Betrayers of Kamigawa’s That Which Was Taken represents the kami child of O-Kagachi, the theft of which began the mortals’ war with the kami. The wording you see on the card -- and even wording you don’t see -- was chosen very carefully.
It was brought up during development that That Which Was Taken can leave stranded divinity counters on permanents. You could play its ability to add a counter to your Lantern Kami, for example, and then your opponent might NaturalizeThat Which Was Taken. The Lantern Kami would still have a divinity counter on it, but without That Which Was Taken around to provide the significance of divinity counters, the Kami would not be indestructible anymore. And who wants the board cluttered up with meaningless divinity counters? Why should that counter even stick around?
A few counter-granting cards, such as Mine Layer and Aurification, actually remove their counters when they leave play, to solve this problem.
However, the Betrayers development team did not want to include a similar clause on That Which Was Taken. Why? So that the card wouldn’t have a bizarre, unflavorful interaction with the Myojin! It wouldn’t make much sense that destroying or bouncing That Which Was Taken would suddenly, unintentionally steal away the divinity counters of godlike kami.
The Myojin of Infinite Rage likes his divinity counter just where it is, thank you.
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THAT WHICH WAS TEMPLATED Posted in Arcana on April 26, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/which-was-templated-2005-04-26
《奪われし御物/That Which Was Taken》の調整に関する記事です。
このカードは、パーマネントに神性カウンターを置いて破壊不能にする効果があります。本体でカウンターの挙動を定義しているため、本体が除去されるとカウンターは無意味なものになってしまい、戦場はゴチャゴチャしてしまいます。こうした事態を避けるため、類似カードは本体が戦場を離れた時に、カウンターも除去します。その例が《地雷の敷設者/Mine Layer》《黄金化/Aurification》です。しかし、《奪われし御物》で同じことをすると、せっかく手札から唱えた明神を台無しにしてしまうということで、例外として本体がいなくなってもカウンターを除去しなくなりました。
別々のカウンターを使うことでそうした相互作用は防げるのですが、フレイバーを考えると、奇妙なことになってしまいます。あるいは、機能だけを考えれば、最近登場したキーワードカウンターで、破壊不能カウンターを使用すればいいでしょう。ただ、フレイバーが損なわれるのは否定できません。
補足
記事として取り上げることはありませんが、一応神河のことが触れられているものについて、付記しておきます。
神河ブロックのシールド
BACK TO BASICS: SEALED DECK Posted in Limited Information on February 1, 2012
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/limited-information/back-basics-sealed-deck-2005-04-26
プレイテスト中の名前
KAMIGAWA PLAYTEST NAMES Posted in Arcana on April 27, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/kamigawa-playtest-names-2005-04-27
『神河救済』のブースター画像
SAVIORS OF KAMIGAWA BOOSTER IMAGES Posted in Arcana on April 28, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/saviors-kamigawa-booster-images-2005-04-28
恒例のQ&A記事
MAY DAYS Posted in Feature on April 30, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/may-days-2005-04-30
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