One way to do this is to examine the printing quality and texture of the card
I'm not a fan of Dragon Pulse, even at 1
the second stage lets you pay two mana and tap it to create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature that gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control
(12/8/2022) You can put back zero, one, or two cards
$0.35 Collision // Colossus Ravnica Allegiance $2.49 Overprotect Bloomburrow $0.99 Ram Through Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths $0.49 Blossoming Defense Lorwyn Eclipsed $2.29 Gaea's Gift The Brothers' War $1.49 Combat Research Dominaria United $0.49 Groundswell Worldwake $8.99 Tamiyo's Safekeeping Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $0.99 Xyris, the Writhing Storm Commander 2020 $0.79 Temur Battle Rage Fate Reforged $1.29 Vines of Vastwood Zendikar $1.79 Tyvar's Stand Phyrexia: All Will Be One 0 results found
You can do this for free, of course, but the temptation to pay for one more hit will be there, and creates tension with the games otherwise wholesome vibe