Hello from the future, would like to add that All of the God Cards have the effect: if summoned to the field in defence during the declaration of an opponents attack. That attacking monster must attack the summoned god card.

TCG/OCG Ra : *was made into 3 different cards Manga Ra : "Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my power"

Imagine going to tournament "I sacrifice two bodies for the Obelisk" and then you slap your opponent while saying "And opponent shall be damaged!"

The god cards should've been kept broken even if it meant being put on the ban list forever. They could still be used for casual duels, like a lot of us did as kids with those illegal and/or fake blue/yellow/red god cards.

The effects of the God Cards are easy to figure out compared to guessing which spells and traps affect them, since the Yugioh writers did whatever they pleased in that aspect.

Guess that explains how Yugi defeated the Gods. Through shenanigans, Magnet Force converted Slifer's Second Mouth Ability to an effect via Trap, allowing it to somehow effect Ra as well and destroy it.

Kaiba: *Bans a card that deals 500 points of damage from battle city* Also Kaiba: *Plays a card that deals 4000 points of damage*

Anime effect cards are like when kids are playing and one pretends to shoot the other and the kid goes, "BANG! You're dead!" For the second kid to respond with, "Nuh uh! I have a forcefield!" To then end with the first kid replying back with, "You can't do that, my gun shoots through forcefields!"

The "Ancient Language" which Ra's card is written in is Hieratic - the cursive writing system of Ancient Egyptian circa 4000 to 5000 years ago.

I love how the owner tends to interpret the effects in a way which reflects their personality, such as Obelisk representing Kaiba's power and Marik's strategy of sending Ra to the graveyard to bring it back as he's a gravekeeper

An easier way to implement the "Divine hierarchy" without adding an entire new mechanic would be to use the following effect. "Unaffected by other card effects, ---except the effects of DIVINE monsters.--" By leaving that last bit out for Ra, you've created the same situation with alot less words. You could also leave it in since the anime had the 3 mostly equal in power. We can also take some liberties with the effects and ignore fringe examples and inconsistencies in the anime. So the effects would be. (Universal) Requires 3 tributes to normal summon and can't be normal set. The Normal summon of this card cannot be negated. This card is unaffected by other cards effects (except the effects of DIVINE monsters), and cannot be tributed by your opponent. During the End phase, if this card was Special Summoned, send it to the graveyard, or if it was summoned from the hand, return it to the hand. (Obelisk specific) When this card declares an attack, you can tribute 2 other monsters you control; Destroy all monsters your opponent controls. "In this case the 4000 damage would just be Obelisks attack" (Slifer specific) This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each card in your hand. If your opponent summons a monster, in Attack position reduce it's ATK by 2000. If your opponent summons a monster, in Defense position reduce it's DEF by 2000. If a monster's ATK or DEF is reduced to 0 by these effects, destroy it. (Ra Specific) This card gains ATK/DEF equal to the total respective ATK/DEF of the monsters tributed to Normal Summon it. If this card is Summoned, you can pay LP until you have 1 left; This card gains ATK/DEF equal to the amount paid. (Quick Effect) You can tribute 1 monster you control; This cards gains ATK/DEF equal to the tributed monsters ATK/DEF. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you can tribute it; Special summon 1 "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Phoenix Mode" from your hand, deck, or Graveyard. (Phoenix Mode) Must be Special summoned by the effect of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" and cannot be special summoned by other ways. (Insert universal god effect here). Cannot be destroyed by battle. You take no damage from battles involving this card. If this card Attacks, you can pay 1000 LP, and if you do, destroy all monsters you opponent controls. Wordy but probably the best way to implement them in the card game without needing their own rulebook. They'd actually be pretty usable beyond casual duels too. New Slifer is a nasty floodgate, Obelisk is a better Qli Towers, and Ra becomes an OTK machine. Konami can print all the janky support they want but what the gods really need is proper retrains.

All the cards should just say, "Screw the Rules , I have a God card!"

Its worth noting that there are differences with the abilities and protections the god cards have between the anime and manga. Also the Divine hierarchy does not exist in the anime, only in the manga. Some points I want to touch on: -Requiring 3 tributes to normal summon was a byproduct of battle city rules regarding 10 star monsters(except for Ra it seems, since 3 tributes are specified in its text). In the manga, before battle city rules were implemented, Kaiba play tested Obelisk vs the duel computer and he normal summoned it without any tributes. In the anime, this duel is changed a bit by already having battle city rules implemented. -In the anime we see some spell and trap effects affect them for multiple turns. For example, The Seal of Orichalcos permanently boosted Obelisk's attack by 500 points. This lasted for several turns until Obelisk left the field. Also, Nightmare Steel Cage prevented Slifer from attacking and using its second mouth attack for 2 turns as well during yugi vs strings. Also in R, Swords of Revealing Light prevented The Wicked Avatar(of the same divine rank as Ra)from attacking for multiple turns, forcing Tenma to destroy the swords. This was explained by saying the swords affected the whole field, not just 1 monster. The same would probably apply to the seal. Lastly, during the anime's ceremonial battle, Obelisk's effects were permanently negated and its attack points permanently reduced by little yugi's trap card Ground Erosion. This was explained as working because the trap card did not target Obelisk. So non targeting effects can apparently bypass their (only for 1 turn) immunity, as well as cards specially tailored to work with god cards like Divine Evolution and Mound of the Bound Creator. -We see atleast 1 spell successfully destroy a God card. Ragnarok during yami marik vs yugi successfully destroyed Ra. It was also strongly implied that Ishizu's trap Blast held by a Tribute would have destroyed Obelisk. Ishizu, the original holder of obelisk saw an alternate future where it happened, and even Marik, a god card holder himself, believed it was going to work. And for the sake of completeness, The Pyramid of Light trap card permanently banished all three god cards on the field. -We see at least one instance where a non-divine monster effect worked on a god. Kaiba's Sword of Soul boosted Obelisk's attack points by 1000 during his duel with yugi. -They can be destroyed by battle with an ordinary monster. In the manga Obelisk was destroyed in battle with Silent Swordsman during the ceremonial duel. In the anime, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma the magnet warriors were able to destroy Obelisk by battle, in concert via the effect of Brave Attack. In R, The wicked Eraser(an evil god card) was destroyed by battle with Joey's monster(Gilford, iirc). -In the anime, during the ceremonial duel, the Pharaoh special summoned Slifer from his hand and it remained on the field for several turns until it was destroyed by little yugi redirecting its own effect towards itself. So it seems in the anime its special summon limitation only applies to being special summoned from the graveyard. A few more things to add to Obelisk and Ra's effects. Obelisk could activate its effect and attack during the opponen's battle phase as well. With Ra's one turn kill and phoenix mode effects, it could also attack on the opponent's turn. In the manga, Ra possessed an ability called quick attack that the other gods did not possess. It meant that it could attack on the same turn that it was special summoned. This rules restriction involving special summoned monsters did not exist in the anime, so this was changed to Ra just being able to attack even if there was an effect which prevented monsters from attacking.

I always thought, when you activated Ra's "fusion mode", you could _choose_ how much LP to give it, and Yami Marik just went all-in because that's his play style. I could be completely off on that, though.

The God cards as secondary type: Slifer: *roar Obelisk: *battlecry noises Ra: * beep boop

Actually it makes sense how Atem and Marik knew what their god cards can do. Marik had studied Ra and his abilities to understand and make copies of it, and Atem played against and defeated Slifer and saw what his powers were. Only Seto was allowed to interpret the meaning of his god cards effects.

Pretty sure the tag force games had playable god cards that were very close to the anime counterparts, before the real world versions came into existence

I love the concept of Ra tackling fusion monster archetypes, being the only monster that allows you to fuse with it's user. it's such a fun, original concept completely tossed aside by the tcg.

They should have just went full gusto for the Egyptian god cards since they didn't release them until after the first yugioh anime.

The "redirect attack" was a Battle city rule: if a monster is attacked by another monster but the targeted monster is removed from the field then the attack is negated/misses it target and if a monster is summoned during a declaration of a attack that summoned monster becomes the new target of that declared attack

When two monsters are sacrificed, Obelisk's force becomes infinite

Actually Yugioh GX makes it clear that all of Ra’s special abilities can be activated regardless of if he is special or normal summoned. Also Ra’s Phoenix ability allows him to destroy every monster on the field.

The only effect i would cut is the "can't be destroyed by battle and battle damage" effect, to give people the chance to beat them "fairly" in a combat

So, question about Ra's effect I never thought of before. If Ra gains attack/defense based on the monsters tributed to summon it, and also for the life points you pay, I wonder why they reduce it's attack to zero in the defusion effect. For example, lets say you sacrifice 3 monsters with 1000 attack each, then sacrifice 2000 lifepoints for a total of 5000 attack. Once u do the defusion effect you'd go back up to 5000 life points, even though you started with 2000 right? Could have been an interesting strategy, sacrificing the god's power to make yourself stronger. Also could be interesting if they only refunded your lifepoints sacrificed (in the above case Ra would drop from 5000 to 3000 attack, your life points would go up by 2000) so that even after the defusion it isn't totally useless.

Basically Egyptian God cards have the effects everyone invented when playing Yugioh with friends at the primary school because nobody knew the rules of the game 🤣 Also, i would like a Chronomaly Yugioh Trivia 🙄

Slifer the Sky Dragon is my personal favorite, not just being the 2nd Egyptian God Card summoned in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle City Tournament Arc. It's ability to deal 2000 points of damage to a monster when they are either in attack or in defense position once they are summoned is very cool.

