We apologize for Kessleroid.
Compare:
- Semak-samun in the same set, which for 1 credit more breaks for 3 on most breakers (excluding Rising Tide with fracters in the bin, Lobisomem, etc).
- Maskirovka, which for 1 credit more refunds 2 credits on the facecheck.
- Akhet, which again is 1 credit more and folds into the advance-able ice suite that can become a pain with Syailendra.
- Ablative Barrier, which aids HB decks in building their board state.
- Ping, which gives the runner a tag and enables NBN: Reality Plus and Synapse Global: Faster than Thought to do their thing,
- Tatu-Bola, an economy and ice correction card wearing a paper mask that says "ICE" on it like the Spy from TF2.
Who gets anything from this? Ob Superheavy Logistics: Extract. Export. Excel. will probably use it in their weird kickflips to find 1 cost cards they'd rather want. This is immune to Arruaceiras Crew and Charm Offensive, but no runner in their right mind would waste those on this. Most breakers can get past this for 2 credits - maybe in a world where runner economy is more specialized and difficult, this will be a relevant number, but right now I don't see it. If you're playing System Gateway + Elevation only, this might get into your decks out of necessity. If you are ABSOLUTELY desperate for a cheap ETR barrier and can't slot Palisade or one of the above ice, maybe go for it.
At least the other two Weyland ice in the set are bangers.