Dominaria United
Open one box and you'll get $191.52 of cards, on average. A box costs $174 right now, so that means you're +$17.75 ahead.
Cards inside
$191.52
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$174
TCGplayer market · from $165
Difference
+$17.75
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.
$191.52 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$191.52
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$46.80
About 24% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
62%
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 62% 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.
+$17.75
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $174 a box you'd come out about $17.75 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$191.52
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
$1.82
Whole box
$65.52
$1.44 kept
Share
34%
Legendary rare or mythic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.97
Whole box
$34.92
$23.40 kept
Share
18%
Nonlegendary rare or mythic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.95
Whole box
$34.20
$14.40 kept
Share
18%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.58
Whole box
$20.88
$2.16 kept
Share
11%
Nonlegendary uncommons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.56
Whole box
$20.16
$1.44 kept
Share
11%
Legendary uncommons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$8.64
$1.08 kept
Share
5%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.20
Whole box
$7.20
$2.88 kept
Share
4%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$108.19
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$107.33
You'll open one about 1 every 6 boxes
#3 most valuable
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$93.29
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
Timeless Lotus
$13.20
Ajani, Sleeper Agent
$8.61
Plaza of Heroes
$8.49
Silverback Elder
$8.02
Shivan Reef
$7.94
Caves of Koilos
$7.17
Vodalian Hexcatcher
$6.55
115 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.
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | mythic | $100.15 | 0.05 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | mythic | $98.04 | 0.18 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | mythic | $79.39 | 0.05 |
| Silverback Elder | mythic | $7.18 | 0.27 |
| Vodalian Hexcatcher | rare | $6.55 | 0.54 |
| Plaza of Heroes | rare | $6.43 | 0.54 |
| Vesuvan Duplimancy | mythic | $6.05 | 0.27 |
| Liliana of the Veil | mythic | $6.01 | 0.18 |
| Braids, Arisen Nightmare | rare | $5.30 | 0.18 |
| Ajani, Sleeper Agent | mythic | $5.25 | 0.02 |
| Leaf-Crowned Visionary | rare | $4.98 | 0.54 |
| Liliana of the Veil | mythic | $4.47 | 0.09 |
| Timeless Lotus | mythic | $4.39 | 0.27 |
| Braids, Arisen Nightmare | rare | $4.32 | 0.36 |
| Zur, Eternal Schemer | mythic | $4.24 | 0.18 |
| Rundvelt Hordemaster | rare | $4.15 | 0.54 |
| Defiler of Vigor | rare | $3.84 | 0.54 |
| Sulfurous Springs | rare | $3.51 | 0.18 |
| Jodah, the Unifier | mythic | $3.39 | 0.18 |
| Rith, Liberated Primeval | mythic | $3.36 | 0.18 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
