Journey into Nyx
Open one box and you'll get $185.04 of cards, on average. A box costs $238 right now, so that means you're $52.51 short.
Cards inside
$185.04
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$238
TCGplayer market · from $231
Difference
-$52.51
Against you
Packs in the box
36
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.
$185.04 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$185.04
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$80.28
About 43% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
41%
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 41% 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.
-$52.51
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $238 a box you'd come up about $52.51 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$185.04
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
$2.94
Whole box
$105.84
$69.48 kept
Share
57%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.09
Whole box
$39.24
$1.44 kept
Share
21%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.55
Whole box
$19.80
$0.36 kept
Share
11%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.40
Whole box
$14.40
$8.28 kept
Share
8%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.13
Whole box
$4.68
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
Theros gods
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.04
Whole box
$1.44
$1.08 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Sage of Hours
$53.18
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mana Confluence
$47.25
You'll open one about 1 per box
#3 most valuable
Athreos, God of Passage
$40.36
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
Iroas, God of Victory
$36.44
Purphoros, God of the Forge
$35.24
Worst Fears
$31.50
Godsend
$31.49
Phenax, God of Deception
$30.71
Dictate of Erebos
$30.23
Mogis, God of Slaughter
$30.00
55 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.
| Mana Confluence | rare | $35.01 | 0.93 |
| Purphoros, God of the Forge | mythic | $32.08 | 0.01 |
| Dictate of Erebos | rare | $19.68 | 0.93 |
| Phenax, God of Deception | mythic | $16.01 | 0.01 |
| Athreos, God of Passage | mythic | $14.68 | 0.47 |
| Xenagos, God of Revels | mythic | $13.60 | 0.01 |
| Iroas, God of Victory | mythic | $12.57 | 0.47 |
| Sage of Hours | mythic | $11.91 | 0.47 |
| Keranos, God of Storms | mythic | $11.15 | 0.47 |
| Erebos, God of the Dead | mythic | $10.45 | 0.01 |
| Nylea, God of the Hunt | mythic | $10.28 | 0.01 |
| Ephara, God of the Polis | mythic | $8.19 | 0.01 |
| Ajani, Mentor of Heroes | mythic | $7.10 | 0.47 |
| Master of the Feast | rare | $5.68 | 0.93 |
| Mogis, God of Slaughter | mythic | $5.42 | 0.01 |
| Karametra, God of Harvests | mythic | $4.92 | 0.01 |
| Kruphix, God of Horizons | mythic | $4.46 | 0.47 |
| Pharika, God of Affliction | mythic | $4.27 | 0.47 |
| Thassa, God of the Sea | mythic | $4.12 | 0.01 |
| Heliod, God of the Sun | mythic | $3.92 | 0.01 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
