First of all, I would like to take a moment for all of those who were affected by the bombing that happened yesterday in Boston. There are plenty of people in the Kaijudo community that live in Massachusetts and I imagine they have been affected by this tragedy as well. My thoughts and prayers are with them, the runners, and all of their families.

Now, I know it's hard to come back from that but why should we let terrorists in our society stop us from doing what we enjoy? Today's card is notably one of the better Trench Hunters we have in this game and for good reason. Today's card is Rusalka, Aqua Chaser.

Name: Rusalka, Aqua Chaser
Civilization: Water
Type: Creature
Race: Trench Hunter
Level: 4
Power: 1000
Flavor Text: "Rusalka, stop him!" -Master Nadia
Rarity: Uncommon
Set Number:   61/165 l 3RIS

Abilities:
Psionic Rebuke- When this creature enters the battle zone, you may return target creature from the battle zone to its owner's hand.

Rusalka is a level 4 Trench Hunter with 1000 power. By these standards it would be a really bad card, however, it happens to have one saving grace, it can bounce any one card in the battle zone back to the owners hand!

This is often the follow up to the turn three play of Aqua Seneschal to allow him a free shot at your opponent's shields. It can also slow the game down significantly for your opponent. Let's say they got stuck with a bunch of level 4 creatures in their hand, they play one and have to wait for it to attack. Next turn you decide to drop Rusalka and put it back into their hand, forcing them to summon it again. That is almost like making your opponent simply pass their turn!

Another neat combo you can pull off with Rusalka is bouncing your own creatures back to your hand! I know that can sound a little crazy, however, at times it can prove to be genius! Imagine stacking Hydra Medusa on top of another Hydra Medusa after already having it on a Gigabolver. You simply summon Rusalka and bounce it back to your hand and all of its materials underneath it come back to your hand as well, leaving you with more advantage that will be able to banish your opponent's cards next turn and the following turn!

There are numerous combos that can be done with Rusalka and it will continue to see play in the months ahead. However, that doesn't mean that this card doesn't have its weaknesses too. It will die to everything... well, except for cards like Comet Missile, but I think you get my point. It's easy to deal in most decks and is completely shut down by Infernus the Awakened. All these things don't really make it any less playable though. I would expect to see a lot of this card at the upcoming KMC's.

Ratings:

Constructed: 4.00/5.00 (Versatility and bouncibility are what sell this card. It still has plenty of weaknesses but its strengths vastly outweigh them.)

Limited: 4.50/5.00 (Rise has a lot of big creatures, why not bounce them back to your opponents hand and make them cast them all over again?)

Make sure to stop by my channel for some new content! I assure you more is coming too (after this week of finals)! Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!