Edge of Eternities
Open one box and you'll get $219.00 of cards, on average. A box costs $181 right now, so that means you're +$38.18 ahead.
Cards inside
$219.00
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$181
TCGplayer market · from $165
Difference
+$38.18
In your favour
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.
$219.00 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$219.00
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$92.70
About 42% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
39%
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 39% 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.
+$38.18
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $181 a box you'd come out about $38.18 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$219.00
Pay less than this and you're ahead on average.
Prices move week to week. Open a retailer to see what a box actually costs right now, then plug it into the calculator above.
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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
$3.15
Whole box
$94.50
$60.00 kept
Share
43%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.03
Whole box
$30.90
$0.90 kept
Share
14%
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
$15.90 kept
Share
14%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.73
Whole box
$21.90
$0.30 kept
Share
10%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.66
Whole box
$19.80
$8.70 kept
Share
9%
Nonfoil land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.35
Whole box
$10.50
$0.30 kept
Share
5%
Special Guest
A card from outside the set, printed in a special frame. Rare, and often the best thing in the box.
Per pack
$0.27
Whole box
$8.10
$6.30 kept
Share
4%
Foil land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.11
Whole box
$3.30
$0.60 kept
Share
2%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ancient Tomb
$123.24
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
$86.22
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#3 most valuable
Gemstone Caverns
$57.78
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
Green Sun's Zenith
$54.24
Quantum Riddler
$52.07
Sliver Overlord
$46.57
Mana Confluence
$38.31
Quantum Riddler
$38.19
Ouroboroid
$34.82
Burgeoning
$34.13
175 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.
| Ancient Tomb | mythic | $84.00 | 0.05 |
| Quantum Riddler | mythic | $42.14 | 0.03 |
| Tezzeret, Cruel Captain | mythic | $40.23 | 0.03 |
| Gemstone Caverns | mythic | $35.19 | 0.05 |
| Green Sun's Zenith | mythic | $34.96 | 0.05 |
| Ouroboroid | mythic | $34.60 | 0.23 |
| Sliver Overlord | mythic | $32.05 | 0.05 |
| Quantum Riddler | mythic | $30.14 | 0.23 |
| Burgeoning | mythic | $29.14 | 0.05 |
| Mana Confluence | mythic | $25.47 | 0.05 |
| Tezzeret, Cruel Captain | mythic | $21.59 | 0.23 |
| Icetill Explorer | rare | $20.54 | 0.49 |
| Evendo, Waking Haven | mythic | $20.36 | 0.08 |
| Strip Mine | mythic | $19.73 | 0.05 |
| Evendo, Waking Haven | mythic | $18.99 | 0.23 |
| Exalted Sunborn | mythic | $17.87 | 0.23 |
| Robe of Stars | mythic | $16.30 | 0.05 |
| Uthros, Titanic Godcore | mythic | $14.28 | 0.23 |
| Uthros, Titanic Godcore | mythic | $13.57 | 0.08 |
| Watery Grave | rare | $12.72 | 0.07 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
