how do you banish cards in yugioh know I don't condone floodgates. is a much better game than floodgates the game. But since they are apart of the game here's 3 you'll want to consider having for Messenger of Order Continuous Spell

In addition to this, you can purchase top loaders, card savers, binders, and acrylic cases

Etsy seller WildPetsCreations had the genius idea to make custom Pokmon cards of Your Pet as a Pokemon Card

It can protect valuable cards from black discard, and can combine with library shuffling effects to improve your draw (such as Thawing Glaciers, Flooded Strand, or Ramosian Sergeant)

You are very right about the 2002-2010 period though

This runthrough just proves the game was harder when I was a kid because i had no clue what I was doing

Transmute costs more than other tutors, but it dodges most countermagic since you put an ability on the stack, not a spell