Jason: "Someone has to have caught them all." Zee: "That person is very broke." That line cracked me up way more than it should have.

I love how excited Jason gets about the games he likes. I am not a fan of most of the games on his list yet was super entertained listening to his passion for them. Heck, I'd actually play those games if it was with him at the table 😆

This video made me laugh more than any Dice Tower video in a year. Zee was on fire!

Fun list. Really enjoyed listening to Jason's enthusiasm. Hope he can join the regular crew once in a while. Keep up the great work.

Glad to see top 10 again, long time. Hugs

Fun top 10. I enjoyed it, even if I most of the games isn't available anymore ... and thanks for filling in for Sam, Jason.

Jason was a breath of fresh air to the top 10s. Thanks for stepping in!

I haven't been watching for a long time. Great video. I miss you guys (and games). And Jason is AWESOME

Watching this in 2020, and it's really too bad that the Magic: the Gathering Duel Decks were discontinued. They really were a great product. I really miss them.

I absolutely love Jason's infectious energy and enthusiasm, but that #1 ... I have to give massive props to Tom and Zee for mostly keeping a straight face during the explanation ... But wow ... #1 ... wow. :)

Jason and Zee had me cracking up so hard at Jason's number 4! Great video guys, I really enjoyed this immensely. Also, where's Sam? Would've been cool to see a 4 way list!

I agree with Arkham Horror LCG as number 1. I’ve just recently gotten into it and I’m addicted like never before! The ways they manipulate each scenario to make it unique continues to impress. And thematically it feels great.. like I’m really try to investigate an area and/or complete a task, all the while there is this sense of impending doom.

4 years! Time for another CCG/LCG top 10!

Donald X Back Arena !!! Instant classic

Jason's #1 game reminded me of how much I wanted to get into Kingdom Hearts The Card Game, but I found out about it too late. Now it's way too expensive to collect. If only someone would make a Disney LCG.

Eyy, glad to see other people liked.... warlord. I miss that game and going to the yearly KoHIT's :)

Bushiroad's Cardfight and Buddyfight have made strong inroads in the UK. Bandai's Dragon Ball Super is doing well now due to the IP, but I suspect they won't have the long term plan for their product that Bushiroad have.

Love these top 10 videos

Such a fun trip down memory lane. As a 9-12 yr old in the early 90s I had so many of the the ccgs! Mtg, rage, marvel overpower and the Star Wars ccg were my favorites.

UFS, allows you to play as your favorite characters from many different arcade fighters. The battle mechanics are clean and make you feel like you're pulling of ultimate combos. The counters are good too and each character has their own fighting style that is reflected in their special cards and in the generics you use to build your deck

Jason brings such a unique view with his selection. His passion for the community is great.

I guess I may be the only person who remembers and loved the Babylon 5 CCG. Such a great system, fairly simple to learn and a lot of nicely themed tactics

Jason brings a welcomed point of view that makes this list fresh.

I had fun with friends with the Highlander CCG back in the day. Nothing touches Magic, though... there is a reason for that. Genius design.

Drop Mix, WCW Nitro, NFL Showdown, Eye of Judgement, Jason killed it this top ten.

Great lists but if memory serves correct WWF Raw Deal had that "deck as life" mechanic first (also coming out in 2000)... It was a great game that lasted 7 years!

I’m floored that Jason said Sorcerors for his #1. I’ve played a ton of it, and hated when they discontinued it. The portals were even deactivated

Scrye magazine name drop! Loved scrye. Tom will remember marvel overpower prices where wolverine, Spider-Man and the card “wounded animal” all be 18 bucks and the the rest of the cards not even listed lol.

Vampire the Eternal struggle is still my favorite. It is back in print as well.

OK guys! This one intrigued me. Glad you included Jason, as he brought several new odd contributions to the table. For me, I was really into "Star Wars" collectable card game... my son got me into it and I still have all my cards. I loved the game but reconfigured it for two player or solo mode.... GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE!... TAKE all your cards and divide them into characters, weapons, and starships. Lay out all the place cards... depending upon how many points you have to use per turn, you can freely draw from any of the three decks to build your hand... IF you want to fight a space duel.. find/pick your pilots and starships and the weapons that go with them. Fight a ground battle... or play the card version of "Rebellion". Trust me, it makes more sense that way.*** MAGIC THE GATHERING will always be my favorite!!!! The element I love is deck building... by theme, color, or beast. Again, my son, and i collected the game and we played it quite a bit. I kept all the cards and built decks... for fun, not tournaments, and still really enjoy this game. "Android NetRunner" is a great game, and I wish I could find somebody to play it with. Great thinking there. Here's one I'd LOVE to pick up in the "bins"... "Alien Predator" a game that pits aliens, humans and predators against one another. I'd love to find the bin that has that one. This was a challenging topic... and I liked it.

