So long as you keep removal and wipes high, mana fixing and card draw at the same ratio, and also maintain a good count of huge Creatures with good abilities, you will be doing it right
Both of those options feel pretty good, though When it has a big enough friend around, it is going to be an intimidating attacker on any board and that alone is enough for the Ruiner to be relevant almost all game long
For instance, the blue [c]Scornful Aether-Lich[/c] can still only be blocked by black creatures or artifact creatures, even though its blue itself
Enchantment Magnetic Mountain Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps
We also have a separate guide to the MTG Commander banlist, if that's the only format you're interested in
The result of this lesson is twofold