I know this thread has been closed, but there's one innovative coin that went completely under the radar:
Skeincoin
PoW: One round Skein and One round Sha256.
Embraces ASICs and GPU mining, because that's what a professional coin needs.
Hasn't been P&D'ed, and has survived since NOV2013 with a tightly knit community.
Hope you can see this Adam