When you don't, you find yourself solving mini-problems that don't actually tie into your mega-problem
Few of the artifact decks that previously existed have been able to manage this, and even the ones that still do like Hardened Scales and Mono-White Hammer (Lurrus) are on slim margins

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This mafia don elephant lets you ask your opponent a yes-or-no question every turn
But for only 1 mana, that card is going to be the best, highest quality card your deck has to offer, possibly netting you a lot of card advantage through a board wipe, stopping someone else from doing the same to you with a counterspell, or setting you up to complete an infinite combo