Here's my take on "retraining" the God cards to give them more of their anime effects/protection, while still keeping them somewhat realistic: Retrained Osiris: (This card's name is always treated as "Slifer the Sky Dragon".) Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card's Summon cannot be negated. When Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated. Your opponent cannot Tribute this face-up card on the field, control of this card cannot switch, and it is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap effects and by activated effects from any monster whose original Level/Rank is lower than this card's current Level. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned: Send it to the GY. Gains 1000 ATK/DEF for each card in your hand. If a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent's field in Attack or Defense Position, that monster(s) looses 2000 ATK or DEF respective to its position, then if its ATK or DEF has been reduced to 0 as a result, destroy it. Retrained Obelisk: (This card's name is always treated as "Obelisk the Tormentor".) Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card's Summon cannot be negated. When Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated. Your opponent cannot Tribute this face-up card on the field, control of this card cannot switch, and it is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap effects and by activated effects from any monster whose original Level/Rank is lower than this card's current Level. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned: Send it to the GY. Once per turn, you can Tribute 2 other monsters; destroy all monsters your opponent controls with ATK less than this card's and inflict 4000 damage to your opponent. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect, also for the rest of the turn after this effect resolves, your opponent takes no damage. Retrained Ra: (This card's name is always treated as "The Winged Dragon of Ra".) Requires 3 Tributes to Normal Summon (cannot be Normal Set). This card's Summon cannot be negated. When Summoned, cards and effects cannot be activated. Your opponent cannot Tribute this face-up card on the field, control of this card cannot switch, and it is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap effects and by activated effects from any monster whose original Level/Rank is equal to or lower than this card's current Level. This card's ATK/DEF become the combined ATK/DEF of the monsters Tributed for its Summon. You can pay any amount of LP in increments of 100; this card gains ATK/DEF equal to the amount of LP paid. When Special Summoned this card gains these effects: •This card is unaffected by other cards' effects and cannot be destroyed by battle, you take no battle damage from battles involving this card, also once per turn, during the End Phase: Send it to the GY. •(Quick Effect) Once per turn you can pay 1000 LP to send all monsters your opponent controls to the GY (cards and effects cannot be activated in response to this effect's activation).

There is a logical explanation as to why Slifer's effect destroys the monster if it hits 0. Remember that the game is inspired by MTG, where creatures take battle damage and die when their toughness goes to 0. The anime and manga both mention that monsters can take battle damage. So it's an atk that deals 2000 points of damage to a monster. Remember that Slifer couldn't activate this effect under nightmare steel cage, more evidence that it is an attack. Although this doesn't explain why it also kills 2000 def position monsters. Probably just because it's a god card. The battle damage explanation also explains why Yugi was able to block obelisks damage dealing effect with Kuriboh. Kuriboh negates battle damage, which Obelisks effect is.

The Slifer's 2000 points reducer in anime is also viewed as kind of attack, i remember once someone used some attack-block card vs his effect and it worked, not only creature effect

In an old yu gi oh videogame "something something 2007" was the name, ra does indeed get the attack points of the tributed monsters. I remember sacrificing three monsters and got ra up to 15,000 atk.

The Egyptian god card power had to be limited so we feeble mortal may be able to use there power with ease

This is a really interesting but confusing topic to cover. I don't think the writing team ever really had anything to go off of in terms of effects when it came to the Egyptian Gods, they just kind of figured it out as they went along. The Gods full effects were probably left ambiguous to the writing team on purpose so that they could make them do another cool trick to keep their appearances from getting stale and for the sake of convenience. This is all just speculation though. I really like the flavor text on RA, it sounds so damn menacing, but it's just too long to fit into a card.

Nice theory, but the bit about the Divine beast type and divine attribute immunities was shown in Yugi’s duel with Strings. Yugi tried to use spell and trap effects like spellbinding circle and it only worked for one turn. Also for Slifer’s mouth attack, it is shown in the same duel that it does in fact destroy monsters with 2000 or less attack. The infinite loop is triggered by this effect as Revival Jam is repeatedly destroyed due to Slifer’s mouth attack, and Strings is forced to draw 3 cards due to Card of Safe Return. Safe Return activates it’s effect when a monster is special summoned from the graveyard. Yami Yugi merely mastered what he had observed in his duel with Strings.

