Even the threat of doing so was valuable, as no one could set up a combat where they would be crippled by facing a 7/7 instead of a 5/5
The same generally applies to graveyard hate, though it is more respected overall
So whats really cool about location cards is that they actually gain you lore during the ready phase of the turn
Each Commander Deck set includes 4 ready-to-play deck of 100 Magic cards (2 Traditional Foil Legendary Creature cards, 98 nonfoil cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 1 Traditional Foil or nonfoil special treatment card of rarity Rare or higher and 1 Traditional Foil special treatment Common or Uncommon card), 1 foil-etched Display Commander (a thick cardstock copy of the commander card with foil etched into the cards border and art), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 Helper card, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card
And since hes in Sapphire, you can run ramp cards in your deck to play him a turn or two earlier than usual
Solitude Removal According to Wizards, white is the 'color of removal', being the color best equipped to deal with almost any kind of permanent