Aetherdrift
Open one box and you'll get $171.00 of cards, on average. A box costs $100 right now, so that means you're +$70.83 ahead.
Cards inside
$171.00
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$100
TCGplayer market · from $91
Difference
+$70.83
In your favour
Packs in the box
30
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.
$171.00 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$171.00
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$58.50
About 34% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
52%
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 52% 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.
+$70.83
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $100 a box you'd come out about $70.83 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$171.00
Pay less than this and you're ahead on average.
Prices move week to week. Open a retailer to see what a box actually costs right now, then plug it into the calculator above.
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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.
Rare mythic with boosterfun
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.02
Whole box
$60.60
$34.80 kept
Share
35%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.16
Whole box
$34.80
$0.90 kept
Share
20%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.76
Whole box
$22.80
$0.60 kept
Share
13%
Wildcard
An extra card of any rarity. Most of the time it is a common or uncommon, but it can be a second rare.
Per pack
$0.61
Whole box
$18.30
$7.50 kept
Share
11%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.45
Whole box
$13.50
$3.90 kept
Share
8%
Special Guest
A card from outside the set, printed in a special frame. Rare, and often the best thing in the box.
Per pack
$0.44
Whole box
$13.20
$10.80 kept
Share
8%
Nonfoil land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.20
Whole box
$6.00
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
Foil land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.05
Whole box
$1.50
$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
Chrome Mox
$235.98
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Chandra's Ignition
$38.76
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#3 most valuable
Bone Miser
$35.74
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
Riverpyre Verge
$25.21
The Aetherspark
$24.94
Riverpyre Verge
$21.54
Monument to Endurance
$20.74
Thoughtcast
$18.75
Pathbreaker Ibex
$17.38
Whir of Invention
$14.09
148 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 | 0.28 |
| Monument to Endurance | rare | $20.37 | 0.55 |
| Riverpyre Verge | rare | $18.41 | 0.42 |
| Riverpyre Verge | rare | $18.08 | 0.14 |
| Pathbreaker Ibex | mythic | $14.30 | 0.05 |
| Bleachbone Verge | rare | $11.12 | 0.14 |
| Wastewood Verge | rare | $10.97 | 0.14 |
| Wastewood Verge | rare | $10.80 | 0.42 |
| Sunbillow Verge | rare | $10.46 | 0.14 |
| Lord of the Undead | mythic | $10.26 | 0.05 |
| Sunbillow Verge | rare | $9.99 | 0.42 |
| Thoughtcast | mythic | $9.34 | 0.05 |
| Bleachbone Verge | rare | $9.22 | 0.42 |
| Whir of Invention | mythic | $8.61 | 0.05 |
| Brightglass Gearhulk | mythic | $7.08 | 0.07 |
| Full Throttle | rare | $6.29 | 0.55 |
| Cavalier of Dawn | mythic | $6.27 | 0.05 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