I've seen some people sharing their god card retrains concepts, so here's mine: Obelisk, The Divine Soldier 4000/Link-3 (↙️⬆️↘️) Warrior/Earth 3 Level 5+ Effect Monsters Effect: Cannot be used as Link Material. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. You can tribute 2 monsters (Quick Effect) to activate one of the effects below. You can only use each effect of "Obelisk, The Divine Soldier" once per turn. • Destroy all monsters your opponent controls. • This card gains 4000 ATK untill the End Phase of the next turn. Osiris, The Divine Thunder 0/Link-3 (↙️⬇️↘️) Dragon/Wind 3 Monsters, including a Non-Effect monster. Effect: Cannot be used as Link Material. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. Gains 1000 ATK for each card in your hand. If a monster(s) is Summoned on your opponent's side on the field, you can activate one of the effects listed below. You can only use each effect of "Osiris, The Divine Thunder" only once per turn. • That monster(s) lose 2000ATK, then destroy all of those summoned monsters, whose ATK is 0. • That monster(s) has their effects negated until the End Phase. Ra, The Divine Sun 0/Link-3 (⬅️⬇️➡️) Machine/Light 3 Monsters with different Levels. Effect: Cannot be used as Link Material. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. Gains ATK equal to combined original ATK of monsters used for it's summon. Once per turn (Quick Effect): you can destroy 1 card on the field. If this card is in your GY, during the Standby Phase: you can pay any amount of LP; Special Summon this card, it's ATK becomes equal to the amount you paid, also negate effects of all monsters your opponent currently controls. You can only use this effect of "Ra, The Divine Sun" one per turn.

Love this video. Thanks for covering this. ❤

They all should have had Apoqliphort Towers protection effect.

just wanted to note an inaccuracy in the video as it would have been Marik who also deciphered Slifers effect as Yugi dueled strings possessed by Marik to get slifer and that's when he learned of the card effect as well as the destruction effect

"Now try and fit all that onto a Yugioh card effect box" Me, who has nothing better to do: Challenge accepted!

Your definition of the gods card is on point! Nice job. Keep up the awesome work.

Wow, this video was so informative and great! Watching this now in 2022 with the statues coming out soon comes at a perfect time!

I guess the closest you could get to PSCT for the "true effects" of the God cards should go something like: "Cannot be normal summoned or set. Must be special summoned from the hand by tributing three other monsters you control. Unaffected by monster effects, except for Divine Beast monsters. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by your opponent card effects. Cannot be tributed. This card's control cannot switch. If this card is special summoned except by its own effect, send it to the graveyard during the End Phase. If an opponent's monster declares an attack while this card is in Defense, (Quick Effect): change the attack target to this card." The hardest effect to convey here would be the whole "effects only work for one turn" thing. For instance, if you Skill Drain a God card, would they just lose their effects forever? After all their effects are negated for one turn but once that turn is over their effects just wouldn't come back as they are negated. A way to resolve this could be with a mandatory trigger that leaves a lingering effect, but the wording would be kinda wonky. Something like: "If a Spell/Trap card would be activated that would affect this monster, (Quick Effect): This monster becomes unaffected by that card effect after the End Phase." That would be a bit of a pain, but it COULD make a pretty interesting scenario where you negate the God card to remove it from the field so its lingering effect doesn't trigger, which sounds like the kind of convoluted bullcrap that they pull on the anime. Obelisk's gain attack to infinity thing would probably be ridiculous, not because it is good per se, but because card design tries to avoid infinity as a value in general? So Obelisk's unique effects could go something like: "If this card declares an attack, you can tribute two monsters you control and activate one of these effects: - Destroy all monsters your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict 4000 damage to your opponent - Increase the attack of this monster by your opponent's current life points. This card cannot be destroyed by battle. A monster that battles this card is destroyed at the end of the damage step." Slifer's is simple enough I don't think it is really worth mentioning. Ra's though... I think the TCG/OCG were right on how Ra should work. Ra's effects should bring out other cards in the field instead, which take the shape of the other "modes" of the card. So I would say Ra's unique effects should be: "If this monster is summoned by its own effect, you can send this monster to the graveyard and activate one of the following effects: - Special summon from your deck, hand or graveyard a "Winged Dragon of Ra - Phoenix Mode". - Special summon from your deck, hand or graveyard a "Winged Dragon of Ra - Fusion Mode" This card's original attack and defense are equal to the combined attack and defense of its tribute materials" Regardless I do think that these effects could be a bit... ineffective? At least in the feeling one wants to convey on summoning the God cards. I personally think that the God cards aren't really about bringing out this unkillable creature, but more about bringing out a thing that your opponent is not getting rid of. Like, besides Obelisk, the God cards will not usually be super dangerous in terms of actual danger to OTK you. Slifer will usually have at most 1000 or 2000 attack, and Ra Fusion Mode might be incredibly strong turn one but you most likely will want to bring it out as a board wipe on Phoenix Mode. So what I would argue is that an acurrate way of remaking the God cards is something similar to how DPE works in the current meta. Have them use a lingering effect to bring them back to the field. Give the opponent the sense that they made an opening in the divine defense that they can use to win, instead of making Rhongomeniad 2.0. So what I would suggest for the Egyptian God general effects to be is: "Cannot be normal summoned or set. Can be special summoned from your hand by tributing three monsters you control. Unaffected by monster effects, except Divine Beast monsters. Cannot be tributed or be used as material to summon a monster from the Extra Deck. Once per turn, (Quick Effect): you can send this card to the graveyard, then, during the End Phase, special summon it to your side of the field." This probably would cause some incidental synergy with decks that like you to summon from the graveyard, and maybe Call By The Grave would be a hard counter to it? But at the end of the day I think the God cards should follow the playstyle of "Big Chungus turbo" and be a thing you can rely on to stay on the field after you play. They also wouldn't be too strong I don't think? Mostly cause outside of Slifer they pretty much lack interaction. And I think that's a good thing. Fighting a God card should feel less like a surely losing battle and more like a puzzle the opponent needs to solve if they don't want to get pummeled next turn.

Divine Hierachy does not exist in the anime, it's a Manga exclusive thing, since Marik used "Class System" instead of "Ra's" rank to deal with "Obelisk". During the final duel of DM it is also shown that "Osiris" Summoning Blast can destroy all 3 gods, therefore "Ra" isn't immune like in the Manga. Non-targeting Spells seem to be able to destroy them, as seen with "Ragnarok", which destroys all opponent's monsters, and "Burst Impact" in GX, which is implied, but due to "Mound of the Bound Creator" it is unable to destroy "Ra", it should be noted that this could also have been "Ra's" ability, since the statement regarding it having no effect is pretty vague. The attack redirecting thing is a Manga thing, where Special summoned monsters would generally become the new attack targets if summoned during an attack, but the anime screwed up, by trying to combine the OCG with the Manga when writing some of the duels.

This is pretty cool dude, keep it up.

Wow! Highly detailed explanation!!!! I’m impressed!!!

Actually, with some tweaking - Slifer and Obelisk's anime effects can actually fit into a yugioh card. Not Ra's though lol. Too many effects on a monster, would have to be split into 3 different cards (like the tcg/ocg attempted to).

3:27 I have to disagree, Marik said that the Milenium Rod showed him that ability, the ability to fuse with Ra, I think the full powers of these cards become clear if you have a connection or an item connected to Ancient Egypt

I was waiting for this video for awhile now

Amazing about the god cards effect from the anime. Fantastic job on the video too

Hmmmm well this is amazing to watch. Now I'm curious how you'll do something like the Wicked Gods manga/TCG cards and such. Or maybe others like Uria, Hamon, or Raviel.

RA's true effect in the anime is to make up any effect that it's player wants on the spot. That's why Yami Marik got away with so much bs.

Gawd this helped so so much thank you a million times

Loved the video!

It's easier to decipher Winged Dragon of Ra's ancient text than figuring out the effect of Pot of Greed.

I was thinking that, the best and posible effect of the God Cards as real TCG/OCG cards, would be the ones that the majority of old video games gives to them, basically: Shared effects: This cards needs 3 tributes to normal summon (cannot be normal set), cards and Effects cannot be activated during the summon of this cards, the summon of this cards cannot be negated, if they are special Summoned, they must be sended to the GY during the End Phase, They cannot be targeted or destroyed by your opponent card effects. Slifer Effect: this card gains ATK and DEF based of the number of cards in your hand x 1000, If your opponent summons a monster, that monsters loses ATK or DEF depending of the Summon position equal to 2000 and if the result is 0, destroy that monster. Obelisk effect: You can tribute 2 monsters to destroy all the cards your opponent controls. Ra Effects: This card original ATK and DEF are equal to the combined original ATK and DEF of the tributed monsters, if this card is special summoned, activate one of this effects: 1. Pay LP until you have 100, this cards gains the amount you paid. 2. Pay 1000 LP, banish one monster your opponent controls. At least, this effects and conditions are more balanced and they give more respect to the supposed best cards in the Anime/Manga franchise, without making them broken, but at the end, all of us know what Konami did to they :c

for ra's effect i have an idea u can change it to : "when this card is normal summoned u can chose one of these two effects 1 : send this card to the gy and special summon one "The Winged Dragon Of Râ - Fusion Mode" from the extra deck (oc that fusion monster won t be special summonable another way) 2 : send this card to the gy and special summon one "The Winged Dragon Of Râ - Immortal Phoenix" from ur hand or Main Deck (he also has the prevention from being sp sumnd another way by sending to where it came from at the end phase) these effects cannot be negated this card cannot be tributed etc..." that way you divide his effect into 3 cards like in the tcg without removing anything from its og effect plus since it s said "when this card is NORMAL SUMMONED" using the tcg version of ra's sphere mode wouldn t trigger this effect so let s add a "this counts as a normal summon"

One minor note - Yugi learned about Slifer's destruction effect in the duel vs Marik's mime pawn not when he read the card. It was explicitly stated and it destroyed one of yugi's monsters which ended up being a really important part to the loop Yugi used to win

Marik had Slifer first, and lost it to Yugi, so it was Marik who thought up the bit about Slifer destroying a monster whose ATK/DEF hit 0 with its effect. Yugi just agreed or had to deal with it.

