神河当時 - トッププレイヤーの注目カード

昨日の記事の続きです。

BDM: Are there any cards that stand out for Constructed? Specifically, are there any cards that intrigue you for Standard? If you were preparing for States/Provincials/Prefectural Championships, what cards would you be focused on?
Aeo Paquette: If you know me at all you know I’m strictly a Limited player. I’ve never really cared for Constructed, so I haven’t really looked into it at all. If I were to say off the top of my head what the top 5 constructed cards are…in no order I would say Zo-Zu the Punisher, Ghostly Prison, Hinder, Cranial Extraction and…well…I guess Sakura-Tribe Elder.

Mike Flores: Cranial Extraction, Keiga, the Tide Star, Kodama’s Reach, Horobi, Death’s Wail, Nezumi Shortfang, Nezumi Graverobber. The best Constructed card in the set is probably Sakura-Tribe Elder.

Osyp Lebedowicz: There are some cards that seem pretty solid for Constructed play in T2. I like Peer Through Depths as a replacement for Thirst for Knowledge in blue-white and the like -- it effectively does the same thing but digs two cards deeper. Imi Statue seems like a very good card in combination with Relic Barrier against Affinity. Boseiju, Who Shelters All seems very good in Tooth and Nail against control decks -- so much so that I have to believe a permission deck would need to board in Time Stop in order to deal with it. Although I’m not sure that would be enough. Sakura-Tribe Elder is strictly better than Rampant Growth for the green-white deck and Hinder is the best counter they’ve made in a long time. Samurai of the Pale Curtain, Gifts Ungiven, Glacial Ray, Nezumi Shortfang, Glimpse of Nature, Soilshaper, and Dosan the Falling Leaf all seem like playable cards in Constructed.

Ken Krouner: No cards really jump out at me right now. Ghostly Prison maybe. Affinity looks to be even more dominant than it was before and to tell the truth I think it was underplayed at Worlds this year. I expect Affinity to rule the day at States.

Zvi Mowshowitz: A few cards stand out. Players will have to watch out for the new land that makes spells uncounterable and there are several other Constructed-worthy cards. However, anyone who doesn’t play a Mirrodin Block deck at States is going to get run over. The new land makes Tooth and Nail a lock over blue decks, and Affinity is as strong as ever.

引用元
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

今度は構築視点での注目カードの話です。

人それぞれ挙げているカードは異なりますが、一番の注目は《桜族の長老》のようです。実際、当時の構築においては中・低速のデッキによく採用されていました。この評価は「戦闘ダメージがスタックにのる」という当時のルールが前提である点には注意が必要ですが。

もう一つは、親和デッキに対抗できるか、という点でしょう。元々ミラディン・ブロックのカードが多数を締めるデッキなので、ローテーション後も強さはほぼ変わりません。となれば、それがトップメタとして意識されるのは必然です。