Building Blocks

Building Blocks 5[credit]

Operation
Influence: 4

Reveal a barrier from HQ. Install and rez it, ignoring all costs.

"It looks like a mistake but I'm pretty sure they leave the gaps on purpose." -Gnat
Illustrated by Ed Mattinian
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Reign and Reverie (rar)

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  • Updated 2024-09-19

    If the first time the Corp installs a card in a turn is with Building Blocks, does 419 trigger?

    Yes. An "install and rez" effect follows all the normal steps of installing a card, followed by all the normal steps of rezzing a card. 419's ability meets its trigger condition during the install steps, and resolves before the card is considered rezzed.

Reviews

At a cost of 5 to play, to get your best from this you will want to play ice of 7 or greater IMO. With 5 influence, probably won't be used out of faction.

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In faction Hadrian's Wall, and Curtain Wall are a beast to Rez, but for 5? Not terrible.

Even Orion, which can become cheaper will still cost 3+6=9 or 4+3=7 if you put counters on it manually.

I guess it's a poor corporation's Modded?

(Uprising Booster Pack era)
Your review is alright but it's important to note some things you missed: Curtain Wall is rotated, Blocks is only 4 inf (still won't see play outside of Weyland tho), and this card's best friend is Blue Sun. —
Chiyashi is pretty sweet, and pretty cheap to splash INTO Weyland —
You're also overlooking the way the card enables glacier. You INSTALL ignoring all costs as well. If you've got a 3-deep server, you're basically rezzing the ICE for $2! —

Playing blue sun, this card is a beast. Play building blocks, reveal/install/rez and orion, and the next turn bounce it back to your hand for a net gain of 10 credits. Its the new oversight AI.