Let's see... in past set, when people claimed a set was good, it turned out to be busted. See: trone of Oko and Ravnica, city of planeswalkers. When people a set was mediocre, it turned out to be merely good.
My impression is that Zendikar has many mechanics that are incorrectly estimated: spell-lands and kicker. I think the land-spells will become widely played in multiple format for being lands. Sure, there are real duds, but there are real good ones. land / card draw, land / counter, ... kicker is easy to undervalue because they help the mana curve and add flexibility.
Party, I agree, will probably turn out not to be good in constructed... but very good in limited. The cards turn from mediocre to okay to good at 2 party members. They turn to great to amazing at 3 and 4 members. With full party, many of the card are at the busted level:
a single mana to tutor any card and then cast a 4 CMC spell for free? For goodness sake! That's just bonker crazy over-powered.
a single mana to destroy any creature or PW? Even alpha had nothing that good.
This does not make them good in constructed. But in limited they will shine.
My impression is that Zendikar has many mechanics that are incorrectly estimated: spell-lands and kicker. I think the land-spells will become widely played in multiple format for being lands. Sure, there are real duds, but there are real good ones. land / card draw, land / counter, ... kicker is easy to undervalue because they help the mana curve and add flexibility.
Party, I agree, will probably turn out not to be good in constructed... but very good in limited. The cards turn from mediocre to okay to good at 2 party members. They turn to great to amazing at 3 and 4 members. With full party, many of the card are at the busted level:
This does not make them good in constructed. But in limited they will shine.