : 33 → 30 ) ( " Tri - Horned Dragon " , " United We Stand " , and " The Unhappy Maiden " ) due to " The Kick Man " being Level 3 . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .