Heisler stated that Wizards of the Coast began to add cards to Commander decks that are more useful in the Legacy format leading to collectors buying the preconstructed decks for a single card which then led to the price of the Commander decks increasing
The Pokemon Daisuki Club is the official Japanese Pokemon fan club and regularly offers limited edition cards
Zombies, Markus Persson creator of Minecraft, Rob Pardo lead designer of World of Warcraft, Stone Librande Designer of Diablo 3 and SimCity, Mike Neumann director of Borderlands!
Bruvac the Grandiloquent Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign Arcum Dagsson Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor Talrand, Sky Summoner Baral, Chief of Compliance Azami, Lady of Scrolls Eluge, the Shoreless Sea Urza, Lord High Artificer These are the Mono-Blue Commanders that give you a reason to sleeve up a pile of Islands beyond the simple joy of saying "no" to your friends over and over again
But sadly nowadays, with UW playing Kaheera and UR playing Delve spells it is not really the right time to pack a playset of good ol Snaps
Gameplay use for Prerelease Packs is primarily Sealed Deck play (build a deck from those 6 packs and play), but you can also just open it for fun at home if you get one, simulating that sealed experience with a friend