Ramp that makes any color often comes with serious drawbacks, such as Fellwar Stone requiring your opponents to have access to that type of mana first or being stapled to a creature, the most easily removed permanent type
If you prefer any of the other commanders I mentioned, all the cards in this list are flexible enough to work in those decks
While Wizards learned long ago that fast mana is problematic, it still likes to mess around with cost-reduction effects for some reason, which leads to 13/13, flying, trampling Mindslavers that cost only six mana
Other than Inspiring Vantage, the last big upgrades came from Khans of Tarkir block: Monastery Swiftspear and Atarkas Command
Whoever won could choose his own fate, and Sabins victory allowed him to leave Figaro Castle to his brother while pursuing freedom elsewhere