Things have ramped and ramped since then, and now we have MTG Commander focused sets (Commander Masters) and pre-cons with every Standard-legal set
From card draw to bounce to removal, I have a lot of awaken options here
Blossoming Bogbeast Conclave Guildmage Crash Through Craterhoof Behemoth Dragon Throne of Tarkir Driven // Despair Driven // Despair Drover Grizzly Garruk, the Veil-Cursed Greenbelt Radical Humbler of Mortals Ondu Champion Overwhelming Stampede Pathbreaker Ibex Primal Rage Revival of the Ancestors Skarrg Guildmage Stampeding Elk Herd Summon: Fat Chocobo Thundering Ceratok Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider Tromp the Domains Waxing Moon
Early on, ramping them slightly is going to matter more than in the late game, but even if you see Path to Exile early, you'll still happily fire one off
It's been almost twenty years, but we are finally returning to Lorwyn
But you can kind of play it as a single-player game