Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Open one box and you'll get $251.64 of cards, on average. A box costs $402 right now, so that means you're $149.98 short.
Cards inside
$251.64
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$402
TCGplayer market · from $415
Difference
-$149.98
Against you
Packs in the box
12
Several rares, foils and alt-art cards in each
Box price from TCGplayer, checked October 12, 2026 · 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.
$251.64 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$251.64
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$132.60
About 53% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
20%
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 20% 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.
-$149.98
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $402 a box you'd come up about $149.98 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$251.64
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.
Extended-art commander rare mythic
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$4.48
Whole box
$53.76
$32.64 kept
Share
21%
Foil rare mythic alt art
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$3.96
Whole box
$47.52
$30.24 kept
Share
19%
Rare mythic showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$3.56
Whole box
$42.72
$27.24 kept
Share
17%
Foil rare or mythic
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$2.77
Whole box
$33.24
$19.08 kept
Share
13%
Extended-art core rare mythic
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.27
Whole box
$27.24
$14.76 kept
Share
11%
Foil commons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.36
Whole box
$16.32
$2.28 kept
Share
6%
Foil uncommons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.15
Whole box
$13.80
$3.60 kept
Share
5%
Foil common uncommon showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.74
Whole box
$8.88
$2.76 kept
Share
4%
Common uncommon showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.42
Whole box
$5.04
$0.12 kept
Share
2%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$2.88
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Collector Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Old Gnawbone
$105.80
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Tiamat
$62.60
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Old Gnawbone
$58.09
You'll open one about 1 every 11 boxes
Tiamat
$26.73
Circle of Dreams Druid
$20.39
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
$19.99
Circle of Dreams Druid
$18.00
Robe of Stars
$16.99
Wand of Orcus
$14.21
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
$13.73
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 | $67.28 | 0.30 |
| Old Gnawbone | mythic | $47.53 | 0.09 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $38.33 | 0.30 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $21.12 | 0.09 |
| Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient | mythic | $19.99 | 0.12 |
| Circle of Dreams Druid | rare | $19.28 | 0.55 |
| Circle of Dreams Druid | rare | $18.00 | 0.17 |
| Robe of Stars | rare | $16.99 | 0.23 |
| Wand of Orcus | rare | $14.21 | 0.23 |
| Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant | mythic | $13.73 | 0.12 |
| Xorn | rare | $13.69 | 0.17 |
| Grim Hireling | rare | $12.89 | 0.23 |
| Reckless Endeavor | rare | $12.68 | 0.23 |
| Teleportation Circle | rare | $11.40 | 0.17 |
| Xorn | rare | $11.30 | 0.60 |
| Minn, Wily Illusionist | rare | $11.04 | 0.23 |
| Prosper, Tome-Bound | mythic | $10.90 | 0.12 |
| Mantle of the Ancients | rare | $10.70 | 0.23 |
| The Book of Exalted Deeds | mythic | $9.87 | 0.27 |
| Teleportation Circle | rare | $9.68 | 0.55 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
