That's a great selection of games.

Worth noting that there is an excellent 2-player variant for Yokai Septet. It started out as a fan variant but the designer liked it so much that it was adopted as official. I've been playing this a lot in the Trickster's Table app.

Crew's 2p variant works well too.

Good article, really great game suggestions. I particularly enjoyed Cat in the Box.

No mention of Euchre, which is also a wonderful trick-taking game that uses (some of) a standard deck