Seal of Oricalcos is only exception to the limit on magic/trap effects, as I recall Obeleisk had 4500 ATK points when summoned by that dude in his duel with Yugi (the first time we see the oricalcos in action)

Now in Dueling Book I've Actually made Custom versions of all 3 god cards with some of their anime effects. (It's quite a mouthful, and I used a mix between the TCG and Anime effects.) All 3: I kinda brought back their immunity ability but only made it to where they can't be destroyed or lose ATK/DEF by spell, traps, and/or effects. Also you can Normal Summon all 3 of them in DEF mode. During your end phase, I made it to where only Obelisk and Slifer would return to their perspective zone they were Special Summoned from for specific reasons. Obelisk: Made it to where you can tribute 2 monsters to activate one of the following effects. •Destroy all monsters your opponent controls disregarding effects but can't declare an attack doing so. •Double this card's ATK until after this card declares an attack (referring to it's infinity mode) Added a 3rd Ability for Obelisk where you can tribute 4 monsters and this card can declare 1 direct attack during battle and it can't be negated or change battle position. Slifer/Osiris: Didn't really change Slifer that much, but made it where Slifer's ability will activate by flip summoning in ATK mode as well. Ra: (the most changes but I kept them in 3 separate cards for Ra) Can be Special Summoned once again. When Normal Summoned it gains ATK/DEF equal to the combined monsters current ATK/DEF used for it's tribute summon. (Pretty much the same as TCG) You are able to pay a all of your LP to be reduced to 100 do that Ra will gain ATK/DEF Equal to the amount you paid (can't use this effect if Special Summoned from the Graveyard). When Ra is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you can tribute it to Special Summon it in it's Immortal Phoenix mode. Sphere mode: (Small changes) only changed to where this card gains ATK/DEF equal to the combined monsters current ATK/DEF used for it's tribute summon. And when Special Summoning Ra with this, it's ATK/DEF will become equal to Sphere Mode's current ATK/DEF. Immortal Phoenix: Added to where it can't be destroyed by battle and you take no battle damage involving it. It's attack declaration can't be negated or have it's battle position changed when attacking.

Great stuff!

That is a nice video, very informative... BUT you forgot that Ra has actually two more variations in the TCG! "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Immortal Phoenix" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode"! Those give Ra some more of his Anime Effects! Phoenix Mode: "Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. If "The Winged Dragon of Ra" is sent from the field to your GY while this card is in your GY: Special Summon this card. Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to this effect's activation. This card is unaffected by other cards' effects. You can pay 1000 LP; send 1 monster on the field to the GY. Once per turn, during the End Phase: Send this card to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode" from your hand, Deck, or GY, ignoring its Summoning conditions." Sphere Mode: "Cannot be Special Summoned. Requires 3 Tributes from either side of the field to Normal Summon to that side of the field (cannot be Normal Set), then shift control to this card's owner during the End Phase of the next turn. Cannot attack. Your opponent cannot target this card for attacks or by card effects. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "The Winged Dragon of Ra" from your hand or Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions, and if you do, its ATK/DEF become 4000."

I think they can be destroyed by battle based on the anime, as Slifer would have been destroyed by Buster Blader in the Strings Duel, Yugi was able to destroy each in battle during the ceremonial duel with non divine monsters, and Yami defeated Obelisk during Season 4 with magnet warriors. Awesome vid btw!! 👍👍✌️

You finally mention this!!!!! 🤗

Okay analysis! Thanks for uploading!

I studied the God cards for a long time And I can confidently say I truly understand how the anime abilities of the anime of bildie's work And they're not as broken as some people would believe to be

I absolutely hated the fact that in the anime the writers literally gave ra a brand new effect everytime he was summoned. If it weren't for that bs, marik would not be as big of a threat. Also can you do a series were you compare anime cards to there real life counterparts

This was an awesome vid. The only thing I think might change is that I do think they can be destroyed by battle. When atem dueled the oricalcos guy who summoned obelisk, yugi used brave attack to combine his magnet warriors attack points and deal that to obelisk as battle damage thus destroying it. Along this, I think that slifer's atk/def reduction ability should count or mention it being battle damage since yugi deflected these blasts to destroy ra during the ceremonial duel. The phoenix mode of ra should probably be the one that just can't be destroyed by anything since it deflected slifers effect during the final duel with yami marik.

Thank you so much. Now i can print these text for the anime duels i do since i build and play only anime decks

14:02 Actually, Marik had an easily forgettable dragon-type monster in his graveyard. I think that's what increased Buster Blader's attack points, not Slifer on the field. EDIT: Never mind, Worm Drake is actually Reptile-type.

I'll give you credit for your work. You did an amazing job. The OCG/TCG made the Egyptian gods useless they are no longer the cards they were once feared by all duelist. They are nothing now easily be destroyed. So, why even bother! If the YCG/OCG knew they would made the Egyptian gods so feeble so there were no need to even released them. They were good as they were in the anime. By doing so, they disgraced the Egyptian gods. Such a shame these cards can't be use now cause if did they would instantly be destroyed upon summoning. I can even raise a kuriboh's attack points with power of the guardians to 4500 attack points and destroy obelisk. Man I wish you were the head of the yugioh trading card games, we would have got the real Egyptian gods and the real effect of all these super great amazing cards in the anime.

