Editing Millennium Rod

[[File:180px-MilleniumRod.jpg|thumb|Millennium Rod]]

The '''Millennium Rod''' ({{ruby|千|せん}}{{ruby|年|ねん}}{{ruby|錫|しゃく}}{{ruby|杖|じょう}} ''Sennen Shakujō'', {{ruby|千|せん}}{{ruby|年|ねん}}{{ruby|錫杖|ロッド}} ''Sennen Roddo'' or {{ruby|千年錫杖|ミレニアム・ロッド}} ''Mireniamu Roddo'') is a [[Millennium Items|Millennium Item]]. It is often referred to as the "scepter" in the Japanese version.

==History==

=== Ancient Egypt ===
[[Seto]] had originally owned the Millennium Rod. Along with the other Items, it was used to resurrect [[Zorc Necrophades]].

=== Yu-Gi-Oh! ===
One faction of the [[Tomb Keeper]]s watched over the Rod, along with the [[Millennium Necklace]].

Upon [[Yami Marik]]'s awakening, he took the Millennium Rod and used the blade to kill his own [[Mr. Ishtar|father]] (send him to the [[Shadow Realm]] in the English dub). After that, [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] took the Rod to assist him in his quest for world domination. He stated that after he gets his revenge, the Rod would be useless to him, and that he would have no qualms of giving it to [[Yami Bakura]]. A false Millennium Rod was created and given to [[Odion]], who was disguising himself as Marik at the time, in order to play his role more realistically. While Odion wielded the false item, Marik (under the pseudonym "Namu") utilized the real Rod's powers in secret, to make it look like Odion is the wielder of the item. When Odion played a [[Counterfeit|false]] [[Egyptian God|God Card]] [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|Ra]], it incurred the Gods' wrath and caused a lightning bolt to strike down Odion, shattering the false Millennium Rod, revealing Odion wasn't Marik.

In [[Seto Kaiba]]'s Duel with [[Ishizu Ishtar]], the Millennium Rod showed Kaiba a vision of [[Priest Seto|his past incarnation]] and the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", which convinced him to summon the latter monster instead of attacking with [[Obelisk the Tormentor (anime)|Obelisk the Tormentor]] (which would have caused him to lose the Duel, due to "[[Sacrifice's Blast]]"). This is because it was originally owned by the Egyptian Seto, of whom Kaiba is a reincarnation. 

After Marik's defeat at [[Battle City]], he gave the Millennium Rod to [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]]. After the [[Battle Ritual]], the Rod, along with the other [[Millennium Items]], fell underground.

==Abilities==
This item's unique ability grants the holder the power to control people's minds, turning them into the owner's mind slaves. By extension, it is also capable of mind manipulation, allowing the owner to telepathically communicate with others, look into their memories, trick their minds into believing what the Rod's owner wants them to, even knock people unconscious, and leave a portion of the owner's mind in the people that he has controlled, like with [[Bakura Ryou]] and [[Téa Gardner]]. Its mind control power has no effect on one who holds a Millennium Item or someone who has a powerful connection to the ancient games that were played in Egypt long ago, like [[Yugi Muto]], [[Yami Bakura]], [[Seto Kaiba]], or [[Ishizu Ishtar]] before she gave her item to Yugi. Also, if the victim has an enormous force of will, the spell can be broken.

Like the other Millennium Items, its power over the [[Shadow Game]]s allows it to materialize and command ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' and their [[card effect|effects]], and cast a [[Penalty Game]] against the loser. Marik's games created through this item have been the most brutal and damaging, from memory destruction to pain-inducing.

Its additional magical abilities allow the owner to use a telekinetic-like ability to force an opponent back, and to paralyze them. In the [[Virtual World (arc)|Virtual World]] arc, Marik commanded the Rod to project destructive energy to destroy the machinery and guard robots, while he was forcing his way through [[Noah Kaiba|Noah]]'s undersea fortress. It can also show others visions of the past. A victory in a Duel is not required to use these abilities.

When the Rod was used by Priest Seto, its unique ability was to seal spirit monsters inside of stone tablets. Maybe because Seto has a noble personality while Marik had only malice, the Rod's primary magic differs between wielders.

There is a blade concealed in the bottom of the Rod. The shaft of the rod acts as the sheath. (The blade is removed in the English dub.)

==In other media==
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Millennium Rod - manga.png | [[Millennium Rod (manga)|Millennium Rod (manga and ''Dark Side of Dimensions'')]]
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Yami Marik-TSC.png         | [[Millennium Rod (The Sacred Cards and Reshef of Destruction)|Millennium Rod (''The Sacred Cards'' and ''Reshef of Destruction'')]]
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