The general pattern is that MTG sets have a prerelease a week before the full launch, where you can buy the new cards from Local Game Stores
Finally, all those other options are great and all, but it's hard to beat some good old-fashioned burn to the face
This could affect prices for those cards or for sealed products
Your primary strategy with Mizzix of the Izmagnus Commander decks is to use cantrips to stack up experience counters, then slam powerful expensive spells at a discount over and over
But now in 2025, it's finally a reality
Asking around and doing research, like listening to the early episodes of Commander Cast and reading early Bennie Smith articles, helped illuminate the philosophies of the time, the shape of Commander, and how the strategy of winning through commander damage was perceived