I actually came up with ways to keep some of the effects from the anime/manga with some reboot cards I thought up: All: need 3 tributes (cannot be set) and unaffected by opposing effects and only last the turn if special summoned! Slifer: when monster is summoned, it loses 2000 atk/def depending on position. Obelisk: sacrifice 2 to destroy all opposing monsters and if you control any monsters after using this effect, this card can’t attack. Ra (brace yourself): gains the attack/def of monsters used to summon it. During your MP1, you can either sacrifice another monster or give up all but 100 LP to increase this cards atk (can only use one of these options per turn). If this card has 0 atk, pay 1000 LP to destroy a monster on the field (Phoenix mode). I know they’re a bit op, but it’s the god cards, they’re supposed to be op!

I like the vague anime effects text. Really make it feel like prophecies of mythical gods.

Mega Ultra Chicken is invincible

Idk why everyone forgot that spells affect the god cards for 1 turn. The other effects don't affect them at all.

Since I loved the God Card so much I think, I can fixed text limitation somewhat for the Gods Cards even if it can be overwhelming. First is the the name box, the name can be shrink down little bit more for the attribute and types of monster to fit in for example: "Divine" Beast ______ Dragon "Osiris" / Warrior "Obelisk / Machine "Ra" The second part is the number of stars level, it can be rework into this: "Star Symbol" and whatever number levels they are, the number of their level can just be in above empty space of the right column. Then the rest of the empty field that the numerous star level once occupied can fit in for reworked text about the summoned condition such as normal and special summon. I believe it would go like this: • Requires 3x "monsters symbol" to Normal Summon. • If Special Summon, it goes to "Graveyard symbol" at the end phase. With that alone, it will free up lots of room for more text to follow. In addition, the empty left column of the card picture can be used for targeting it in defense, like this: S.S (Special Summon) | "Down Arrow" DEF | "Down Arrow" Target symbol | -> "Down and right arrow" to the card picture The right column can be for their immunity to being tributed, equiped, and being control with an "x" put over them. I would made it like this: Tribute (Whirlwind of Soul Crossing card symbol) | Equiped (Equiped Spell Card symbol) | Control (Brain Symbol) By Skulls symbol (It represent the opponent) The third part is empty space between the card picture and effect box can go as we extend the effect box to filled it. Which would merge the two together. While at it, we might as well get rid of the words "Divine Beast" and keep only the word "Effect" in the bracket but smaller. So we can get in effect like: Immune to direct and targeting effect of monster/normal spells and traps cards (Continuous effect of spells/traps will only last for one turn), When Normal Summon, cards and effect be used to negate it summon and activated, and many more. Finally, the final part that I liked, the empty space before number of ATK/DEF. I dont know why they leave it empty like that but it could used some help. For Osiris, I would just put its ATK and DEF like this: ATK - DEF: X,000. The empty space before the ATK and DEF would be for this: X stands for numbers of cards in hands times 1,000 for ATK and DEF. For Obelisk, I would just put it like this: ATK - DEF: 4,000 and the empty space can be use for its infinite attack effect like this: (Q.E, Quick Effect)- Tributes two monster you control to make this card ATK into Infinity until end of damage step. For Ra, I would put it like this: ATK - DEF: ? I say, Ra is an interesting case as I would these in the empty space: ATK-DEF is equal to the ATK-DEF of the tribute and tribute any of your extra monster to raise it ATK-DEF. Again, I know that this can be overwhelming to see and read but its the only way to get most of the anime effect text in so it can feel OP that way. I believe true anime effect card should be for prize winning champion and not be used in a duel but whats stopping us from using it outside of it?

I'm a roleplayer and I used to roleplay Yu-Gi-Oh! duels and made them feel like anime duels. I used Yugi the most since I knew exactly what the anime Egyptian Gods could do unlike most people in this group chat. Fun fact: In one turn I summoned all 3 Egyptian Gods against Jaden Yuki and he managed to destroy them all. I didn't include the hierarchy thing, but destruction effects didn't work on them and other effects only worked one turn. They all got destroyed by battle.

If the god cards WERE “properly completed”, they would go into these three gameplay mechanics: ⛰Obelisk-> Offense 👊 ☁️Osiris-> Defense 🛡 ☀️Ra-> Burn 🔥

The anime effects of the Egyptian God cards are so vague and confusing that pretty much all the customized God cards that played in anime character duels in Duelingbook are made to have full immunities from everything to the point that successfully summon of a God card becomes a semi-win condition

Keep up the good work

There was also slifers second mouth attack that automatically attacks new monsters played on the enemy field And Ra also having an instant attack ability

My favourite YGOTAS quote “I use Mega Ultra Chicken’s (Ra’s) secret ability I just this second made up!”

What are your abilities God Cards?! “Are you questioning god?” Player who can refuse to summon them, “Are you?”

