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Effects[]

Yu-Gi-Oh! anime:

Actual Japanese lore:

Ｔｈｅ　 ｐｌａｙｅｒ 　ｓｈａｌｌ　 ｓａｃｒｉｆｉｃｅ 　ｔｗｏ 　ｂｏｄｉｅｓ 　ｔo 　 Ｇｏｄ 　ｏｆ 　Ｏｂｅｌｉｓｋ．
Ｔｈｅ 　ｏｐｐｏｎｅｎｔ　 ｓｈａｌｌ 　ｂｅ 　ｄａｍａｇｅｄ． 　Ａｎｄ　 ｔｈｅ 　ｍｏｎｓｔｅｒｓ 　ｏｎ 　ｔｈｅ 　ｆｉｅｌｄ 　ｓｈａｌｌ　 ｂｅ 　ｄｅｓｔｒｏｙｅｄ．

Effect put into TCG terms:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine-Beast/Level 10/ATK 4000/DEF 4000
Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card cannot be targeted by card effects. Once per turn: You can Tribute 2 other monsters; destroy all monsters your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict 4000 damage to your opponent. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this face-up card was targeted by a Spell and/or monster effect this turn: Negate that effect(s). Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned from the GY this turn: Send this card to the GY.

  • Its anime effect may be reconstructed as the following:

【Divine-Beast/Effect/DIVINE/Level 10/ATK 4000/DEF 4000】
Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card's Normal Summon cannot be negated. If this card is Normal Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated, except the effects of DIVINE monsters. If this card is Special Summoned in face-up Defense Position when an opponent's monster declares an attack or when your opponent targets another monster you control for an effect: Change the target to this card. This card is unaffected by card effects while face-up on the field and cannot be destroyed by card effects, except the effects of DIVINE monsters. Cannot be returned from the field to the hand by card effects. Your opponent cannot Tribute this card. Control of this card cannot change. Your opponent cannot equip this card with Equip Cards. If this Attack Position card battles (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 2 other monsters; this card's ATK becomes ∞ during the Damage Step only. If this card is in Attack Position (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 2 other monsters; destroy all monsters your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict 4000 damage to your opponent. This card cannot declare an attack the turn you activate this effect. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this face-up card was targeted by a Spell and/or monster effect this turn: Negate that effect(s). Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned from the GY, or if this banished card was Special Summoned, this turn: Send this card to the GY if it was Special Summoned from the GY, or banish it if this banished card was Special Summoned.

Video Games Effects[]

One of the three Egyptian God cards, Obelisk the Tormentor is unusual in that its flavor text is printed as its "effect". Despite this obstacle, however, effects have been given to it in its video game appearances.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine-Beast/10/4000/4000
A monster that can wipe out all monsters on the foe's field. At the same time, it hits the foe with 4,000LP worth of damage. (Requires three Tributes.)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine Beast/10/4000/4000
You must offer 3 Tributes to Special Summon this card. When this card is Special Summoned from the graveyard, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monsters that designate a target. By offering 2 Monsters on your field as Tributes, all Monsters on your opponent's field are destroyed and inflict 4000 damage to your opponent life points.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine Beast/10/4000/4000
You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. When this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monster effects. By offering 2 Monsters on your field as Tributes, all Monsters on your opponent's field are destroyed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine Beast/10/4000/4000
You must offer 3 Tributes to Tribute Summon this card. When this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monsters that designate a target. By offering 2 Monsters on your field as Tributes, all Monsters on your opponent's field are destroyed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator:

Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE/Divine Beast/10/4000/4000
You must Tribute 3 monsters you control to Normal Summon this card. The Normal Summon of this card cannot be negated. When this card is Normal Summoned, a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster Card cannot be activated. This card cannot be targeted by the effects of a Spell, Trap or Effect Monster. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. You can Tribute 2 monsters to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack the turn this effect is activated.

In addition to the effects above, the "Thousand Rules Bible" book (Japan only) offered the following:

Giant God-Soldier of Obelisk
GOD/Illusionary God Animal/10/4000/4000
Requires you to sacrifice 3 monsters to Summon (this is treated as a Special Summon). Sacrifice 2 monsters: When this monster attacks during this turn, it attacks all of your opponent's monsters at the same time and does 4000 points of Direct Damage to your opponent. This monster cannot be the target of monster, Spell or Trap effects.