Jason content ages so well! : )

There was an old ill-fated one called Ani-Mayhem. Step one: throw the rulebook in the fire. That thing was useless. But once the community got some clarified rules for it, it was a great game and very unique. You laid out locations, put hidden obstacles under them (some combat, some non-combat) and then put hidden items under them. Then each player would move their party of characters around in a scavenger hunt-like manner to try and get the most items. The cards were super high quality for the time, it was the first game I played where all players could lose (the game won if too many items were destroyed) and while knowing the source material helped, it wasn't necessary at all to enjoy the game. But possibly the game's biggest perk was that the character cards had 5 stats, optional special abilties, types and skills. This level of character detail made it easy to make new sets themed on pretty much anything. We made so many freakin custom sets for this and played it off and on for ages. The official game went bunk in 1998 or so and friends and I were still making new sets for it as recent as 2016 or so.

Good choice Tom I loved Battletech. Also enjoyed Star Trek CCG and more recently Warhammer Conquest LCG. That game recently died from FFG but Team Apoka is keeping it alive thankfully.

Really liked the new top 10 :). Missed Sam, but Jason did a good job.

Before I got into Magic in college, I played a lot of Spellfire and Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. I still have all my cards for both...

I really liked Mythos. It was a CCG by Chaosium. Like that Nightmare Before Christmas game, you could build you deck to be internally consistent to win by completing stories, or you could go offensive and try to drive your opponent insane.

It seems like they were much nicer to Jason in these videos than I remember. It made me happy to see that.

Watched this in Quarantine. Star Wars Young Jedi was the first CCG that I played and it got me into Star Wars CCG from Decipher. I also really enjoyed and still from time to time play the Decipher Lord of the Rings card game as well as WWF/E Raw Deal. The only newer card game I've played that isn't a deck building card game is A Game of Thrones LCG. I really want to try Arkham Horror though.

Disappointed, but not surprised that the new Dragon Ball game wasn't on any of the lists. It's great fun at a casual level and has some of the best rules in a card game I have played, though sadly I did miss the CCG craze of the 90s.

Zee, Tom, and Jason- dream team. Great topic. Babylon 5 CCG and Vampire: the Eternal Struggle were also a lot of fun.

I used to be hardcore into Warlord. Lost world championship semifinals when I was undefeated on a dice roll... There was a mention of it possibly being the next LCG they were going to do when they made the Doomtown one, but nothing ever materialized. Wish it would as I love this system. Still have all my cards, which was nearly everything. The German company that took it over lost the rights several years ago due to mismanagement. Their stuff was not very good either and always ultra delayed.

AH... MTG!!!! I actively stopped collecting after 7th edition, though I also collected very specific cards to enhance my current decks. My goal was to create a "Gold" card deck where I was able to put out all five Gold dragons at least for one or two turns.... no easy feat. I "house ruled" the game to play to either 40 or 60 points so the big monsters could come out and play... RULES? as they said in "Treasure of Sierra Madre"... "Badges.. we don't have to show you no stinking badges!!!!" PLAY... just have some fun!!!! Jason, you are one amazing dude! After seeing your game collection... you're the real deal!!! I'd love to play any number of card and board games with you....

Thumbs up for Tom forr puting Warhammer 40000 CCG on the list. Though it was indeed a short lived game, it not only handled well the Warhammer theme, but had some really interesting mechanichs: How you fight with the different units using both shooting and close combat, how cards worked as units, abilities and dice rolls, forcing you to think about all this when building your deck, as well as how different armies played differently.Though it has been a while since I played it, I still have several decks, including some really powerful Eldar and Dark Angels.

Jason I did the same thing, I sold my collection for $700 back in '95 I had every single card, from the first couple of sets upto Legends and was shorted cards I wanted, I sold my collection,, I had all the Moxs, Black Lotus etc as well, and could of sold those cards for a LOT more money if I had waited a couple of years.

Does anybody like Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn?

RIP netruner

I loved the Eye of Judgement! It was so awesome!!!

Harry Potter was actually a really solid game, handed my cards down to my younger siblings though as it had died and I only had family to play it with anyway.

At the time, I really thought Eye of Judgment was going to be the beginning of EVERY card game having a digital game directly connected to it.

I just realized Jason hasn't said "awesome" that much on this list. Amazing. And just then See mentions it, hahaha! In all seriousness, Jason is a good addition in this list. His camera presence has really grown!

