神河当時 - トッププレイヤーの第一印象

BDM: So what were your initial impressions of the new set?

Gabriel Nassif: I didn’t really try to find out what’s good in constructed and we barely started testing extended. The format is fun in Limited but the good rares spoil it a lot. Like the dragons are very good, all 5/5 flyers -- which is huge. If you are able to deal with them, they still are a pain. I only drafted a few times, but I think I like every color as they all seem to be fine, maybe blue a little less. That’s about it. Sorry, I realize this doesn’t help you much, but I never really know what I think when a set is released.

Osyp Lebedowicz: I think the new set is underpowered and poorly designed for Constructed. I think in block at least they made blue too powerful, so they probably have to fix that in the second set or the Block PT won’t be much fun.

Mike Flores: I quite like it. I actually have disliked almost every set since Invasion for Constructed because I believe that the heavily mechanic based cards point players too concretely into particular directions. For example, the multicolored cards in both Invasion Block and Odyssey block were vastly overpowered for their mana costs, leading directly to Fires and Psychatog decks with little room for variation or dissent. You have essentially the same situation with Affinity but I don’t see any such mechanic in Champions of Kamigawa. In fact, I think that the aggressive costing of Legends lends itself to difficult design choices. For example, if you want to hit 2/2 on turn 1, how many Hounds will you loose?

Zvi Mowshowitz: My impression of the set is that it has a lot of fun stuff in it, and plenty of cool ideas, but that it doesn’t have what it takes to compete with Mirrodin Block.

Ken Krouner: I am not a Constructed expert so it is hard for me to pick out things in the early going there, but I think this appears to be the best set for Limited since Odyssey. I am really excited about drafting it.

Aeo Paquette: I like every new set to some extent. I enjoy playing with new cards, drafting sets that I don’t yet know very well, but when comparing this set to most other recent ones I don’t have very much to say about it. There is basically nothing special about it, no money rares or cool new mechanics of any sort. I would give the new set a 3 out of 10 on the CrazyAeo scale.

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CHAMPIONS ROUNDTABLE Posted in The Week That Was on September 30, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/week-was/champions-roundtable-2004-09-30

MTG界の著名人に、『神河物語』の第一印象をインタビューしている記事です。

リミテッド視点ではそこそこ良いようで、「オデッセイ以来で最高」という評価もあるほどです。

一方、構築視点ではやや厳しい評価で、特にミラディンと比べてカードパワーが低いことは、この時点でも指摘されています。

その他、気になった意見は、Mike Floresの「インベイジョン以降、プレイヤーを特定の方向に向け過ぎていた。このセットにはそのようなことはない」という点で評価していることです。

『神河物語』と言えば、孤立的で、同じセット内での相互作用ばかりが強い、というイメージがあるのですが、それとは対照的です。また、メカニズムにしても、連繋や転生は直線的で、デッキの方向性を決めています。

ただ、実際に活躍したカードとなると、連繋や転生はパッとせず、ドラゴン・スピリットサイクルや、明神サイクル、その他伝説のクリーチャーが挙がります。ある意味、言った通りです。

中々興味深い指摘だったと言えるでしょう。