Seems to be rather closed with regard to working with third party plugins. Definitely cannot use third party block plugins, though Bricks claims Gutenberg compatibility. Be careful with exactly what that means.

Everything must be coded specifically to work with Bricks theme. I don't find that so useful, while not being a coder myself.

I see a lot of praise for this theme but I'm not that impressed. I'd rather work with a theme that enhances the block editor and allows third party blocks. Sure, it is exciting to see what Bricks can do, compared to the WordPress block editor today. How long is "lifetime" when Gutenberg w/enhancements becomes a site builder?

How many plugins does this theme actually work with? In their group on Facebook, I see people suggesting that some pretty popular plugins don't work well with Bricks theme. Why would someone create a theme that doesn't work well with third party plugins? Where is the WordPress "Best practice" in that?

Bricks is a shiny object right now. The developer(s) have already pushed back the release of some very important additions, missed their projected release of "woo" as well as Accessibility enhancements. That's a biggie. What else aren't they going to be able to keep up with?