Hmm, would be a great topic for all non-TCG cards tbh. I only know Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh, so would love to see what some of the favorite cards are for other card games.
I’ve been interested in picking up a few select yu gi oh cards and came across this thread. I thought I was overwhelmed just trying to figure out all of their reprints of the same cards and then I come across a like 70 item rarity list and I don’t know if I’ll ever understand yu gi oh now
Don’t be too discouraged. In my article I go really in-depth with the 100+ rarities, so it’s definitely not for beginning collectors. The basic rarities can be found here: yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Rarity. A lot of the rarities I mentioned are either different versions that changed over time, or derivatives from these base rarities.
Besides, the English Pokémon TCG has roughly 70 rarities as well, and then there are quite a few Japanese and some Korean exclusive rarities just like with Yu-Gi-Oh. So if you collect and understand Pokémon despite all these rarities, Yu-Gi-Oh isn’t that different.
This Yu-Gi-Oh rarity article I wrote is also one of a kind tbh, and I doubt anyone else has a list as extensive as this one. A lot of people who collected Yu-Gi-Oh for years will know all the different base rarities, but not the different versions. And the average Yu-Gi-Oh collector just knows the base list I linked earlier in this comment.