Born of the Gods
Open one box and you'll get $136.80 of cards, on average. A box costs $255 right now, so that means you're $117.92 short.
Cards inside
$136.80
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$255
TCGplayer market · from $275
Difference
-$117.92
Against you
Packs in the box
36
Each holds at least one rare or mythic
Box price from TCGplayer, checked October 12, 2026 · Card prices from Scryfall (TCGplayer market data) · last updated October 17, 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.
$136.80 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$136.80
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$29.16
About 21% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
66%
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 66% 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.
-$117.92
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $255 a box you'd come up about $117.92 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$136.80
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
$1.22
Whole box
$43.92
$1.44 kept
Share
32%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$1.10
Whole box
$39.60
$18.00 kept
Share
29%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.01
Whole box
$36.36
$2.88 kept
Share
27%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.34
Whole box
$12.24
$6.84 kept
Share
9%
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 Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ephara, God of the Polis
$31.09
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Xenagos, God of Revels
$30.10
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#3 most valuable
Phenax, God of Deception
$29.67
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
Mogis, God of Slaughter
$25.22
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
$23.95
Karametra, God of Harvests
$21.67
Archetype of Aggression
$21.23
Archetype of Imagination
$15.71
Archetype of Finality
$14.74
Kiora, the Crashing Wave
$13.33
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 | $11.76 | 0.47 |
| Xenagos, God of Revels | mythic | $10.87 | 0.47 |
| Brimaz, King of Oreskos | mythic | $9.55 | 0.47 |
| Ephara, God of the Polis | mythic | $7.19 | 0.47 |
| Mogis, God of Slaughter | mythic | $5.82 | 0.47 |
| Karametra, God of Harvests | mythic | $4.48 | 0.47 |
| Fate Unraveler | rare | $2.78 | 0.93 |
| Courser of Kruphix | rare | $1.52 | 0.93 |
| Perplexing Chimera | rare | $1.51 | 0.93 |
| Kiora, the Crashing Wave | mythic | $1.38 | 0.47 |
| Whelming Wave | rare | $0.90 | 0.93 |
| Spirit of the Labyrinth | rare | $0.72 | 0.93 |
| Eidolon of Countless Battles | rare | $0.65 | 0.93 |
| Heroes' Podium | rare | $0.64 | 0.93 |
| Plea for Guidance | rare | $0.64 | 0.93 |
| Hero of Iroas | rare | $0.62 | 0.93 |
| Chromanticore | mythic | $0.57 | 0.47 |
| Astral Cornucopia | rare | $0.57 | 0.93 |
| Fated Infatuation | rare | $0.56 | 0.93 |
| Hunter's Prowess | rare | $0.51 | 0.93 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
