Aside from buffing up your dragons, you also have ways to give them trample with cards like Garruk's Uprising which help punch through the decks that are heavy on fliers in Starter Commander
In your deck, there is literally only one Dragon creature card, Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
That makes Final Fantasys new Louisoixs Sacrifice a lot more enticing at first glance
Growing this with noncreature spells is quite doable, and there are a few draw 2 effects in the format too that will trigger it
The timestamp of Futurist Operative's first ability is when it entered the battlefield, not when it became tapped
1) because coming up with cards is very difficult and 2) because it stops all target removal, and board wipes from touching any of your artifacts Also, most players dont run exiles for artifacts, so it is very hard for your opponents to remove Darksteel Forge from the game