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It's not as smooth as other anti-spin rubbers. It has some grip, so blocking is easy. You can also pull off a (fake) drive with it, so I think it cuts down on wasteful mistakes.

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You can do a chop that's unique to anti-spin rubber. It does wobble a bit, but I felt it's better when the knuckle ball comes in with a Hurricane-like arc rather than the wobble.

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Here are my impressions after using it for a while. It's a rubber that's hard to buy anywhere except online right now, and it took a bit of time to arrive.

The sheet surface is smooth, and if you sink the ball in it gives just a hint of grip. If you brush the ball it produces just a hint of reversal (knuckle) - that "hint of" quality is what gives this rubber its character.

The sponge feels medium-bounce, not too high or too low, so you get this sensation of the ball leaving the sheet before the sponge has time to spring back after sinking in.

It's pretty insensitive to the opponent's spin, so it's easy to flick or smash a strong backspin serve from your opponent. The hitting surface is basically flat, but by adjusting the angle slightly, you can do a stop that kills the ball's spin, or a drive with a bit of extra topspin added.

If you cut your serve hard with heavy backspin, it comes out as a knuckle ball where the opponent can clearly see the logo mark spinning in their hand. If you cut it half-heartedly, it turns into a perfect setup ball for your opponent to attack, so naturally you end up serving off the other side's rubber.

This is a rubber that shows glimpses of inverted rubber, pips-out, and long pips all at once, and lets you use a wide variety of techniques. There are basically no example players or reference information for it out there. I'd recommend it to someone who wants to master it through their own feel rather than heading toward being a jack-of-all-trades.

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For an anti-spin rubber, the balance between speed and spin is pretty good. It's easy to control. It's easy to handle overall, and things like the short game and lobbing are easy to do. I'd recommend it to someone trying anti-spin for the first time.
If I had to name one downside, the feel on contact is kind of "dull."

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When people think of anti-spin, they usually picture it turning every ball into a knuckleball, but this one is soft and lets the ball sink into the sponge easily,
so when you chop you can send back a knuckleball or return with heavy spin instead.
It's also easy to push with, and it's a stable anti rubber that makes it easy to transition from chopping into attacking.
The one real drawback, as you'd expect from an anti rubber, is that it's hard to adjust the spin on certain balls when returning them.

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When you brush the ball, it doesn't spin at all, but if you really sink the ball into the sponge, you can put a small amount of spin on it. So it doesn't get thrown off by the opponent's spin, but you can add a little variation yourself — a plain-looking but very practical rubber that leads to points!

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