If you're into Yu-Gi-Oh! and still rocking a DS, this one’s a solid pick. You start off with a basic deck—nothing fancy, just enough to get wrecked by the first few opponents until you figure out how to tweak it. The 5D’s era means Synchro Summons are a thing now, so if you’re used to the older games, expect some adjustment time.

The story mode’s got that cheesy anime charm, and the AI actually puts up a decent fight later on. Nothing worse than finally pulling off your perfect combo only for the CPU to drop a Mirror Force. The card pool’s huge, though, so you’ll spend way too much time theory-crafting decks instead of actually dueling. Classic Yu-Gi-Oh problem.

It’s not perfect—some of the pacing drags, and good luck finding people to play against these days—but if you’re after a deep card game that doesn’t hold your hand, this’ll scratch that itch. Just don’t blame me when you lose three duels in a row to some janky trap card setup.