Fifth Edition was a game changer, because the made Fourth Edition look like the last bastion of the original core sets from Alpha, Beta, Unlimited and Revised, and with good reason
Sram is a powerful card that rewards you for playing both Equipment as well as Auras (and Vehicles, but thats usually less of a priority)
it can be done, but it's more difficult to construct a viable mono-color deck than multi-colored decks
The Queen Commanding Presence reduces your opponents strength by four, transferring it directly to yours, all for the cost of five ink
What speaks for Pongify above other blue spot removal is that it is instant speed and the super low cost of just 1 blue mana
The goal is fairly straightforward (play enchantments), and the deck should play well out of the box regardless of which commander you put in the command zone