Core Set 2020
Open one box and you'll get $216.36 of cards, on average. A box costs $175 right now, so that means you're +$41.49 ahead.
Cards inside
$216.36
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$175
TCGplayer market · from $174
Difference
+$41.49
In your favour
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 16, 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.
$216.36 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$216.36
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$68.76
About 32% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
50%
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 50% 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.
+$41.49
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $175 a box you'd come out about $41.49 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$216.36
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.
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$2.69
Whole box
$96.84
$54.00 kept
Share
45%
Nonland common
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.56
Whole box
$56.16
$1.44 kept
Share
26%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.09
Whole box
$39.24
$4.32 kept
Share
18%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.46
Whole box
$16.56
$9.00 kept
Share
8%
Basic or common land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.21
Whole box
$7.56
$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
Field of the Dead
$40.86
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Veil of Summer
$24.99
You'll open one about 1 per box
#3 most valuable
Ajani, Strength of the Pride
$23.28
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
$21.77
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
$19.20
Vilis, Broker of Blood
$17.26
Cavalier of Night
$15.38
Scheming Symmetry
$15.17
Manifold Key
$14.93
Lotus Field
$14.66
68 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.
| Field of the Dead | rare | $27.45 | 0.62 |
| Kaalia, Zenith Seeker | mythic | $11.05 | 0.31 |
| Vilis, Broker of Blood | rare | $9.97 | 0.62 |
| Chandra, Awakened Inferno | mythic | $9.77 | 0.31 |
| Scheming Symmetry | rare | $9.30 | 0.62 |
| Glint-Horn Buccaneer | rare | $8.81 | 0.62 |
| Ajani, Strength of the Pride | mythic | $8.55 | 0.31 |
| Cavalier of Night | mythic | $7.54 | 0.31 |
| Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord | mythic | $6.60 | 0.31 |
| Bishop of Wings | rare | $6.21 | 0.62 |
| Agent of Treachery | rare | $5.93 | 0.62 |
| Leyline of Anticipation | rare | $5.53 | 0.62 |
| Cavalier of Dawn | mythic | $4.89 | 0.31 |
| Mystic Forge | rare | $4.37 | 0.62 |
| Elvish Reclaimer | rare | $4.23 | 0.62 |
| Rotting Regisaur | rare | $4.12 | 0.62 |
| Dread Presence | rare | $3.75 | 0.62 |
| Kethis, the Hidden Hand | mythic | $3.69 | 0.31 |
| Sephara, Sky's Blade | rare | $3.43 | 0.62 |
| Tale's End | rare | $3.24 | 0.62 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
