GRNDL: Power Unleashed

Dave H - 3.5

This seems like a solid identity, which will often be focusing on rushing, using the early credits to secure a remote and score. I imagine that there will be other decks looking to use the early credit advantage to flatline the runner, but I don't think that they will be as successful due to the fact that runners are careful against Weyland and Plascrete is still everywhere. The question is, is it better than Building a Better World? I think that GRNDL will be for some decks and BABW for others, it depends what you are trying to do, GRNDL seems to be focused on the early game advantage and so is likely best if you are making use of this through the early game credits and where Bad Publicity doesn't matter as much.

Callum - 3.5

I like GRNDL, I’ve been playing it myself as Weyland rush deck. The great thing about this ID is that the 10c start is huge for consistency in play, allowing yourself for a quick-start in the game state, able to rez bigger, nastier ICE to shove those agendas through. With in-faction cards such as Oversight AI and Weylands position of being able to get credits quickly, GRNDL positions itself as a very aggressive identity.

It’s not without its downsides, namely the 1BP (remember Weyland is the Corp that loves to spew money and bad pub) and the 10 influence. The BP itself can be alleviated by cards like Elizabeth Mills or Witness Tampering if needed, but the BP in Weyland can really stack up, so it’s something you’ve got to be careful of and play to accommodate it. The second part is the 10 influence is really, really limiting in deck building, especially as Weyland does have gaps in its deckbuilding. Overall though I think this is a great ID for an alternate play style over BWBI or BABW.

Dave P - 3

I'll avoid repeating the excellent analysis above and say that while this perfectly playable, 10 influence really hurts the ID. being able to play Restructures turn 1 is great but I'm not sure if Weyland has the means currently to play the rush deck that this ID wants to be a part of. Would be great with SanSan's or Trick of Lights but it doesn't really have the influence to spare for them. It's likely then, that we'll see this being used to tag and bag aggressively instead of scoring out agendas and I'm just not sure if that's the best move at the moment. I think this ID might be flash in the pan, expect to see a lot of it in the next couple of months and then hardly ever after that.