神河当時 - スタンダードの禁止カードなし
2020年11月9日 Magic: The Gathering
I suppose by now that everyone has read the December B&R announcement and seen the news, or lack thereof: We didn’t ban anything in Standard.
That decision was not easy. I suppose there is some amount of irony in the fact that the decision-making process leading up to this point was the most intense, drawn-out, and involved of any banning discussion I have ever seen in my years here at Wizards, and somehow we decided the best plan of action was to do nothing.
And I can say honestly that doing nothing was correct.
After States, people here at Wizards in R&D and Organized Play heard the low grumblings about the Ravager Affinity deck and began crunching a bunch of numbers regarding its supposed dominance. Our next step was to figure out what we would ban should we deem bannings to be necessary. Most people involved in the DCI felt that one or more of the “marquee” Ravager Affinity cards--Disciple of the Vault, Arcbound Ravager, and Cranial Plating--should be singled out. That list was quickly expanded to include Aether Vial and Thoughtcast for consideration. I, on the other hand, was the front man for the faction that felt the five colored artifact lands (Vault of Whispers, et al), were the real culprits and deserved to get the axe. For what it’s worth, both sides’ arguments had problems.
引用元
DECEMBER BANNINGS, OR LACK THEREOF Posted in Latest Developments on December 3, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/december-bannings-or-lack-thereof-2004-12-03
スタンダードにおいて、禁止カードがないことについての記事です。
（当時であれば）禁止カードはそうそう追加されません。しかし、当時すでに親和デッキへの不満が募っていたようです。
電結親和もデッキが完成するまでにはある程度の時間がかかった。対抗できるだけのデッキもまた、完成するには時間がかかるのだろう、といった説明がされています。
また、プレイヤーの中には《鏡割りのキキジキ/Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker》や《桜族の長老/Sakura-Tribe Elder》は禁止されるのか？と質問してきた人もいました。さすがにそれはどうかと思いますが、それだけ意見というのは多様なものなのだとも思います。
2021/03/09 追記
日本語訳を見つけました。
12月禁止発表、あるいは何も無いこと――便りの無いのは良い便り
https://web.archive.org/web/20041211014109/http://www.hobbyjapan.co.jp/magic/articles/files/20041206_02.html
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