Commander Legends
Open one box and you'll get $449.28 of cards, on average. A box costs $278 right now, so that means you're +$171.31 ahead.
Cards inside
$449.28
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$278
TCGplayer market · from $285
Difference
+$171.31
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.
$449.28 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$449.28
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$197.28
About 44% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
38%
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 38% 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.
+$171.31
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $278 a box you'd come out about $171.31 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$449.28
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 or mythic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$5.61
Whole box
$201.96
$142.56 kept
Share
45%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$3.03
Whole box
$109.08
$4.32 kept
Share
24%
Legendary
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.80
Whole box
$64.80
$28.08 kept
Share
14%
Nonlegendary uncommons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.31
Whole box
$47.16
$10.44 kept
Share
10%
Guaranteed foil
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.70
Whole box
$25.20
$11.88 kept
Share
6%
Special slot
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.02
Whole box
$0.72
$0.00 kept
Share
0%
Etched-foil foil (any rarity)
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.00
Whole box
$0.00
$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
Jeweled Lotus
$69.92
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Vampiric Tutor
$64.18
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Mana Drain
$58.02
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Commander's Plate
$48.09
Jeska's Will
$41.68
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
$40.63
Scroll Rack
$33.57
Opposition Agent
$26.50
Fyndhorn Elves
$19.20
Spectator Seating
$18.88
101 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.
| Mana Drain | mythic | $52.58 | 0.31 |
| Vampiric Tutor | mythic | $52.18 | 0.31 |
| Commander's Plate | mythic | $45.37 | 0.31 |
| Jeweled Lotus | mythic | $41.28 | 0.31 |
| Jeska's Will | rare | $38.06 | 0.62 |
| Sakashima of a Thousand Faces | mythic | $34.24 | 0.34 |
| Scroll Rack | mythic | $30.64 | 0.31 |
| Opposition Agent | rare | $19.05 | 0.62 |
| Training Center | rare | $17.58 | 0.62 |
| Vault of Champions | rare | $15.27 | 0.62 |
| Akroma's Will | rare | $15.26 | 0.62 |
| Reshape the Earth | mythic | $11.52 | 0.31 |
| Staff of Domination | rare | $11.15 | 0.62 |
| Spectator Seating | rare | $10.86 | 0.62 |
| Akroma, Vision of Ixidor | mythic | $10.71 | 0.34 |
| Command Beacon | rare | $8.60 | 0.62 |
| Mnemonic Deluge | mythic | $8.06 | 0.31 |
| Wheel of Misfortune | rare | $7.43 | 0.62 |
| Rings of Brighthearth | rare | $7.31 | 0.62 |
| Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools | mythic | $7.19 | 0.34 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
