While Slifer was about gaining power with card draw, and Ra was about sacrificing life to become more powerful, Obelisk was just a 4000 ATK monster that could pop the field by tributing two monsters
Omnath has become corrupted by Phyrexia and transformed into the horrifying Omnath, Locus of All
The Pokemon ban (or Pokeban) worked
Ta does not usually play games with Yugi and his friends, but in the beginning of the anime, she could beat Joey Wheeler in Duel Monsters, and was later shown to be more than competent against others
your battling monster gains DEF equal to that monster's DEF, during that damage calculation only
"Vendread" does need some help from generic Zombies though, so I also included three "Gozuki" as "Foolish Burial" helpers, three "Uni-Zombie" for the same reason but they also work as Tuners for the deck, two "Shinobi Necro" as additional resources when banished for the Ritual Summon of a "Vendread" monster, one "Plaguespreader Zombie" as yet another Tuner and more material, one "Shiranui Solitaire" for potential "Uni-Zombie" setup, and three "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" for the obvious handtrap effect, but also as a Zombie Tuner option for "Vendread"