Note that "Obelisk" was also released in the 6th Japanese Booster of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters. Note also that Kazuki Takahashi said in an interview that Obelisk's effect permits him to get infinite Attack when you tribute 2 monsters.

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Battle City[]

  • In episode 52, Ishizu Ishtar gives this card to Seto Kaiba to use his Battle City tournament and lure the Rare Hunters out of hiding. She lends this card to Kaiba for the tournament, but she will want this card back when the tournament is done. As he is heading back in his limo, Kaiba looks at this card and states in his mind he now one down.
  • In episode 54, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Duel against a dueling machine. He hopes to test this card out. On the Duel's final turn, Kaiba Tribute Summons this card by Tributing "Dragon Seeker", "Boar Soldier" and "D.D. Warrior". Kaiba then Tributes "Maha Vailo" and "Dark Zebra" for this card's effect to gain infinite attack then attack and destroy the machine's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", winning Kaiba the Duel.
    • In the same episode, this card also appears in a flashback Kaiba has when he remembers Ishizu giving this card to him and telling him she will leave this card under his control.
  • In episode 60, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Duel against Koji Nagumo. He uses this card to win the Duel, leaving Koji traumatized.
    • In the same episode, this card also appears in a flashback Marik Ishtar has when he notes to himself that Ishizu must have given this card to Kaiba in order to give the idea that he should create the Battle City tournament.
  • In episode 62, this card and the other two Egyptian God Cards appear during Marik Ishtar's explanation. Marik explained that whoever can own all three Egyptian God Cards will be the new Pharaoh and use the Millennium Items.
  • In episode 65, this card and the other two Egyptian God Cards appear within Marik's intended plan of beating Kaiba and he will be able to combine the power of the three Egyptian God Cards as well as the Millennium Puzzle to gain the power of the Pharaoh.
  • In episode 68, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Tag Duel with Yami Yugi against two Rare Hunters. He Tribute Summons this card by Tributing his three copies of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Kaiba then Tributes "Hyozanryu" and "Lord of Dragons" for this card's effect to destroy all opposing Monster Cards and inflicting 4000 damage to both Rare Hunters. One Rare Hunter then activates "Mirror Force" in response which doesn't work as this card's effect isn't an actual attack. This card's effect continues, winning Yami Yugi and Kaiba the Duel.
  • In episode 73, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Tag Duel with Yami Yugi against Lumis and Umbra. He Tribute Summons this card by Tributing Yami Yugi's "Beta The Magnet Warrior", "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" and "Gamma The Magnet Warrior" while under their opponents' control (due to Lumis's "The Mask of Remnants" and Umbra's "Masquerade") thanks to "Soul Exchange". This card then attacks Umbra directly which depletes Umbra's remaining Life Points and destroys the floor panel he was on, but the Rare Hunter uses a parachute to save himself which ended up hooking onto a flagpole. The Duel was automatically won by Yami Yugi and Kaiba after Marik took control of Lumis's body and Lumis passed out shortly after.
  • In episode 74, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he notes that Marik possessing a Rare Hunter happened again after he and Kaiba defeated Lumis and Umbra.
  • In episode 81, Kaiba is shown holding this card as the Kaiba Corp blimp takes off. He notes that he will use this card to gain the remaining Egyptian God Cards.
    • In the same episode, this card also appears in Yami Yugi's thoughts when he notes that the Battle City Finals will be a clash against the three Egyptian God Cards.
  • In episode 85, this card appears in Shadi's backstory which relates to Maximillion Pegasus creating the Egyptian God Cards. After first painting the Egyptian God Cards' artwork, Pegasus had a dream where he saw the Egyptian Gods bringing chaos upon Egypt and Shadi explained to Pegasus the danger he has just created. Afterwards, Pegasus placed the Egyptian God Cards he created in a briefcase which he decided to take back to Egypt. He then gave the Egyptian God Cards to Ishizu to seal away.
  • In episode 86, this card appears in Marik's thoughts when he notes to himself that he must find out the secret of how Kaiba can possess and wield this card as the Egyptian God Cards can only be used by people who wield the Millennium Items and Kaiba is not one.
  • In episode 93, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Duel against Ishizu Ishtar. He draws this card. In the next episode, Kaiba activates "Soul Exchange" to Tribute Ishizu's "Zolga", "Kelbek" and "Agido" in order to Tribute Summon this card. Ishizu intended for Kaiba to attack directly with this card as this would allow her to activate "Sacrifice's Blast" and win the Duel. But after a vision via the Millennium Rod that motivates him differently, Kaiba Tributes this card and "Gadget Soldier" in order to Tribute Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" which renders "Sacrifice's Blast" useless.
    • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Kaiba has when he remembers Ishizu giving this card to him. Kaiba notes in his mind it is time for him to defeat Ishizu with this card he gave to her.
    • In the second above-mentioned episode, this card appears in Ishizu's thoughts when she notes in the future she saw via the Millennium Necklace that Kaiba will attack with this card and that will activate "Sacrifice Blast" which will destroy this card and win Ishizu the Duel.
  • In episode 97, this card appears on Kaiba's computer when he notes off the Egyptian God Cards and when he learns that most Trap Cards don't work on the Egyptian God Cards and that Spell Cards affect for only one turn.

