Dragons of Tarkir
Open one box and you'll get $116.28 of cards, on average. A box costs $348 right now, so that means you're $232.01 short.
Cards inside
$116.28
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$348
TCGplayer market · from $360
Difference
-$232.01
Against you
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 17, 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.
$116.28 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$116.28
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$30.96
About 27% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
58%
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 58% 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.
-$232.01
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $348 a box you'd come up about $232.01 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$116.28
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.
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.16
Whole box
$41.76
$6.12 kept
Share
36%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$1.08
Whole box
$38.88
$18.36 kept
Share
33%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.58
Whole box
$20.88
$1.80 kept
Share
18%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.28
Whole box
$10.08
$4.68 kept
Share
9%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.14
Whole box
$5.04
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Shaman of Forgotten Ways
$28.66
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Haven of the Spirit Dragon
$25.66
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#3 most valuable
Sarkhan Unbroken
$24.57
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Dragonlord Dromoka
$24.45
Narset Transcendent
$22.65
Dragon Tempest
$19.73
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
$18.97
Dragonlord Silumgar
$17.07
Savage Ventmaw
$17.00
Dragonlord Atarka
$16.06
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.
| Sarkhan Unbroken | mythic | $16.98 | 0.31 |
| Sidisi, Undead Vizier | rare | $11.03 | 0.62 |
| Dragonlord Kolaghan | mythic | $8.73 | 0.31 |
| Narset Transcendent | mythic | $7.96 | 0.31 |
| Shaman of Forgotten Ways | mythic | $6.32 | 0.31 |
| Dragonlord Silumgar | mythic | $4.15 | 0.31 |
| Dragonlord Dromoka | mythic | $3.26 | 0.31 |
| Secure the Wastes | rare | $3.20 | 0.62 |
| Descent of the Dragons | mythic | $3.06 | 0.31 |
| Dragon Tempest | rare | $2.85 | 0.62 |
| Risen Executioner | mythic | $2.75 | 0.31 |
| Dragonlord Atarka | mythic | $2.32 | 0.31 |
| Collected Company | rare | $1.64 | 0.62 |
| Clone Legion | mythic | $1.43 | 0.31 |
| Haven of the Spirit Dragon | rare | $1.05 | 0.62 |
| Atarka's Command | rare | $1.04 | 0.62 |
| Sunscorch Regent | rare | $0.88 | 0.62 |
| Dragonlord Ojutai | mythic | $0.82 | 0.31 |
| Damnable Pact | rare | $0.71 | 0.62 |
| Dragon Whisperer | mythic | $0.70 | 0.31 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
