If challenged by a board wipe or any other particularly nasty card, this is a hail mary that could win your game and it only costs three mana
Item cards have more in common with character cards than with Songs or Actions as they stay in play each turn, and often have abilities that can be used more than once
And for Commander in particular, theres one character who embodied the ideal of that Jeskai playstyle like no other
The selection almost always includes a mixture of brand new cards (where the card name, in-game rules, and art are all new) and 'reprints' (new versions of existing popular cards, which keep the same name and rules, but may feature new artwork and sometimes updated wording)
That takes Walmarts price down to roughly $5.86 per pack
Mason, the professor-equivalent of your region, who gives you a starter deck and tells you to get eight medals and then the cards, while listening to one of the best chiptune soundtracks ever composed