Battle City Finals[]

  • In episode 122, Kaiba is shown holding this card when he thinks to himself that it is now the time to decide who Battle City's true winner is.
  • In episode 123, this card is shown when Kaiba formulates to himself his plan in defeating Yami Yugi and Yami Marik.
    • In the same episode, this card is shown in a flashback that Ishizu has when she remembers first putting on the Millennium Necklace and seeing events that will happen in the future.
  • In episode 129, Seto Kaiba uses this card during his Duel against Yami Yugi. He activates "Soul Exchange" in an attempt to Tribute Summon this card by Tributing "X-Head Cannon", "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" and "Queen's Knight", but Yami Yugi activates "Change of Heart" to take control of "X-Head Cannon". Kaiba then activates "Enemy Controller" to regain control of "X-Head Cannon" and then tries to Tribute Summon this card by Tributing the three Monster Cards on the field, but Yami Yugi activates "Lightforce Sword" to banish this card from Kaiba's hand for three turns. In the next episode, this card returns to Kaiba's hand on the Duel's tenth turn. Kaiba then Tribute Summons this card by Tributing "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (which counts as three Tributes). In the following episode, the second mouth effect of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" decreases this card's ATK by 2000 until the End Phase. On the End Phase, this card regained its original ATK. "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (who had 5000 ATK due to its own effect) then attacks this card, but Kaiba activates "Command Silencer" to negate the attack and draw one card. This card then attacks "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (who had 3000 ATK due to its own effect), but Yami Yugi activates "Card Destruction" and "Disgraceful Charity" to make both players discard their entire hand then draw a new hand and to make both players add the cards they discarded back to their hand respectively which increases the ATK of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to 6000. Kaiba then Tributes "Blade Knight" and "Sword of Soul" for this card's effect to destroy all Monster Cards and inflicting 4000 damage to Yami Yugi while "Slifer the Sky Dragon" is not affected, but the effect of Yami Yugi's "Kuriboh" nullifies the damage that would've happened. "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (who had 6000 ATK due to its own effect) then attacks this card, but Kaiba activates "Power Balance" to discard half of the cards in Yami Yugi's hand and allow him to draw the same amount of cards. Yami Yugi then activates "Necromancy" to which decreases card's ATK by 2400 due to second effect of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" destroying "Blade Knight", "Sword of Soul", "Kaiser Sea Horse" and "X-Head Cannon". The effect of "Sword of Soul" to increases this card's ATK by 1000 until the End Phase, but the effect of Yami Yugi's "Electromagnetic Turtle" ends the Battle Phase immediately. On Yugi's End Phase, this card's ATK went back to its original value. This card then attacks "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (whose ATK was 1000 due to its own effect), but Yami Yugi activates "Spell Textbook" to discard his entire hand and draw one card which is revealed to be "Card of Sanctity". Both players immediately draw until they have six cards in their hand which makes the ATK of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" 6000, but Kaiba activates "Life Shaver" to make Yami Yugi discard two cards in his hand due to being face-down for two turns. In the next episode, both Egyptian God Cards are destroyed in a Double KO. Kaiba later activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon this card as interception when Yami Yugi's "Dark Magician" attacks "Lord of Dragons", causing the attack to fail. In the following episode, this card went back to the Graveyard on Kaiba's End Phase.
    • In the second above-mentioned episode, this card is seen in a flashback Ishizu has when she thinks everything that is currently happening is happening exactly as the ancient Egyptian scriptures predicted.
  • In episode 135, Kaiba gives this card to Yami Yugi as per Battle City's rules.
    • In the same episode, this card is seen in a series of flashbacks that Yami Yugi has when he notes to himself that his rivalry with Kaiba allowed him to fight harder and reach new heights.
  • In episode 136, this card appears in a flashback that Yami Marik has when he remembers the Duel Yami Yugi and Kaiba had and notes that the Millennium Rod and Millennium Puzzle showed a vision after this card and "Slifer the Sky Dragon" were destroyed in a Double KO.
  • In episode 139, Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Yami Marik. He Tribute Summons this card by Tributing three "Metal Fiend Tokens" (via "Fiend's Sanctuary" and "Multiply"). This card then attacks Yami Marik directly. In the next episode, Yami Marik to activate "Metal Reflect Slime" which turns into a duplicate of this card with DEF equal to 3/4 of this card's ATK. On Yami Yugi's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Yami Marik's "Egyptian God Slime", but the effect of "Egyptian God Slime" results in revival shortly afterwards. In the following episode, the Egyptian God Phoenix effect of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" tries to destroy this card, but Yami Yugi has "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (via "Monster Reborn") to intercept the attack, destroying "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and saving this card. Yami Marik then activates "Surprise Attack from Beyond" to repeat his Battle Phase, but Yami Yugi activates "Soul Taker" to increase Yami Marik's Life Points by 1000 and use "Egyptian God Slime" as a Tribute for this card's effect, making its ATK and DEF infinite. However, Yami Marik then activates "Class System" to negate this card's attack. "The Winged Dragon of Ra" then attacks this card, but Yami Yugi activates "Magical Dimension" to Tribute this card and "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" in order to Special Summon "Dark Magician" which negated the attack as this card left the field. In the next episode, Yami Yugi banishes this card in order to activate "Ragnarok". This card was then shown as one of the many Monster Cards that were used to hold down "The Winged Dragon of Ra" while merged with Yami Marik yet restrained by Marik Ishtar.
    • In episode 138, this card appears in Joey's thoughts when he explains to his friends that it is going to be tough for Yami Yugi to summon this card and "Slifer the Sky Dragon" out onto the field since he must Tribute a total of six Monster Cards to get both out while Yami Marik can summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra" far more easily since he has many strategies via other means besides the standard Tributing means.
  • In episode 144, this card appears in two flashbacks Téa Gardner has. The first was when she remembers the gang seeing the Egyptian Gods Cards for the first time, and another was when Téa remembers Yami Yugi winning Battle City and all three Egyptian God Cards.

