Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Open one box and you'll get $110.10 of cards, on average. A box costs $236 right now, so that means you're $126.29 short.
Cards inside
$110.10
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$236
TCGplayer market · from $236
Difference
-$126.29
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 December 2, 2025
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.
$110.10 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$110.10
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$38.10
About 35% 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.
-$126.29
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $236 a box you'd come up about $126.29 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$110.10
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.
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.95
Whole box
$28.50
$18.90 kept
Share
26%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$0.85
Whole box
$25.50
$10.80 kept
Share
23%
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
$0.42
Whole box
$12.60
$3.90 kept
Share
11%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.39
Whole box
$11.70
$3.30 kept
Share
11%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.35
Whole box
$10.50
$0.00 kept
Share
10%
Single-faced commons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.31
Whole box
$9.30
$0.60 kept
Share
8%
Single-faced uncommons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.20
Whole box
$6.00
$0.30 kept
Share
5%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.15
Whole box
$4.50
$0.30 kept
Share
4%
Showcase common or uncommon
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.06
Whole box
$1.80
$0.00 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
$93.60
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#2 most valuable
Vampiric Tutor
$56.38
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#3 most valuable
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
$54.95
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
Demonic Tutor
$47.91
Gemstone Caverns
$44.41
Cavern of Souls
$41.74
Exquisite Blood
$33.53
Bloodchief Ascension
$30.23
Sorin the Mirthless
$21.43
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
$21.04
271 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.
| Vampiric Tutor | mythic | $56.38 | 0.03 |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | rare | $54.95 | 0.03 |
| Demonic Tutor | rare | $47.91 | 0.03 |
| Gemstone Caverns | rare | $44.41 | 0.03 |
| Cavern of Souls | rare | $41.74 | 0.03 |
| Exquisite Blood | rare | $33.53 | 0.03 |
| Bloodchief Ascension | rare | $30.23 | 0.03 |
| Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep | rare | $21.04 | 0.03 |
| Blood Crypt | rare | $20.93 | 0.03 |
| Doubling Cube | rare | $19.36 | 0.03 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $17.14 | 0.03 |
| Phenax, God of Deception | mythic | $17.02 | 0.03 |
| Grand Arbiter Augustin IV | rare | $16.78 | 0.03 |
| Eiganjo Castle | rare | $16.74 | 0.03 |
| Balefire Dragon | mythic | $15.76 | 0.03 |
| Unbound Flourishing | mythic | $14.89 | 0.03 |
| Toxrill, the Corrosive | mythic | $14.29 | 0.25 |
| Snapcaster Mage | rare | $13.75 | 0.03 |
| Toxrill, the Corrosive | mythic | $13.53 | 0.02 |
| Jet Medallion | rare | $13.35 | 0.03 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
