

However the souls of the Gods came to dwell in the cards, making them powerful weapons. With that, Atem managed to summon Obelisk to fight Diabound, forcing Bakura to retreat.ģ000 years later, Maximillion Pegasus created cards depicting the three Egyptian Gods, for his game Duel Monsters. During the battle, Aknamkanon's son, Pharaoh Atem, heard his father's spirit uttering "justice lies in the name of the gods". When Thief King Bakura invaded the Pharaoh's palace after plundering Aknamkanon's tomb, he engaged in a ka battle with the priests. These monsters were only capable of being summoned by the chosen Pharaoh, which is revealed to be Atem. Obelisk is one of the three Egyptian Gods, along with Slifer the Sky Dragon and The Winged Dragon of Ra. The largest difference is its crest the outer spikes extend further both upwards and downwards, and the crest and chest have darker blue markings on them. Obelisk's form differs in the Memory World arc its spikes are shorter and more angular in comparison to the curved spikes seen in the present.


Obelisk has red eyes, and the sapphire common to the Egyptian Gods in its forehead. Obelisk's mouth is lipless, with pointed white teeth. Obelisk's head is covered in spikes twin spikes jut from its cheeks, long spikes sideways from the back of the head, two from the temples, a short spike on the chin, and a tri-spiked crest on the top of its head. Obelisk's feet are anisodactyl, with three toes in front and a single one behind its hands are more human, with spiked, sheath-like claws covering its fingertips and small diamond-shaped plates covering the knuckles. Obelisk's large shoulder pauldrons have two large spikes protruding vertically, its forearm armor has spikes protruding at the elbows, and its groin and knees are armored with diamond-shaped plates, while a shield-shaped plate covers the posterior. Obelisk has simple, triangular wings that are about the same height as Obelisk itself. Obelisk is a massive muscular blue-skinned humanoid.
