Born of the Gods
Open one box and you'll get $151.20 of cards, on average. A box costs $246 right now, so that means you're $94.50 short.
Cards inside
$151.20
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$246
TCGplayer market · from $275
Difference
-$94.50
Against you
Packs in the box
36
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.
$151.20 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$151.20
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$38.16
About 25% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
59%
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 59% 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.
-$94.50
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $246 a box you'd come up about $94.50 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$151.20
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.
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.32
Whole box
$47.52
$1.44 kept
Share
31%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.22
Whole box
$43.92
$9.36 kept
Share
29%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$1.21
Whole box
$43.56
$21.24 kept
Share
29%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.33
Whole box
$11.88
$6.48 kept
Share
8%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.13
Whole box
$4.68
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Phenax, God of Deception
$30.71
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mogis, God of Slaughter
$30.00
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#3 most valuable
Xenagos, God of Revels
$29.95
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
$21.58
Ephara, God of the Polis
$20.91
Karametra, God of Harvests
$20.88
Archetype of Aggression
$16.06
Archetype of Finality
$15.65
Archetype of Imagination
$14.51
Kiora, the Crashing Wave
$13.00
45 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.
| Phenax, God of Deception | mythic | $16.01 | 0.47 |
| Xenagos, God of Revels | mythic | $13.60 | 0.47 |
| Ephara, God of the Polis | mythic | $8.19 | 0.47 |
| Brimaz, King of Oreskos | mythic | $7.91 | 0.47 |
| Mogis, God of Slaughter | mythic | $5.42 | 0.47 |
| Karametra, God of Harvests | mythic | $4.92 | 0.47 |
| Fate Unraveler | rare | $3.35 | 0.93 |
| Courser of Kruphix | rare | $1.93 | 0.93 |
| Perplexing Chimera | rare | $1.76 | 0.93 |
| Kiora, the Crashing Wave | mythic | $1.30 | 0.47 |
| Whelming Wave | rare | $1.02 | 0.93 |
| Spirit of the Labyrinth | rare | $0.80 | 0.93 |
| Hero of Iroas | rare | $0.66 | 0.93 |
| Eidolon of Countless Battles | rare | $0.65 | 0.93 |
| Astral Cornucopia | rare | $0.64 | 0.93 |
| Plea for Guidance | rare | $0.63 | 0.93 |
| Chromanticore | mythic | $0.55 | 0.47 |
| Fated Infatuation | rare | $0.52 | 0.93 |
| Heroes' Podium | rare | $0.49 | 0.93 |
| Hunter's Prowess | rare | $0.47 | 0.93 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