Waking the Dragons[]

  • In episode 145, Yami Yugi goes to the Tablet of Lost Memories in the Domino Museum to finish his quest on finding the Pharaoh's lost memories so he holds the three Egyptian God Cards in front of the tablet while wearing his Millennium Puzzle to try to open a doorway into the past, but Dartz's interference causes the tablet to be encased in ice and the Egyptian God Cards are weakened down. The Egyptian God Cards are later dusted off by Solomon Muto but are stolen by Rafael, Valon and Alister. Yugi Muto and his friends demand the Egyptian God Cards back, but the three Swordsmen refuse.
    • In the same episode, Gurimo uses this card during his Duel against Yami Yugi. He Tribute Summons this card by Tributing "Marauding Captain", "Shadow Tamer" and "Makyura the Destructor". This card then gained 500 ATK due to "The Seal of Orichalcos". In the next episode, this card attacks and destroys Yami Yugi's "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior". On Gurimo's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Yami Yugi's "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts". Yami Yugi activates "Brave Attack" to add up the ATK of Yami Yugi's "Alpha The Magnet Warrior", "Beta The Magnet Warrior" and "Gamma The Magnet Warrior" to attack and destroy this card. Gurimo later lost, but he tossed this card to Rafael. Yami Yugi demands the Egyptian God Cards back, but Rafael just releases the souls of Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor before leaving with Valon and Alister.
  • In episode 147, Rafael delivered the three Egyptian God Cards. Dartz then places the Egyptian God Cards in the mouths of three snake statues. The statues then drain out the power of the Egyptian God Cards' power to be transferred to the Great Leviathan as well as link the real world with the Duel Monsters Spirit World, allowing the Great Leviathan to absorb both human souls and Duel Spirits to become stronger.
  • In episode 148, this card appears in Dartz's lair. This card was shown in a snake statue's mouth where its power was being drained out and transferred to the Great Leviathan.
  • In episode 154, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers Gurimo telling him that his soul will be a sacrifice to the Great Leviathan.
  • In episode 174, this card appears in a flashback Rafael has when he remembers the strategy Yami Yugi used involving "Brave Attack" to defeat this card which was under Gurimo's possession.
  • In episode 182, Yami Yugi takes back the Egyptian God Cards after he defeats Dartz in a Duel.
  • In episode 183, Yami Yugi uses this card in the battle against the Great Leviathan. All three Egyptian God Cards are summoned, releasing the three chosen Duelists from the Great Leviathan's grasp. The Egyptian God Cards then attack the Great Leviathan, but the latter isn't injured. The Great Leviathan than attacks, but Yami Yugi declares the attack names of three Egyptian God Cards. The Egyptian God Cards then attack the Great Leviathan simultaneously, creating one gigantic attack that destroys the Great Leviathan and Dartz as well as free the souls that were captured.

