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In the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
, Obelisk the Tormentor (オベリスクの巨神兵 Oberisuku no Kyoshinhei, lit. "Giant God-Soldier of Obelisk") is one of the three God Cards. In the Japanese manga and anime, it is sometimes called by the Engrish name "The God of Obelisk", while in the English manga, it is called The God of the Obelisk. "Obelisk the Tormentor" is the name used in the English anime, and on the English version of the real God Cards.

Initially passed to Seto Kaiba by Ishizu Ishtar, Obelisk the Tormentor is the first God Card appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga. The two poles it represents are "light" and "darkness".

Note that obelisk, unlike Osiris and Ra, is not originally the name of an Egyptian god, but of a kind of structure commonly erected by the ancient Egyptians.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! GX counterpart is Phantom Emperor Ravel.

Effects

Note: The effects stated in this section are based on the Japanese anime and/or manga of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The real Obelisk card does not have any effect printed on it, and cannot be used in duels. (See God Cards for more details.)

According to the Japanese anime and manga of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Obelisk card has the following unique statistics (unlike most other cards which text are written in Japanese, in the Japanese anime and manga, the text on the God Cards are written in English):

ATK (ATtacK points) 4000/DEF (DEFense points) 4000

(Effect) "The Player shall sacrifice two bodies to God of Obelisk. The opponent shall be damaged. And the monsters on the field shall be destroyed."

With what are observed in various duels, a deduction of the unique abilities of Obelisk is concluded below:

ATK 4000/DEF 4000

(Effect)
*You can activate this effect during you or your opponent's turns. Sacrifice two monsters other than Obelisk on your side of the field. Until after Obelisk attacks, its ATK becomes "∞" (infinite). This effect is known as "Soul Energy Max" (ソウルエナジーMAX) in the Japanese anime and manga.
**i.e., after this effect is activated, when Obelisk inflicts battle damage on your opponent's Life Points, your opponent's Life Points becomes 0 (= loses) immediately.
*In addition, all monsters existed on your opponent's side of the field receive battle damage of an amount equal to the current ATK of Obelisk.
**This effect is considered a "special attack" in the manga.

There are also certain effects shared by all God Cards; these are listed in that entry for brevity.

Obelisk's attack is known as "God Hand Crusher" (ゴッド・ハンド・クラッシャー) in the Japanese anime and manga. And with this effect activated, Obelisk's "attack" is known as "God Hand Crusher/God Hand Impact" (ゴッド・ハンド・インパクト), or, in the English TV show, "Fist of Fate/Fist of Fury".

A note on Obelisk's effect

Many websites now claim that Obelisk's effect inflicts 4000 points of damage on the opponent's Life Points. For those who want to use Obelisk in the real card game, this may be something convenient to use. However, it should not be considered the true effect of Obelisk.

In both the manga and anime of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Obelisk's effect was not explained clearly at the beginning. In manga Duel 148 published on October 19, 1999, when Obelisk's effect was activated during the duel between Seto Kaiba and the Duel Machine (this was the first time Obelisk's effect was used in the manga), there was no indication on exactly how much damage was inflicted on its opponent's Life Points by the effect. What you can see is only Obelisk's ATK increased to an unknown value, followed by Obelisk crushing Duel Machine's monsters, reducing its unhurt Life Points (4000) to 0 instantly (remember, Obelisk has an ATK of 4000 originally, which means it can wipe out 4000 Life Points with just one attack). With this scenario and the text written on the manga Obelisk card in mind, some Yu-Gi-Oh! fans deduced that Obelisk's effect inflicts 4000 points of damage on its opponent's Life Points. And although some details of this duel was changed when it was shown in Yu-Gi-Oh! anime episode 54, which first aired on TV Tokyo on May 8, 2001, there was still no indication of the exact ATK of Obelisk with its effect activated, thus nothing to clarify it. However, in the anime, Obelisk destroyed The Duel Machine's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, as well as eliminated all of the Duel Machine's life points in one attack, which means that Obelisk's attack would either have increased above 8500 to cause enough damage, or destroyed the monster some other way. This could also be an effect of Obelisk that would "destroy all of the opponent's monsters", and then Obelisk attacked opponent's life points directly as there were no monsters to protect opponent's life points.

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Games - Obelisk the Tormentor

Effects

A note on Obelisk's effect

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