Pragmatic Adaptation: WC 2009 and WC 2010 are simplified versions of the first two seasons of 5Ds, though the Dark Signer arc had a lot of twists and turns and the game still manages to include most of them

Classic Contro l (less good in midrange cubes) 23 Spells Swords to Plowshares Spell Pierce Opt Counterspell Remand Cylonic Rift Wall of Omens Mana Leak Impulse Snapcaster Mage Wing Shards Vendillion Clique Spell Queller Renewed Faith Wrath of God Supreme Verdict Cryptic Command Restoration Angel Jace, Architect of Thought Force of Will Archangel Avacyn Mystic Confluence Torrential Gearhulk Flooded Strand Tundra Hallowed Fountain Temple of Enlightenment Celestial Colonnade Mystic Gate Adarka Wastes Galcial Fortress Port Town Seachrome Coast Prarie Stream Temple of the False God Myriad Landscape 4x Island Miracles 24 Spells Chrome Mox Brainstrom Sensei's Diving Top Mystical Tutor Peek Lat-Nam's Legacy Predict Balance Talisman of Counterbalance Arcane Denial Remand Jace, Vryn's Prodigy Absorb Trinket Mage Thirst for Knowledge Supreme Verdict Jace, the Mind Sculptor Elspeth, Knight-Errant Force of Will Terminus Temporal Mastery Dig Through Time Entreat the Angels 16 Lands Mistveil Plains Ancient Den Seat of the Synod Rishadan Port Flooded Strand Tundra Hallowed Fountain Temple of Enlightenment Celestial Colonnade Mystic Gate Adarka Wastes Galcial Fortress Plains Seachrome Coast 2x Island Sphinx's Revelation 23 Spells Elixir of Immortality Path to Exile Opt Lat-Nam's Legacy Impulse Wall of Omens Remand Arcane Denial Declaration in Stone Cyclonic Rift Counterspell Negate Wing Shards Council's Judgement Vendilion Clique Wrath of God Supreme Verdict Cryptic Command Temporal Manipulation Aetherling Teferi, Temporal Archmage Marshal Coup Sphinx's Revelation 17 Lands Flooded Strand Tundra Hallowed Fountain Temple of Enlightenment Celestial Colonnade Mystic Gate Adarka Wastes Galcial Fortress Port Town Seachrome Coast Prarie Stream Temple of the False God Myriad Landscape 4x Island Tap Out Control (best with black for targetted discard effects) 24 Spells Ancestral Vision Thraben Inspector Gitaxian Probe Preordain Wall of Omens Declaraion in Stone Talisman of Azorius Signet Spellskite Balance Blade Splicer Brimaz, Kind of Oreskos Council's Judgement Reflector Mage Restoration Angel Jace, the Mind Sculptor Wrath of God Glen Elandra Archmage Tamiyo, the Moon Sage Baneslayer Angel Treachery Elspeth, Sun's Champion Crush of Tentacles Consecrated Sphinx 16 Lands Flooded Strand Tundra Hallowed Fountain Temple of Enlightenment Celestial Colonnade Mystic Gate Adarka Wastes Galcial Fortress Port Town Seachrome Coast Prarie Stream 3x Plains 2x Island

If you KO an EX card, you draw one card as you win the next time you get a KO
Many of them have GY effects that help protect your board or even search out other cards
Whenever your opponent Special Summons a monster or monsters, they'll be hit with 500 points of damage each, making every summon a painful experience for them