Card Trivia:Obelisk the Tormentor


 * In Egyptian culture, an obelisk (Greek: ὀβελίσκος [obeliskos], diminutive of ὀβελός [obelos], "needle") is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of stone (a monolith). The term stele (plural: stelae) is generally used for other monumental standings of inscribed, sculpted stones not of classic obelisk form.


 * This is the first Egyptian God to have a legal version.


 * This is the only Egyptian God to not make an "in-Duel" appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.


 * This card has a Wicked God counterpart called "The Wicked Dreadroot".


 * This card has a Sacred Beast counterpart called "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms".


 * This card appears in the artwork of "Quiz Panel Obelisk: 10", "20" and "30".


 * In December of 2008, V-Jump Subscribers in Japan received a Tournament Legal Version of this card aptly named "Great Divine Soldier of Obelisk", with Alternate Art (more specifically, the "Ancient" Obelisk appeared in the manga) by Kazuki Takahashi bearing his signature. This was the first legal DIVINE Divine-Beast released in the OCG.
 * A TCG version of the Legal card was in America's Shonen Jump on January 2010.
 * This card is the only card that was released two times as a promotional card in the Shonen Jump magazine. The First time as illegal "Obelisk the Tormentor", the second time as legal "Obelisk the Tormentor".


 * This is the only Egyptian God Card to have a predetermined ATK and DEF value.


 * In the Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, the original version of this card, and the other Egyptian God Cards are in English, while still using the Japanese name.
 * In this version, Defense is misspelled as Difence on this, and other Egyptian God Cards.


 * Since the Egyptian God Cards are color-coded by their skin color, "Obelisk the Tormentor" is the only blue-colored card that is not a Ritual Monster.


 * The effect monster version of this card is one of the few cards in the game that does not have an 8-digit input code in the bottom left corner and no border around the photo.


 * The legal version of this card is Obelisk as he appeared in the Dawn of the Duel arc. This form also appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! R when Yugi used "Divine Evolution" on "Obelisk".


 * This is the first Egyptian god card to make an appearance in the Gold Series.
 * This is also the first Egyptian god card to make a reprint.
 * Obelisk is based off of Seth, a being that actually set up obelisks to defy the Egyptian Gods and to bring nightmares among the peoples' dreams.