Grand Championship[]

  • In episode 185, Yugi takes the Egyptian God Cards out of his Deck while he and Yami Yugi were relaxing. Yugi notes that he is happy that the Egyptian God Cards are under their possession again.

Dawn of the Duel[]

  • In episode 199, Yugi Muto has the three Egyptian God Cards in the box that held the Millennium Puzzle. Solomon Muto asks to see the Egyptian God Cards again to which Yugi allows. Solomon tries to say that he wants to have the Egyptian God Cards so he can try to sell or show off, but Yugi refuses to let that happen. Yugi takes the Egyptian God Cards back since Yami Yugi needs the Egyptian God Cards in order to find his memories and are too dangerous to be in anybody else's possession. Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood later try to steal the Egyptian God Cards in order to have for themselves, taking the duffel bag where the Egyptian God Cards and the Millennium Items are. Rex and Weevil are unable to find the Egyptian God Cards before Yami Bakura arrives to take the Millennium Ring and knocks out both Rex and Weevil before Yugi arrives. In the next episode, Yami Bakura tosses the duffel bag containing the Egyptian God Cards back to Yugi. Yugi finds the Egyptian God Cards still safe within the box before a conversation between Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura occurs.
    • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers Yami Yugi trying to use the Egyptian God Cards with the stone tablet before Dartz's interference. Yugi notes that it will work this time since he believes that there is nothing that will stop them from trying to find Yami Yugi's memories.
    • In the second above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Kaiba has when he remembers the vision he and Yami Yugi had back at Battle City when this card and "Slifer the Sky Dragon" collided which created a vision of ancient Egypt for both Duelists to see.
  • In episode 201, Yami Yugi takes the Egyptian God Cards out to hold out in front of the tablet. Both the Millennium Puzzle and the tablet then glow to which Yami Yugi's spirit then comes out of Yugi Muto's body and into the light to take him back to ancient Egypt to relearn what his true memories were (while Yami Bakura also followed to ancient Egypt due to a part of himself being in the Millennium Puzzle).
  • In episode 217, the Nameless Pharaoh uses the Egyptian Gods to fight Zorc Necrophades. The Egyptian Gods appear to defeat Zorc successfully at first, but Zorc gets back up at full strength and turns the Egyptian Gods into stone which render the Egyptian Gods useless. Two episodes later, the Pharaoh regains his real name Atem and his father tells him to call forth the light that will swallow the darkness. Atem then calls for the Egyptian Gods, causing the Egyptian God Cards within Yugi Muto's Deck to come out and revive the ancient Egyptian Gods. Atem then combines the Egyptian Gods as The Creator God of Light, Horakhty.
  • In episode 221, Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Yugi Muto. He Tribute Summons this card by Tributing three "Tricky Tokens" (via "Tricky Spell 4"). This card then attacks and destroys Yugi's "Stronghold the Moving Fortress". On the next turn, this card attacks Yugi's "Silent Swordsman LV0", but Yugi activates "Turn Jump" and "Ground Erosion" to move the turn count forward by three turns and target the field under which resulted in this card losing 1500 ATK respectively. Yami Yugi calls off this Egyptian God Card's attack. In the next episode, this card attacks Yugi directly after "Slifer the Sky Dragon" attacks and destroys "Silent Swordsman LV0" and then "The Winged Dragon of Ra" attacks and destroys Yugi's "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior", but Yugi activates "Mirage Ruler" to revive his destroyed Monster Cards back and revert his Life Points to before the attacks albeit at the cost of 1000 Life Points; a replay occurs and Yami Yugi chooses not to attack. The second mouth effect of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" targets Yugi's "Beta The Magnet Warrior", "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" and "Gamma The Magnet Warrior", but Yugi activates "Magnet Force" to redirect the second mouth effect of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to the Egyptian God Cards, causing all Egyptian God Cards to lose 2000 ATK. "Silent Swordsman LV0" (who now had 3500 ATK due to its own effect) then attacks the Egyptian God Cards, but Yami Yugi activates "Mirror Force" which destroys all of Yugi's Monster Cards which Yugi wanted to happen. In the following episode, Yugi activates "Magnet Reverse". The second mouth effect of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" targets the Magnet Warriors (first "Valkyrion The Magna Warrior" and then "Beta The Magnet Warrior", "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" and "Gamma The Magnet Warrior"), but "Magnet Force" redirects to hit this card once (as well as "Slifer the Sky Dragon" once and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" twice) which destroys the Egyptian God Cards.
    • In the manga version of the Duel, this card is the only one that Atem actually uses in his Duel with Yugi (whereas he uses all three Egyptian God Cards in the anime).
  • Obelisk reappears in Yu-Gi-Oh! R, used by Yugi on his final duel against Yako Tenma. Yakou's "The Wicked Avatar" adopted Obelisk's shape and power immediately. However, Yugi used "Divine Evolution", evolving Obelisk into the "True Ancient Obelisk" 「真祖・オベリスク」 (Obelisk the Progenitor in the English manga) and causing its ATK to raise to infinity. Obelisk and the Avatar destroyed each other in battle.
  • Obelisk's signature attack (only seen when Obelisk's effect has been activated) is named "God Hand Crusher" 「ゴッド・ハンド・クラッシャー」 (rendered "Fist of Fate" in the English series, later renamed "Fist of Fury"). Obelisk's effect that increases its ATK to infinite is known as "Soul Energy Max" 「ソウルエナジーＭＡＸ」, and its attack name becomes "God Hand Impact".
  • In the original Japanese Anime and Manga, the name and lore of this card was printed in English. The name written on the card in the Japanese Anime and Manga is "The God of Obelisk". In the English manga, this cards name reads "The God of the Obelisk".

