Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Open one box and you'll get $603.36 of cards, on average. A box costs $290 right now, so that means you're +$313.29 ahead.
Cards inside
$603.36
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$290
TCGplayer market · from $285
Difference
+$313.29
In your favour
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.
$603.36 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$603.36
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$296.64
About 49% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
26%
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 26% 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.
+$313.29
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $290 a box you'd come out about $313.29 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$603.36
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.
Nonlegendary rare mythic with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$7.07
Whole box
$254.52
$186.12 kept
Share
42%
Nonlegendary common with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$5.26
Whole box
$189.36
$47.16 kept
Share
31%
Nonlegendary uncommon with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$1.84
Whole box
$66.24
$20.52 kept
Share
11%
Guaranteed foil
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.26
Whole box
$45.36
$23.04 kept
Share
8%
Legendary incl. showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.77
Whole box
$27.72
$12.24 kept
Share
5%
Background
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.54
Whole box
$19.44
$7.56 kept
Share
3%
Special slot
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.03
Whole box
$1.08
$0.00 kept
Share
0%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ancient Copper Dragon
$227.56
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#2 most valuable
Ancient Copper Dragon
$145.40
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
#3 most valuable
Ancient Silver Dragon
$134.58
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
Ancient Copper Dragon
$124.61
Passionate Archaeologist
$107.44
Ancient Brass Dragon
$100.98
Ancient Gold Dragon
$68.84
Ancient Silver Dragon
$61.24
Ancient Silver Dragon
$60.84
Ancient Brass Dragon
$55.35
144 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.
| Ancient Copper Dragon | mythic | $145.10 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Copper Dragon | mythic | $121.12 | 0.22 |
| Ancient Copper Dragon | mythic | $112.40 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Silver Dragon | mythic | $78.15 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Brass Dragon | mythic | $66.38 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Silver Dragon | mythic | $61.24 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Silver Dragon | mythic | $56.69 | 0.22 |
| Ancient Gold Dragon | mythic | $44.03 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Brass Dragon | mythic | $42.86 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Brass Dragon | mythic | $42.48 | 0.22 |
| Ancient Gold Dragon | mythic | $34.30 | 0.06 |
| Ancient Gold Dragon | mythic | $32.42 | 0.22 |
| Displacer Kitten | rare | $31.67 | 0.67 |
| Battle Angels of Tyr | mythic | $29.58 | 0.22 |
| Morphic Pool | rare | $27.05 | 0.67 |
| Battle Angels of Tyr | mythic | $24.44 | 0.11 |
| Ancient Bronze Dragon | mythic | $22.46 | 0.06 |
| Karlach, Fury of Avernus | mythic | $21.97 | 0.15 |
| Ancient Bronze Dragon | mythic | $19.84 | 0.22 |
| Sea of Clouds | rare | $18.24 | 0.67 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
