Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Open one box and you'll get $252.36 of cards, on average. A box costs $241 right now, so that means you're +$11.31 ahead.
Cards inside
$252.36
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$241
TCGplayer market · from $240
Difference
+$11.31
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 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.
$252.36 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$252.36
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$97.20
About 39% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
49%
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 49% 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.
+$11.31
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $241 a box you'd come out about $11.31 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$252.36
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 mythic with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$3.67
Whole box
$132.12
$88.56 kept
Share
52%
Common with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$1.87
Whole box
$67.32
$1.44 kept
Share
27%
Uncommon with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.76
Whole box
$27.36
$0.36 kept
Share
11%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.37
Whole box
$13.32
$6.84 kept
Share
5%
Basic or gainland
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.34
Whole box
$12.24
$0.00 kept
Share
5%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
The Ozolith
$64.00
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Ketria Triome
$43.55
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
#3 most valuable
Zagoth Triome
$42.21
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
Savai Triome
$40.28
Raugrin Triome
$38.06
Indatha Triome
$37.42
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
$29.05
Zagoth Triome
$25.43
Savai Triome
$21.06
Indatha Triome
$20.77
86 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.
| The Ozolith | rare | $61.53 | 0.62 |
| Zagoth Triome | rare | $22.36 | 0.21 |
| Zagoth Triome | rare | $20.62 | 0.42 |
| Savai Triome | rare | $19.04 | 0.42 |
| Savai Triome | rare | $18.22 | 0.21 |
| Indatha Triome | rare | $17.62 | 0.21 |
| Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy | mythic | $17.11 | 0.31 |
| Indatha Triome | rare | $16.89 | 0.42 |
| Ketria Triome | rare | $16.70 | 0.42 |
| Ketria Triome | rare | $16.56 | 0.21 |
| Raugrin Triome | rare | $16.22 | 0.42 |
| Raugrin Triome | rare | $15.33 | 0.21 |
| Drannith Magistrate | rare | $12.20 | 0.62 |
| Fiend Artisan | mythic | $5.28 | 0.31 |
| Nethroi, Apex of Death | mythic | $5.15 | 0.10 |
| Brokkos, Apex of Forever | mythic | $4.29 | 0.10 |
| Rielle, the Everwise | mythic | $4.22 | 0.31 |
| Winota, Joiner of Forces | mythic | $3.96 | 0.31 |
| Kogla, the Titan Ape | rare | $3.78 | 0.62 |
| Vivien, Monsters' Advocate | mythic | $3.28 | 0.21 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