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX[]

  • in episode 15, multiple copies of this monster appear in Syrus Truesdale's thoughts when he wonders what "Obelisk pixies" look like (He assumed that they were this monster miniaturized and having the wings of a pixie).
  • In episode 18, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Syrus Truesdale has when he notes to Jaden Yuki all the accomplishments that Yugi made in Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.
  • In episode 85, this card appears in a flashback Jaden Yuki has when he makes note of the three Egyptian God Cards and their power with Franz.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's[]

  • In episode 121, this card appear in a flashback Taro Yamashita has when he notes in his mind that "Zushin the Sleeping Giant" is comparable with the Egyptian God Cards.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light[]

  • Yami Yugi uses this card during his simulation Duel against Seto Kaiba. When Kaiba summons "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and equips it with "Megamorph" to double its ATK, Yami Yugi Tributes "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" in order to activate this Egyptian God Card's effect to destroy "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and inflict 4000 damage to Kaiba, winning Yami Yugi the Duel.
  • Yami Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Seto Kaiba. Kaiba forces Yugi to Special Summon this card and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" via "Obligatory Summon". He then activates "Pyramid of Light" to banish all three Egyptian God Cards from the field. Later, Kaiba wanted a perfect victory by using Yami Yugi's own Egyptian Gods against him. Kaiba then activates the last effect of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to destroy "Pyramid of Light", but it didn't work due to Anubis' interference. Anubis then took over the Duel. Yami Yugi later sensed a weakness in the "Pyramid of Light" thanks to Yugi destroying the power source for the "Pyramid". Yami Yugi then activates "Double Spell" to activate Kaiba's "Monster Reborn" from the Graveyard and revive "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon". Yami Yugi then activates the "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" Shining Nova effect to destroy "Pyramid of Light". This time the effect succeeds as not only was the "Pyramid of Light" destroyed, but so were Anubis's "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia". Anubis then Special Summons "Theinen the Great Sphinx" since "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" were both destroyed at the same time. Yami Yugi then activates "Reverse of Reverse" to activate Kaiba's "Return from the Different Dimension" as his card. This allows Yami Yugi to Special Summon his Egyptian Gods from the Banished Zone. Yami Yugi then combines the Egyptian Gods together to destroy "Theinen the Great Sphinx" and inflict infinite damage to Anubis, winning Yami Yugi the Duel.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions[]

Scripted Duels[]

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