Honestly, the army of snake tokens usually ends up being the true threat, anyway
How Game Designers Create New Pokmon Card Ideas Game designers study both existing cards and future game needs
Black: Kayas Ghostform, Malakir Rebirth, Undying Malice, Feign Death, etc

The following cards are banned in the 2024 Modern Format: Ancient Den Arcum's Astrolabe Birthing Pool Blazing Shoal Bridge From Below Chrome Mox Cloudpost Dark Depths Deathrite Shaman Dig Through Time Dread Return Eye of Ugin Faithless Looting Field of the Dead Fury Gitaxian Probe Glimpse of Nature Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Green Sun's Zenith Grief Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Hypergenesis Krark-Clan Ironworks Lurrus of the Dream-Den Mental Misstep Mox Opal Mycosynth Lattice Mystic Sanctuary Nadu, Winged Wisdom Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Ponder Punishing Fire Rite of Flame Seat of the Synod Second Sunrise Seething Song Sensei's Divining Top Simian Spirit Guide Skullclamp Splinter Twin Summer Bloom Tibalt's Trickery Treasure Cruise Tree of Tales Umezawa's Jitte Up the Beanstalk Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Vault of Whispers Violent Outburst Yorion, Sky Nomad All Banned and Restricted Cards For Vintage Format In 2024 Every Disallowed Card For Vintage Format The Vintage format allows players to include cards from when the game was first released, containing the most wide-open card pool of all sets

Since the tokens arent affected by the legend rule, you can get aggressive or use them as easy sacrifice fodder
Enchantment Nezahal, Primal Tide This spell can't be countered