A tiny correction, when obelisk uses his effect and his attack becomes infinite, he was still only suppose to destroy all opponents monsters and then do 4000 damage to them, which during that arc in the anime would have been all since their games starts with 4000 hp, but it was suppose to be the same effect, because pretty sure that’s in one of the earlier games as well

The divine heiarchy is actually kinda complex, cause there’s actually three tiers, cause I think the scared beasts are inculded and we already saw the dark ones are inculded, slifer, obelisk, all three scared beasts, since it seems no one is on top, Thor, Loki and their dark counterparts are in divine hierarchy 1, ra, in sphere mode and default form, true obelisk, zorc, Odin, and dark avatar are in divine hierarchy two, while horakty, ra immoral phoenix and armityle are in divine hierarchy three.

I would think the WINGED dragon of RA would be considered a WINGED BEAST, not a machine, but hey what do I know

I'm tired Konami brain the same cards that proves they don't have ideas anymore and I want to see new god cards I do not see them having pendulum and Link god cards yet and they still did not bring the New Order Monsters the xyz God card to English cards yet

Nice video 👍

I have a theory: In ancient Egypt, when the 3 Egyptian "god" cards could be called on, there is something if you look closely. Everybody looks the same, except Obelisk the Tormenter. But the design isn't a coincidence, Obelisk's look in ancient Egypt is the exact same as after Yugi used "divine evolution" on Obelisk, which put him on the same rank as Ra. That means in Ancient Egypt, Ra and Obelisk might have been on the same rank, the same level. The two were equal on the "divine rank." That means Slifer, or Osiris, was either higher or lower than the 2. I'd say in my opinion Slifer was lower than the two because the "god" cards of the shadow games, Ra, Osiris, Obelisk, Exodia, they all match with a similar system as the ancient Egyptian humans did. Part of Ra's head is similar to a helmet worn by the Pharaohs, meaning he has to be a higher rank, and Exodia resembles a soldier. I think Exodia was the 3 "god" monster's personal servant/soldier, while the 3 creatures ruled over the other servants: The rest of the monsters. It also makes sense, in the game Exodia is more powerful, after all, the dude gives you an instant win. However, in ancient Egypt, the "god" creatures were clearly more powerful. When Zorc used the dark slashes on the 4 beasts I mentioned, Exodia's flame couldn't even slow it down, while Ra actually stopped about 3 of them in his Phoenix mode before Ra was killed, and Ra was the only out of the 3 "god" creatures who counter attacked, Osiris was killed before he could release his "Thunder Force," and Obelisk was dangling from Zorc's leg. Obelisk might have had a bit of immunity since he was closest to Zorc, he probably got exposed to the most amount of dark slashes, yet he was the last one fell.

MY FAVORITE IS RA UwU GREAT BEAST OF THE SKY PLEASE HEAR MY CRY TRANSFORM MYSELF FROM ORB OF LIGHT AND BRING ME VICTORY IN THIS FIGHT ENVELOP THE DESERTS WITH YOURE GLOW AND CAST YOURE RAGE UPON MY FOE UNLOCK YOURE POWER FROM DEEP WITHIN SO THAT TOGETHER WE MAY WIN APEEAR IN THIS SHADOW GAME AS I CALL YOURE NAME *WINGED DRAGON OF RA* I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS 1-ISNT THE INSTANT ATK EFF A SPECIAL EFFECT FROM BOTH THE PHOENIX MODE AND THE FUSION MODE? 2-I THINK YOU FORGET THE CARD THAT GIVES +1000/1000 AND INCREASE THE DIVINE HIERARCHY (THIS GAVE OBELISK AN EVOLUTION FORM)

Where's an example of the Gods battling something and not being destroyed (Besides Ra's Phoenix Mode)?

Nice in depth explanation, when is the one for Pot of Greed being released?

Ra also can sacrifice a monster to increase its attack by that monsters attack. A separate effect from the tribute summon. Marik summoned Ra. Sacrificed 2999 life points to increase its attack, then sacrificed Juragedo to give Ra another 1700. Then Marik used defusion and had 4700 life points.

“Do you know what the real anime effects for the Egyptian god cards are?” (Skips to end of the video) Me: *Yes*

Me: wow, the god cards’ true effects are broken as hell Also me: can’t wait for the card game side of yugioh fandom to descend and explain how they’re still not competitively viable

I think you made a good point there about the "original card's" description being vague to allow the user to use it as he or she pleases

GREAT! Video 🌟

The effects are whatever is convenient for whoever summoned one

School Days with Yugioh be like: "it's a GOD, your argument is invalid."

In regards to the fact that a lot of Ra's effects are cut out, that's because they actually split them across three cards. You have regular Ra, then you have Ra -Sphere Mode, then you have Ra - Immortal Pheonix.

Great work. Maybe next time you would make an anime version of Castle of Dark Illusions with full effect? Floating ring and all the shenanigans? :)