I have 4 calls on my lanyard. The cheapest is a mallard drake/wigeon/pintail whistle. Probably 12 bucks. The next is a custom made cocobola call that costs 70 bucks. A HOBO acrylic single reed $150. Zink Money Maker Acrylic $150. I have a box full of polycarb duck calls and yes a good acrylic can do so much more.
Depending on your experience with a call I would highly recommend the HOBO calls. The double reed ICU2 is probably the easiest call but the Prime Meat single reed will do a little more.
todd