Best Mono-Red budget alternatives to The Reaver Cleaver

The Reaver Cleaver
$20.39 MarketCard Breakdown: The Reaver Cleaver (Legendary Artifact — Equipment) is a high-demand MTG card. At $20.39, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
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Goldvein Pick
(Artifact — Equipment)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Functions as a Artifact alternative to The Reaver Cleaver's Legendary Artifact and costs 1 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #combat-ramp, #repeatable-treasures.
Prying Blade
(Artifact — Equipment)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Functions as a Artifact alternative to The Reaver Cleaver's Legendary Artifact and costs 2 less mana to cast (1 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #combat-ramp, #repeatable-treasures.
Diamond Pick-Axe
(Artifact — Equipment)
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this Equipment.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {2}
Functions as a Artifact alternative to The Reaver Cleaver's Legendary Artifact and costs 2 less mana to cast (1 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #repeatable-treasures.
Beamtown Beatstick
(Artifact — Equipment)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Functions as a Artifact alternative to The Reaver Cleaver's Legendary Artifact and costs 2 less mana to cast (1 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #combat-ramp, #repeatable-treasures.
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