The same card from a recent reprint set often costs a fraction of that price while playing identically
Negatives: Messy mechanics: clash, kinship, champion, prowl
For only one red mana, this legendary 2/1 monkey pirate creates a treasure token whenever it deals combat damage to a player, even exiling the top card of the defending player's library, allowing its controller to cast that card this turn
Mirrodins (2003) Card not found gives you five cards for five mana, which is very efficient, when taking into account the card you have to use to get the effect
An example being I think Headliner Scarlett did it, with the Knife, in the Dining Room. If that player has any of the cards you suggested to them, they must show you one of them