神河当時 - トッププレイヤーへの反論
2020年7月20日 Magic: The Gathering
Roundtable Feedback
There was quite a bit of feedback on the forums and in my email folder after last week’s roundtable with several high-profile players about the Champions of Kamigawa release. The feedback illustrated (for me anyway) the divide that exists between the professional Magic community and the more casual set. I am always amazed at Magic’s ability to be visible across so many wavelengths. Whether the game has captured the imagination of a small group who gather weekly around a kitchen table or it occupies every waking moment of a group of professional playtesters huddled around the Rochester Draft table looking for any advantage for Grand Prix–Austin, opinions about the game are equally strong at both tables -- as they are at every table in between, regardless of whether those tables are used for Friday Night Magic, a raucous game of Emperor, or a Pro Tour Qualifier.
Most of the comments seemed to be concerning the pessimism that many of the pros expressed in regard to Champions helping to keep Affinity decks at bay for the upcoming State/Province/Territory/Island Championships. While the pros seemed to be throwing their hands up in defeat, many of you out there made it clear that you were not going to go down without a knock-down, drag-out fight.
One way of dealing with the modular decks out there came from came from someone known simply as “Soul.”
IN IT TO WIN IT Posted in The Week That Was on October 7, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/week-was/it-win-it-2004-10-07
トッププレイヤー達の間では、『神河物語』では親和を止められないだろう、とした意見が主流であった、という記事（※１）がありました。
それに対して、反論コメントが寄せられていた、という内容です。
《薄青幕の侍/Samurai of the Pale Curtain》は接合能力も《大霊堂の信奉者/Disciple of the Vault》も封じる。
（『ホームランド』以外の）どのエキスパンションでも、環境に大きな影響を与える。
《減衰のマトリックス/Damping Matrix》《忌みの像/Imi Statue》《亡霊の牢獄/Ghostly Prison》で勝てる。
といったコメントが見られます。
結果は、トッププレイヤーの言う通り、親和は止まりません。当時のスタンダードで何枚も禁止カードを出すハメになってしまいました。
流石はトッププレイヤーというのはもちろんですが、それに追従するだけでなく自分できちんと考えて意見を表明することは悪くありません。
※１
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
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