Its a villain, it soft ramps, and the stats are high enough that it can cause some havoc
At the beginning of your end step, choose a card type, then reveal the top two cards of your library
These commanders give you a clear roadmap on what to build your deck around, and are usually, but not always in a good color combination for the type of card they focus on
It featured in some of the earliest decks in the game, it was a pivotal piece of the Sligh deck which essentially acted as the foundation of the mono red aggro archetype, and its presence has been significant in Modern from the first day of the format as it has featured in many of the formats best decks from Zoo to Splinter Twin to Jund
This is a pretty promising start, but also the end of it, thus the low ranking on the list
Just count it as a special bonus that Staff of the Ages stops all landwalk abilities, which also include cards like Livonya Silone and Ayumi, the Last Visitor