Hi guys another great work done, I wonder if you can do top ten of detective games. My wife is big fan of detective stories and such list would be very helpful for me to find the best game. Keep doing great work

Loved playing Doom Trooper, Jyhad, Star Trek CCG and the Middle Earth CCG.

Star Wars: Totally agree. This game was amazing and I will always have fond memories of playing it. LOVE the ship combat! 7th Sea: Theme was quite fun, and I always played the Captain with the monkey on his shoulder. Legend of the Five Rings (LCG): Loved the old game, despite it's complexity. Haven't gotten into the LCG yet. It actually seems to have COMPLICATED the rules, rather than streamlined them. Overpower: YESSS! Loved this game, absolutely. To be fair, I was pretty young, but man was it a cool game. Nostalgia for sure. (I'm realizing Tom and I grew up loving the same style games.) Magic: The Gathering: Still love Magic, even though I don't play often anymore. Commander/EDH is a GREAT format, and very fun for casual play. Battletech: This was a great game, and I still have a giant box full of them. I loved this game because I also played the miniatures combat BATTLETECH, so it was a fun way to get into the world in many formats. Warlord: LOVED this game while AEG was running it. I even ran the Dragon Lord decks for AEG at GenCon. Dwarves for life. And my absolute favorite format was Strategic Warlords at GenCon as Nothrog. I don't agree with Tom's lists ORDER, but man, I share his preference on games pretty close! It's crazy!

So... Which of the dead ccgs is actually worth picking up (to play within a gaming group casually?) i mean without having to hunt down rare cards or needing a big meta to really work?

Here we are 5 years later and Warlord is getting a relaunch through Kickstarter. Not a LCG but again in the CCG format.

Best ending ever... Nice to see Jason on a regular Top 10!

Amazing. No love for spellfire? One of the best ccgs imho

This list needs to be revisited!

Hey TOM, My logo says it all, but I can totally relate to your OVERPOWER comments, especially related to the Lunchables promo cards. I remember me and a couple of friends went to three different Save-a-Lot grocery stores and cleaned out their Lunchable sections, because of course we had to have three or four copies of each card to make them playable. I also remember buying many comic books only for the "Any Hero" special card promos. We would buy the books, remove the cards, and then give the books back to the store for their bargain bin. I still have all my OP cards and maybe we could break them out if we cross paths at a con sometime. I think there is still an active group of players with cash tournaments in the Buffalo / Toronto area.

I own zero CCG/LCG's so far but I expect that to change soon. Arkham LCG is on my list. What differentiates an LCG from a card based game with a million expansions and over 500 (or even 1000 cards)? Like Valeria Card Kingdoms or Sentinels of the Multiverse?

Warlord #1 what a great choice! Cant w8 till its coming back

Spycraft CCG. Was a really good game, short lived during the CCG craze. I’m surprised NONE of you mentioned it!

1. Magic the Gathering - still so great to play, even if I'm also recently doing Duel Decks and Planeswalkers Intro Decks mostly for casual play! Amazing to see that after all these years this game has never got old at all! Having great time every time I sit to play a game or two in the evening. 2. Lord of the Rings LCG - Middle-Earth! If someone loves the theme, as I do.. that's the one to play from all these FFG's LCGs. 3. Star Wars: Destiny - since a) Star Wars, b) Custom dice gives you something new / refreshing.

That shirt is incredible!

What about V:TES, vampire the eternal struggle, (Jyhad) it was not only unique mechanics for its time, it was also the a more mature game for the social group (5, players)- it had balance issues like everything back then and while white wolf cut support for it in 2010, it is still alive and living, and last month it was announced a relaunch.. Very very exciting times.

Good 2nd pick Tom!! Love that game!

Fun video thanks for that (battle tech, magic, vs, overpower, game of thrones lcg)

In regards to the Magic Duel Decks - the Star Wars CCG came out with something similar. A starter box for both ANH and Hoth that was two basic decks that were balanced. This was my favorite one to play. I wish they had made more complex balanced decks.

No Doomtown, Rage, Shadowfist or Vampire:The Eternal Struggle? Ouch ;(

As a side note, LackeyCCG and OCTGN are two great ways to play dead CCGs online.

L5R is the greatest CCG made. It's definitely had it's moments, but the game is incredible. That the story was directly influenced by it's player base and it's tournament scene which then influenced the cards was brilliant. The only issue was that the promos weren't cosmetic and were tournament deck required and DIFFICULT to acquire. But the game was brilliant.

MtG is an amazing game. If you’re curious about it and have never played, I would HIGHLY recommend the 9th edition core box or the 9th edition starter decks. I played for many years and the 9th edition just hit it out of the park. I have never seen starter decks that introduce the strengths and play styles of each color quite like 9th edition.

the thing with anachronism is that having only 4 cards you can just print them online or even worse you can just write them down on regular playing cards and play that way, i think an android game would have been perfect since mini games against other players are very popular on phones.

