I'm too old to "still play" this (Yugioh is a bit after my time as a card gamer) but I liked the DS games quite a lot. 2010 Reverse of Arcadia was the best, followed by WC2008. 2011 had retarded AI but 2010 had good AI and a large card pool. 2008 has a smaller card pool (no Nurse Reficule
) but it has animated monster cards.
I admire how rigorously they try to balance the cards, so that effects that would be crap in other card games like Upstart Goblin and Reckless Greed are actually top tier cards.
I wish I could get Legacy of the Duelist to run on my laptop but it's x64 only.
Love Nurse Reficule. An almost perfect monster card.
My favorite "classic" Yugi-oh cards:
Top 10:
1. Nurse Reficule (wow, they errata'd her to be a darklord? sweet)
2. Magic Cylinder
3. Magical Dimension
4. Future Visions/ Fortune Ladies
5. Don Zaloog
6. Honest
7. D. D. Warrior Lady
8. Princess of Tsurugi
9. Solemn Judgment
10. Creature Swap
Honorable Mentions:
Royal Decree - for being horribly powerful
Des Koala (almost as good a flip as Princess of Tsurugi)
Rapid-Fire Magician (almost a good card, good compliment to Nurse Reficule. If only he activates on quick spells. And didn't die to Bottomless Trap Hole.)
Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude (and other Destiny Heroes)
Splendid Venus (a great non-nomi monster to special summon, and good with Nurse Reficule!)
Dark Nephtys (another great non-nomi that can special summon itself too)
Neo- Spacian Ground Mole (cheesey I know)
Ultimate Offering (sometimes awesome, sometimes meh)
Cyber-stein (CRAZY fun in Nightmare Troubadour)
Chaos Goddess, for coolness
UPDATE: I just looked at the current forbidden list. Ceasefire is restricted while both Magic Cylinder and Brain Control are unlimited. Wow.