Aetherdrift
Open one box and you'll get $183.72 of cards, on average. A box costs $327 right now, so that means you're $142.86 short.
Cards inside
$183.72
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$327
TCGplayer market · from $308
Difference
-$142.86
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.
$183.72 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$183.72
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$92.76
About 50% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
27%
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 27% 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.
-$142.86
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $327 a box you'd come up about $142.86 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$183.72
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 booster fun treatment
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$5.44
Whole box
$65.28
$46.20 kept
Share
36%
Booster Fun treatment
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$4.00
Whole box
$48.00
$26.04 kept
Share
26%
Foil rare or mythic
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$2.23
Whole box
$26.76
$15.60 kept
Share
15%
Foil uncommons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.01
Whole box
$12.12
$0.84 kept
Share
7%
Foil commons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.96
Whole box
$11.52
$0.60 kept
Share
6%
Showcase commander card
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.91
Whole box
$10.92
$3.36 kept
Share
6%
Foil driver seat land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.31
Whole box
$3.72
$0.00 kept
Share
2%
Foil revved up cu
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$2.88
$0.00 kept
Share
2%
Revved up cu
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.19
Whole box
$2.28
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
Foil showcase commander
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.02
Whole box
$0.24
$0.12 kept
Share
0%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Chrome Mox
$235.98
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Radiant Lotus
$138.06
You'll open one about 1 every 100 boxes
#3 most valuable
Loot, the Pathfinder
$102.78
You'll open one about 1 every 100 boxes
Chandra, Spark Hunter
$73.62
Cursecloth Wrappings
$52.88
Mu Yanling, Wind Rider
$45.27
March of the World Ooze
$40.70
Chandra's Ignition
$38.76
Mimeoplasm, Revered One
$35.92
Bone Miser
$35.74
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.
| Chrome Mox | mythic | $171.92 | 0.05 |
| Bone Miser | mythic | $31.58 | 0.05 |
| Chandra's Ignition | mythic | $22.35 | 0.05 |
| The Aetherspark | mythic | $21.61 | 0.09 |
| Monument to Endurance | rare | $20.37 | 0.17 |
| Monument to Endurance | rare | $20.04 | 0.50 |
| Riverpyre Verge | rare | $18.41 | 0.17 |
| Riverpyre Verge | rare | $18.08 | 0.50 |
| Pathbreaker Ibex | mythic | $14.30 | 0.05 |
| Bleachbone Verge | rare | $11.12 | 0.50 |
| Wastewood Verge | rare | $10.97 | 0.50 |
| Wastewood Verge | rare | $10.80 | 0.17 |
| Sunbillow Verge | rare | $10.46 | 0.50 |
| Lord of the Undead | mythic | $10.26 | 0.05 |
| Sunbillow Verge | rare | $9.99 | 0.17 |
| Thoughtcast | mythic | $9.34 | 0.05 |
| Bleachbone Verge | rare | $9.22 | 0.17 |
| Whir of Invention | mythic | $8.61 | 0.05 |
| Brightglass Gearhulk | mythic | $7.08 | 0.25 |
| Full Throttle | rare | $6.43 | 0.50 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
