Subject: Draken's Yu-Gi-Oh! Top Ten List: In General
Hey, all.  I've already done one of these, but I figured that with Pharaonic Guardian out, I needed to update the list.  Several PGD cards are really, really nasty, and many of them combine very well with older cards.  So, here we go!

10.) Jowls of Dark Desire (or something like that)
Oh, man.  This guy's scary.  It can end games, by allowing a heavy monster like GAFor Bazoo through to its opponent's Life directly.  Hold an Equip card like United or Mage Power for the situation, and you could potentially win the game, or at least cripple your opponent.  Why it had to be a floating mouth, however, I don't know.

9.) Reaper on the Nightmare
Oh, boy!  This thing's COOL!  This guy can do a whole lot of stuff.  Play him in a Messenger deck, using any number of various Fusion cards (except Fusion Gate.  With Fiber Jar running rampant, Fusion Gate's a baaaad idea) to get this guy out ASAP.  Once out, he's all but unstoppable.  Combine this with various control cards such as Jinzo, Solemn Judgment, and Sasuke Samurai, and you could have yourself a vicious deck.  My personal favorite card.

8.) Mystical Space Typhoon
This thing's gained a lot of popularity recently with the release of Mirage of Nightmare.  Anyone who wasn't already playing three started playing three, so's they could cheat MoN and get lots of cards so they could win games.  Of course, if you can't pull an MST, that MoN is going to completely and royally bite your behind .  I fought a guy that had that happen to him.  It wasn't pretty.  Still, MST is a good card.

7.) Jinzo
I know, I know.  He should be up at No. 2 or 3, right?  Wrong.  Jinzo's defeated itself.  No one these days plays much more than five Traps, for fear of Jinzo.  That way, when the opponent plays Jinzo, all he gets is a sick Summoned Skull.  Of course, with superb new Traps like Non Aggression Area and Barrel Behind the Door out and about, Jinzy here might just get re-employed.

6.) Des Lacooda
This guy's the reason G-Bind decks are going to get popular again.  He can draw an extra card for you every turn, without any drawbacks.  If you can protect him, you've got little to worry about from Yata.  Card advantage wins games, and Des Lacooda is major card advantage.

5.) Imperial Order
This guy's great, but he doesn't help you in a tight spot.  It's the best Counter Trap out there (though it isn't even a Counter Trap), but sometimes you don't need a counter.  People stopped playing three Magic Jammers for a reason.

4.) Mirror Force
This is the most powerful Trap card ever devised.  Call of the Haunted?  Good, but not massive.  Magic Cylinder?  A Burn card and little else.  Ring of Destruction?  Close.  Sorta.  Mirror Force is just one of those primal forces (no pun intended) that levels any playing field.  Or prevents it from being leveled.

3.) Change of Heart
Jowls got ten because he's hard to protect until his effect goes off.  Change, here, needs no protection.  This thing is as much a game-ender as Jowly, but easier to get off.  Not only do you get another monster to attack with, but your opponent gets one less to defend with.

2.) Raigeki
This card needs no explanation.  It's simply another of those primal forces.

1.) Yata-Garasu
You have no idea how much this hurts me.  I, personally, loathe Yata-Garasu.  The card is dishonor personified.  Unlike Exodia or Last Turn, Yata doesn't need a elaborate set-up to instantly win the game.  He fits into the average Beatdown like a hand in a glove.  And he's almost impossible to kill with his Spirit effect.  This card is absolutely cheap, and I seem to be the only one who thinks so, as everyone else is oh-so-eager to say, "Yata-lock!  I win!  Yay!"  But there's no denying that he's the first real game-changing card since Jinzo.  And Yata won't defeat himself, like Jinzo did.  So here's your first-place ribbon, Yata-Garasu.  I hope you choke on it.

That's all, folks!  Got Questions?  Want to Bash Me for Disrespecting Your Yata?  Get me at shadowtimberwolf@wmconnect.com, and I'll talk to you.  But make it civil, or you'll be in pain.  Read you later.