30th Anniversary Edition
Open one box and you'll get $6395.04 of cards, on average. We don't hold a current list price for this product, so there is nothing to compare against — put in what a sealed box actually costs you below.
Cards inside
$6395.04
Everything in the box, at today's prices
If you sold them
$5018.76
After fees, postage and bulk rates
Packs in the box
36
Each holds at least one rare or mythic
Card prices from Scryfall (TCGplayer market data) · last updated October 16, 2026
This is an average. A few very expensive cards pull it upward, so most individual boxes land below it. Opening one box is closer to a lottery ticket than an investment — the number below tells you whether the lottery is priced fairly.
$6395.04 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$6395.04
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$5018.76
About 78% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
3%
Cards worth more by the thousand than listed
Two things separate the two figures. Fees take 10.75% commission plus 2.5% and $0.30 on every order, and postage on a single card runs about $1.10 — a bite a cheap card cannot absorb. And 3% of the box's value sits in cards below roughly $1.66, the point where a card is worth more thrown into a bulk lot at $0.04 a rare than listed, packed and posted. Selling the whole box to a buylist in one go pays less again.
Assumes one card per order, which is the cautious reading — a buyer taking several cards at once splits the fixed costs between them. Fees are TCGplayer Marketplace rates as of February 2026; bulk rates are current cash buylist.
We start from what a box costs right now. Put in the price you're actually being asked to pay and the answer updates.
+$0.04
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $6,395 a box you'd come out about $0.04 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$6395.04
Pay less than this and you're ahead on average.
Every pack has a few fixed positions — a guaranteed rare, a wildcard, a foil. Here's what each one is worth across the whole box.
A30 rare
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$129.64
Whole box
$4667.04
$3988.08 kept
Share
73%
A30 uncommon
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$17.49
Whole box
$629.64
$427.32 kept
Share
10%
A30 common
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$14.05
Whole box
$505.80
$233.64 kept
Share
8%
A30 retro
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$9.26
Whole box
$333.36
$275.40 kept
Share
5%
A30 retro basic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$3.75
Whole box
$135.00
$69.84 kept
Share
2%
A30 basic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$3.45
Whole box
$124.20
$24.84 kept
Share
2%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Black Lotus
$3299.99
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Timetwister
$814.99
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Mox Jet
$790.99
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Mox Emerald
$749.99
Mox Ruby
$634.99
Underground Sea
$599.99
Mox Sapphire
$583.58
Mox Pearl
$537.99
Goblin King
$500.00
Plateau
$499.98
226 cards. “Copies per box” is how many of that exact card you'd expect from one box on average — under 1 means you usually won't see it at all.
| Black Lotus | rare | $3299.99 | 0.29 |
| Timetwister | rare | $814.99 | 0.29 |
| Mox Jet | rare | $790.99 | 0.29 |
| Mox Emerald | rare | $749.99 | 0.29 |
| Mox Ruby | rare | $634.99 | 0.29 |
| Underground Sea | rare | $599.99 | 0.59 |
| Mox Sapphire | rare | $583.58 | 0.29 |
| Mox Pearl | rare | $537.99 | 0.29 |
| Goblin King | rare | $500.00 | 0.09 |
| Plateau | rare | $499.98 | 0.59 |
| Time Walk | rare | $498.49 | 0.29 |
| Volcanic Island | rare | $370.86 | 0.59 |
| Wheel of Fortune | rare | $365.00 | 0.29 |
| Scrubland | rare | $359.96 | 0.59 |
| Tundra | rare | $302.90 | 0.59 |
| Plateau | rare | $285.99 | 0.17 |
| Badlands | rare | $253.79 | 0.59 |
| Mana Vault | rare | $253.59 | 0.29 |
| Bayou | rare | $247.80 | 0.59 |
| Taiga | rare | $209.99 | 0.59 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
