UNO

The first card game (exclude those ACE-SPADE-CLUB cards) I bought for the kids. The kids love it. I love it. UNO become the most played family game in the house until angry bird video game comes to their life. It teaches the kids colors, numbers, addition and strategy. Those cheeky voice when saying "Draw Two", even louder and cheekier when saying 'DRAW FOUR!".

The UNO cards were played so many times that the card starts to age quite fast. I bought the UNO DELUXE instead of the UNO, thinking the cards quality will be better. But it turns out apart from the exclusive packing box which includes a pencils and paper for calculation, the stack of UNO cards is just the same as the basic UNO cards, but the price is so wide apart.
My advice - DON"t buy UNO DELUXE, just get the basic deck.

I bought another deck of UNO H2O instead. Clear plastic cards. This should last a lifetime.
But, plastic cards just don't feel right when we are holding it, shuffling it, dealing it, placing it - the cards are slippery when in contact with each other. It's like holding plastic money notes vs. paper notes. Although it is resistant to water and tear, but no one says that the cards will not go missing - AND once the card is bent, it stays bent. BUT, being named H2O, one can play it under water. (why?? Need meh?)

The paper UNO deck is still better, cheaper. If damaged, get a new deck. If bored, get a new UNO theme  deck (imitation or original -Cars, Princess, Toy Story, Angry bird, Avengers- depend on the season's popularity).