I have no problem spending bigger amounts of money on the cards if I can afford it (as long as Im not being ripped off) and I have no plan to flip the cards, at least within the next 20 or so years
You build around it with artifacts that sacrifice like Executioner's Capsule and Nihil Spellbomb
Perpetually is unlikely to appear on paper cards, but the next Un -set will try to use stickers on cards so that they are altered perpetually. Theres a way, but its probably restricted to the casual and kitchen table realm
Urban Retreat This is a weird sort of ramp that can also be used to set up some kind of enters trigger, or even make sure something is not on the board when you fire off a wipe
Due to the small number of equipment cards that exist, you really do need to have most of them to make this work, and that requires pricier ones
Instant Color tag templates(None) Protection (CTRL to add secondary) Gift of the Viper Put a +1/+1 counter, a reach counter, and a deathtouch counter on target creature