Dominaria United
Open one box and you'll get $195.00 of cards, on average. A box costs $248 right now, so that means you're $53.15 short.
Cards inside
$195.00
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$248
TCGplayer market · from $248
Difference
-$53.15
Against you
Packs in the box
30
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.
$195.00 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$195.00
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$69.90
About 36% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
44%
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 44% 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.
-$53.15
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $248 a box you'd come up about $53.15 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$195.00
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
$1.93
Whole box
$57.90
$31.80 kept
Share
30%
Wildcard
An extra card of any rarity. Most of the time it is a common or uncommon, but it can be a second rare.
Per pack
$1.00
Whole box
$30.00
$12.00 kept
Share
15%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.84
Whole box
$25.20
$2.70 kept
Share
13%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.68
Whole box
$20.40
$12.90 kept
Share
10%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.61
Whole box
$18.30
$6.90 kept
Share
9%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.56
Whole box
$16.80
$0.30 kept
Share
9%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.46
Whole box
$13.80
$1.50 kept
Share
7%
Uncommon showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.22
Whole box
$6.60
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.19
Whole box
$5.70
$1.80 kept
Share
3%
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 100 boxes
#2 most valuable
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$107.33
You'll open one about 1 every 4 boxes
#3 most valuable
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$93.29
You'll open one about 1 every 100 boxes
Anointed Procession
$54.57
Old Gnawbone
$39.75
Sensei's Divining Top
$34.61
Bloodchief Ascension
$30.23
The Reaver Cleaver
$30.04
Sakashima's Student
$28.01
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
$21.04
317 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 | 0.01 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | mythic | $98.04 | 0.26 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | mythic | $79.39 | 0.01 |
| Anointed Procession | rare | $54.57 | 0.02 |
| Old Gnawbone | mythic | $39.75 | 0.02 |
| Sensei's Divining Top | rare | $34.61 | 0.02 |
| Bloodchief Ascension | rare | $30.23 | 0.02 |
| The Reaver Cleaver | rare | $30.04 | 0.08 |
| Sakashima's Student | rare | $28.01 | 0.02 |
| Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep | rare | $21.04 | 0.02 |
| Blood Crypt | rare | $20.93 | 0.02 |
| Tiller Engine | rare | $19.81 | 0.08 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur | mythic | $18.89 | 0.02 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $17.14 | 0.02 |
| Sheoldred, Whispering One | mythic | $17.02 | 0.02 |
| Cadric, Soul Kindler | rare | $16.46 | 0.08 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $16.09 | 0.02 |
| Hall of the Bandit Lord | rare | $15.14 | 0.02 |
| Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer | mythic | $14.80 | 0.06 |
| Thousand-Year Elixir | rare | $14.26 | 0.02 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
