I have tried playing with separate decks for lands and spells from which you can chose which you draw from or search with spells, I have tried the WoW trading card method of laying any card down as a proxy land and I have tried designing my own games that try to capture the fun and style of game as Magic that use different methods of gaining resources
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit, Mentor of the Meek, Lobelia, Defender of Bag End, Savvy Hunter, The Gaffer, Night's Whisper, Harmonize, Trading Post, Well of Lost Dreams, Dawn of Hope 10 card draw
Undead Unleashed, meanwhile, is a blue-black zombie tribal deck that's packing 15 new cards, with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver as its Commander
Its not the top meta deck, but if you want to break out the meta and play something different, Green Black Perona is the deck to go for