The 2-drop Frodo can be dropped turn two, has vigilance and a 1/3 body to swing, and then a life gain trigger when he swings if you gained three life or more to have the Ring tempt you and if that's happened at least twice, you draw a card
Sharuum really does belong at the center of a deck, but if you want to break out of the old-school Commander mode (or are worried you'd immediately be made a target), there are a whole host of Esper artifact Commanders ready to accept the Sphinx, including Urza, Chief Artificer, Noctis, Prince of Lucis, Alela, Artful Provocateur, and Breya, Etherium Shaper
Legacy has a great example in dragon stompy that uses cards like Chrome Mox and Simian Spirit Guide to accelerate out disruptive cards like Blood Moon and Chalice of the Void to lock your opponents out of the game
Sebastian Rosenauer Archmages Charm
Flamecache Gecko I imagine a lot of nonsense can happen with a Burning-Tree Emissary variant in todays Standard
This is a very nice reprint to see