this deck is built almost entirely to face ai 3s, not gods or t50, it may do well against some pvps, pending on what kind of deck it is. but this isnt a deck thats supposed to pwn every deck out there, its a fair deck, not uber. i never said it pwned anything above level 3
i dont see any improvements needed for fighting ai3s, its fast as it is.
without the shields, your chances of dying are higher, they arent JUST for the steal target. and the dragons are pretty much a last ditch resort kind of thing, or if youve cumulated too much quanta.