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  Aqua Strider

- #71/110 l 7CLA


Date Reviewed: June 24, 2013

Constructed Rating: 3.50
Limited Rating: 4.25

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating.

 

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Hello again everyone and welcome back to another week of reviews at Pojo.com! This week I picked out some cards that have the potential to see some play in the future and also have a generalized theme to them. I also found it appropriate with summer starting that we start the week off with a splash! Let's take a look at Aqua Strider.

Name: Aqua Strider
Civilization:
Light/Water
Type: Creature
Race:
Enforcer/Aquan
Level:
2
Power:
4000
Flavor Text: “What wouldn't you do to master your art?"
Rarity: Common
Set Number: 71/110 l 7CLA

Abilities:
18px-Blocker.jpgBlocker
(You may tap this creature to change an enemy creature's attack to this creature.)
Skirmisher
(This creature can attack only creatures.)

Aqua Strider is a very basic card that we've seen many times before in the form of Jade Monitor. They both have 4000 power, Blocker, and Skirmisher. One of the biggest differences between the two is that this card costs one entire mana less than Jade Monitor!

This has been seeing play in a lot of Water/Dark/Light Control decks as it's an easy way to deal with those pesky Rush decks since you can freely block one of their creatures and then swing at any others that were foolish enough to swing in the first place!

If you're just looking for added consistency to your deck, this could prove to be quite useful as well. This card unlocks both Light and Water mana in your mana zone with just one card and is great for those early plays when you're trying to set up your mana.

Lastly, let's take a look at Strider's races. It's both an Enforcer and an Aquan which can open up many doors in the future for evolution plays! There are currently four evolution choices for the Enforcer player and one for the Aquans. With a new set less than three months away, I suspect that we'll see those numbers increase and the overall playability of this card increase even further.

This is one of those cards that is slowly becoming a staple card in the deck and forces your opponent to use Bone Blades or larger removal spells just to get rid of it. Cards like Heat Seekers and Barrage do absolutely nothing against this card and may slowly phase them out from the mainstream play even more than using Jade Monitor did in the recent past. Expect to see this card fixing your opponent's mana or hitting the battle zone on turn two or three consistently at an upcoming tournament near you!

Ratings:

Constructed: 3.50/5.00 (Strider is a solid Blocker that can significantly slow your opponent down as soon as turn two.)

Limited: 4.25/5.00 (An amazing Blocker to put the game on your time, not your opponent's! Set up whatever plays you need, this card isn't going anywhere for a couple turns!)


Check back tomorrow when we continue our trend with a card that rewards you for using only one civilization... or at least it used to! Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!


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