Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 085 " Rage of the Egyption Gods " , known as " Hidden Power - Mystery of the God Cards " in the Japanese version , is the eighty - fifth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime . It first aired in Japan on December 4 , 2001 , and in the United States on September 20 , 2003 . Summary . On Board the KaibaCorp Airship . In the aftermath of Yami ' s Duel with Bakura , everyone goes to ask Kaiba to land the airship so they can take Bakura to a hospital . Joey , despite Mokuba ' s protests , bangs on Kaiba ' s door . After listening , Kaiba refuses to land the airship , stating that it ' s not his problem and that if Bakura can Duel , he can take care of himself . He does , however , call a medical team to take care of Bakura on the ship after Serenity starts to beg . Tristan leaves to look for Bakura ' s missing Millennium Ring on the dueling platform ( dragging Duke along to get him away from Serenity ) . Up top , Tristan and Duke get into a fight over Serenity in which Tristan trips and causes him and Duke to fall over the edge with Tristan barely managing to hang onto both the edge and Duke . Just as Tristan ' s hand slips , he is caught by Shadi and hauled back onto the platform . Back in Yugi ' s room , while adjusting his deck , he notices Shadi ' s reflection in the window . Yugi tells Shadi that he knows the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle is really the spirit of the Sealed Pharaoh . Shadi tells Yugi that all seven of the Millennium Items are onboard the ship along with all three God Cards and that the conditions are right to unlock the Pharaoh ' s memory . Pegasus ' s Journey to Egypt & the birth of Duel Monsters . Shadi also tells Yugi about Pegasus ' s journey to Egypt , who was trying to find a way to bring back his wife and ended up discovering carvings of monsters , including the Egyptian Gods , which later became the inspiration for the game of Duel Monsters . Following his discovery however ( and launching card production ) , Pegasus learned that nearly everyone involved with the production of the God Cards had begun to die under mysterious circumstances ( including a scene cut from the English dub , of the photo developer being punched out of his hotel ' s dark room by Obelisk ' s Fist of Fury ) , having incurred the wrath of the Gods themselves . The rest of his team was too afraid to continue working on the project . Pegasus refused to stop making the cards however , deciding to take onto the task himself as a challenge to the Gods . On the night after he finished the cards ' design , his Millennium Eye showed him a vision of ancient Egypt in his sleep : the world was being destroyed by the Gods ! At this point , Shadi appeared to Pegasus . He told him the monsters were real and that Pegasus could not control both the Darkness and the Gods at the same time ; the solution was to seal the God Cards back in Egypt for they were too powerful . Pegasus , having experienced the Gods ' power himself , took the completed cards and gave them to Ishizu to be sealed . Back in the Present . . . . Back in the present , Shadi tells Yami that all he needs to do to awaken his memory is to win the tournament . Shadi then comes to Ishizu , who tells him a horrible fate is awaiting Marik and that she joined the tournament to stop it . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode .