Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Open one box and you'll get $241.56 of cards, on average. A box costs $419 right now, so that means you're $177.47 short.
Cards inside
$241.56
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$419
TCGplayer market · from $410
Difference
-$177.47
Against you
Packs in the box
12
Each holds one rare or mythic
Box price from TCGplayer, checked September 2, 2026 · Card prices from Scryfall (TCGplayer market data) · last updated August 29, 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.
$241.56 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$241.56
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$126.36
About 52% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
21%
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 21% 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.
-$177.47
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $419 a box you'd come up about $177.47 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$241.56
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.
Foil rare mythic alt art
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$3.96
Whole box
$47.52
$30.24 kept
Share
20%
Extended-art commander rare mythic
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$3.90
Whole box
$46.80
$27.72 kept
Share
19%
Rare mythic showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$3.52
Whole box
$42.24
$26.64 kept
Share
17%
Foil rare or mythic
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$2.77
Whole box
$33.24
$19.20 kept
Share
14%
Extended-art core rare mythic
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.25
Whole box
$27.00
$14.64 kept
Share
11%
Foil commons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.27
Whole box
$15.24
$1.92 kept
Share
6%
Foil uncommons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.11
Whole box
$13.32
$3.12 kept
Share
6%
Foil common uncommon showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.72
Whole box
$8.64
$2.64 kept
Share
4%
Common uncommon showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.41
Whole box
$4.92
$0.12 kept
Share
2%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.23
Whole box
$2.76
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Old Gnawbone
$112.07
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Tiamat
$62.32
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Old Gnawbone
$57.61
You'll open one about 1 every 11 boxes
Tiamat
$32.99
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
$31.71
Circle of Dreams Druid
$19.09
Circle of Dreams Druid
$16.91
Grim Hireling
$15.87
Prosper, Tome-Bound
$15.77
Wand of Orcus
$15.27
209 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.
| Old Gnawbone | mythic | $65.13 | 0.30 |
| Old Gnawbone | mythic | $51.16 | 0.09 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $40.38 | 0.30 |
| Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient | mythic | $31.71 | 0.12 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $23.18 | 0.09 |
| Circle of Dreams Druid | rare | $16.91 | 0.17 |
| Circle of Dreams Druid | rare | $16.80 | 0.55 |
| Grim Hireling | rare | $15.87 | 0.23 |
| Prosper, Tome-Bound | mythic | $15.77 | 0.12 |
| Wand of Orcus | rare | $15.27 | 0.23 |
| Robe of Stars | rare | $14.06 | 0.23 |
| The Book of Exalted Deeds | mythic | $11.78 | 0.27 |
| Wild-Magic Sorcerer | rare | $11.47 | 0.23 |
| Xorn | rare | $11.41 | 0.17 |
| Teleportation Circle | rare | $10.59 | 0.17 |
| Teleportation Circle | rare | $10.31 | 0.55 |
| Dragonborn Champion | rare | $9.52 | 0.23 |
| Fighter Class | rare | $8.99 | 0.17 |
| Xorn | rare | $8.68 | 0.60 |
| The Book of Exalted Deeds | mythic | $8.59 | 0.09 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
