Will players accept a downgrade from "basics check" for themselves in return for a one-mana discount on the activation cost
Ive saved the best artifact for last with Deck of Many Things
Inquisition of Kozilek The cream of the crop of discard spells tends to be the 1-mana cards
Since those decks mostly want to play on curve, Cristophe doubles as a recursive spell and a threat
If youre going first, you could discard three cards during your first turn to cast Neo Exdeath [12-110L], to restrict your opponents freedom, but they could potentially discard two cards out of their hand to play Alexander [8-046R] before bringing out any of their characters, so that they would defeat Neo Exdeath [12-110L], and then play their Backups and whatnot afterwards
Overall, Dragon Shield is a great choice for any player