Wish Jason was on more lists- he really comes out with some original games!

Jason, there's still a 'fan continuation' of the WCW Nitro game you mentioned called WWE Raw Deal. You can pretty much print a deck out with the proxies available nowadays so it might warrant a look if you're looking to play a game with that system.

7th Sea!!! Such nostalgia!

Unfortunately it is not published by Phoenix Interactive anymore. But thank you for putting it at number 1, Tom! 4th Edition made it to 26 packs plus a few unnumbered ones (and lots of promos). That was a LCG style edition, but at the time distribution broke down world-wide for non-licensed games. :(

I don't hear much about The Spoils card game. I enjoyed the Magic like mechanics, seemed a bit neater too. Its in its death throws now but does anyone have opinions?

Warlord was/is amazing. Bunch of my previous, more obscure favorites, were 7th Sea, Rage, BattleTech, Shadowfist, Gridiron FF and Ultimate Combat. I've played nearly all of them with release dates from ~'95-'99 or so.

Used to collect Decipher's LOTR CCG I think I still have them. But I loved the baseball Showdown CCG

Magic is a good game, and I love Android: Netrunner, and the Arkham Horror Card Game. It's surprising to see so many games that I remember poorly, but not even an honorable mention for some old favorites like Shadowfist, Babylon 5, or Illuminati: New World Order.

Going to watch and hope Clout shows up. What a fun collectable game.

LOOOOOL! No Blue Moon Legends from Zee this time? o:

"Brian Urlacher the defensive guy" - that's Chicago Bears Hall of Fame Linebacker Brian Urlacher, Jason :-D

Dont want to be rude, but burn through the deck when hit, isn't this called Millstone and actually a valid strategy in MtG? I think PT1 was won by such a deck back in 1996?

Just a quick question: Would Pathfinder: The Adventure Card Game Series have been a valid choice?

I used to play a lot of Rage CCG. Kult was also interesting, Blood Wars, Vampire: Eternal Struggle.

What about Middle Earth CCG (meccg)?

Middle Earth CCG. Arguably the best CCG ever created.

Quote of the day: "I'm not as collectable as I used to be" - Jason Levine

FYI, WOTC's Battletech was the "first" to use the deck as life total.

Wyvern, Rage, and STAR TREK CCG!!!

Warlord is my number 2. But my number 1 is "Vampire: The Eternal Struggle" (VTES). And that came back to production in may 5, by partnership between White Wolf and Black Chantry companies. And the North American 2018's Championship just happened in Origins

A game of thrones 2nd edition is my LCG of choice atm... Thinking of getting into Android netrunners tho because the theme is cool. Sad to hear that it will be discontinued..

My personal favorite CCG is a game from Cactus Game Design and the owner Rob Anderson who took inspiration from magic the gathering and put in a biblical spin to it and that is Redemption. Redemption had been around since 1994 and is just a year younger then MTG. In Redemption, you take your good characters called heroes and you send them into battle to win cards that are called "lost souls". I have a 2 part tutorial on the game on my channel but im also trying to decide what else to do with my channel but i will say, ive been playing the game on and off since 2005 and im not looking to quit the game. I play yugioh, MTG, and pokemon, but Redemption just sticks out for me, i love Redemption and have met some awesome people through the game and im hoping to get my son into it.Dice Tower, if you guys ever have the chance and have never heard of this game, i totally recommend picking it up. They have starter decks which come in a box with 2 decks much like duel decks in magic, but starter decks are to redemption as intro decks are to magic and structure decks are to yugioh. The starter decks are labeled literally alphabetically and so far, A and B, C and D, and E and F decks are out of print but G,H,I,and J are still in print so you can pick em up and start playing.

No Babylon 5 CCG? That CCG was epic and basically a really complex rounded card game. Like Twilight Imperium meets a card game. Loved that game to pieces.

I loved the Harry Potter TCG. Potions were obviously my favorite type of magic and it was heartbreaking when it died out. I was hoping FFG would revive it as an LCG but the ship has probably sailed on that. The whole HP mythos is pretty much a thing of the past.

GoT LCG deserves a spot.

This is my favorite top 10, wasn’t feeling Tom’s list until he mentioned warlord.

Shadowfist - the most forgotten CCG (the CCG companion to Feng Shui). The first incarnation of this CCG was fantastic. Loved how fast and frenetic it could get (but a turtle could just drag it out). The later incarnations just couldn’t grab the magic back (never got back in after the first sets). But one of the best older CCG. Should have been an LCG.