Take a look at this deck, and in particular the sideboard: Saito Zoo Tomoharu Saito My point is, if you have access to high-impact cards for a certain matchup, then play with them
My personal belief is that even if every Magic card cost $20 or less (which is a completely unrealistic and impossible goal), people would still be buying counterfeit cards
I learned a way to do this with lightning. Iroh Watermark: Fire Nation Illustrated by Toni Infante Standard Legal Alchemy Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
If you need more snakes, there are a few snake token generators you can use, such as: Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons also creates lots of snakes and works nicely with the blight introduced in Lorwyn Eclipsed
Fanatic of Mogis Instead of including the god Mogis, God of Slaughter who has a great pinging ability, Ill include Fanatic of Mogis for its potentially massive direct damage