He was literally the biggest, scariest creature in the game in 1993, and with both Animate Dead and Dark Ritual in the first set, he could hit the battlefield well before turn seven, so he was a very in-demand card
Mark Rosewater has said on his blog that future battles might not be Sieges and might not be double-faced cards, but for now theres only one style of battle card to worry about
A new player's first instinct is to place the same amount of land for each color of their commander
Sadly, the best things arent meant to be shared if you white decks theme is on life gain or just plain aggressive weenies, then Sram does nothing for you
If you want to punish greedy manabases in your Commander pod, you can even play Blood Moon and Magus of the Moon, which will generally not harm you at all
Then all you need is a deck of 60 cards