The last way to play, at least that I know about, is Booster Draft, and the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Bundle Box would be a great way to check it out
If you cant win after drawing your deck and putting all your lands into play, then your deck has some serious problems
The rate of one life for one card via the pseduo-Sphinxs Revelation on this card is hard to beat
If you're in any sort of legends-matter deck you could do worse than War of the Last Alliance, even if you just view chapter three as bonus text
A 3/3 for 3, a +1/+1 counter every turn, and the odd free card any time to connect with your opponent
Using the Book of Vile Darkness in combination with the Hand and Eye of Vecna, you can call him forth as an 8/8 indestructible Zombie God who can draw you cards, create Zombie tokens, and buff himself or another creature once per turn