In the Basic Editor, you can type in the Content Block with the same "{{> [name of block'}}" formatting (Fig 1). 

Fig 1

When receiving emails sent from campaigns using Content Blocks from the Basic Editor, the result is the same as when doing so from the DND Editor (Fig 2). 

Fig 2

To learn more about Content Blocks, click on the corresponding link below: 

Creating Content Blocks 

Adding Content Blocks in the DND Builder