We had a single Regionals in France so far. Top10 (that is 750 cards) lists 26 rares from CHK block. With 8 Kokushos. That's hardly significant and can't really be considered as a "fair amount of action". Most of the T2 decks are Mirrodin Block decks at the moment (Ravager, Tooth and Nails, Big Red, Death Cloud) with small additions from Kamigawa Block, usually commons and uncommons (Sakura Tribe Elder, Sensei Divining Top, Hearth Kami).

Kamigawa Block sales are *really* low when compared to Mirrodin Block or even Onslaught Block. No Kamigawa Block archetype has emerged.

I'll answer that indirectly.

Take Mana Drain decks.  Psychatog decks basically went away becuase of Fish and Crucible/3Sphere.  The Drain decks that survived are those that were able to compete with that ramped up power level: certain Oath builds and Control/Goth Slaver.  Restriction does not unwind the clock becuase the decks that you are left with are the product of a dialectic.  They are more powerful than before the dialectic began.  See my point?

To be fair though, alot of people have alot of reason to be pretty upset.  Good Reason.   This is not Berserk.  Berserk was completely misunderstood in terms of its potential application.    If you scroll back and read the thread on berserk (which I participated, so I remember), you'll see that.  There is reason to suggest that this may be a huge mistake.  They have restricted a card now in this format based on interaction concerns entirely, and not dominance or distortion.  If Workshop decks fall out of the format almost entirely, which given their trend on Sylvan's statistics is the logical prediction, the format will rapidly consolidate and shift.  Those shifts can lead to a restriction cascade.   I'm not saying they will, but there is good, rationale, logical reasons for suggesting that it might.  The risk is there.  I'm not saying it will happen immediately, but a decision has been made which could trigger long term ramifications that are not good.  We should be aware of those risks and realize them now so that we can monitor the outcome.

Mostly I'm just intrigued by the fact that you seem to be playing the deck a little differently than I do; I usually find that the limiting factor in my play of the deck is mana, not storm count or the number of cards I see.  I was mostly just surprised that I didn't see Lotus at the top of your list.