I think that hell do just fine in the 99 of this precon as a reliable way to put bodies on board and dig for artifacts, but he feels a bit slow and durdly due to the fact that his Ultima Founding and Master of Machines abilities require him to tap as part of their activation cost
The thing that pushes Arcane Denial over the top in terms of all round goodness is that you can put it to effective use even against red deck wins where the card disadvantage is too dangerous
His Jeskai (red, blue, white) colour identity gives a lot of flexibility between power and control, but his key abilities lies in the ability to Bolster his comrades, and also being virtually unkillable unless you have an Exile spell
It is an extremely good candidate for a PSA 10 crossover, however I believe that it holds more prestige being the highest Beckett
Decades later, one of the two cards found itself in an auction for $360,000 with a CGC 8.5 grade