Journey into Nyx
Open one box and you'll get $182.88 of cards, on average. A box costs $256 right now, so that means you're $72.65 short.
Cards inside
$182.88
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$256
TCGplayer market · from $225
Difference
-$72.65
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.
$182.88 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$182.88
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$77.04
About 42% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
43%
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 43% 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.
-$72.65
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $256 a box you'd come up about $72.65 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$182.88
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
$2.85
Whole box
$102.60
$66.24 kept
Share
56%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.11
Whole box
$39.96
$1.44 kept
Share
22%
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
$0.03
Whole box
$1.08
$0.72 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Sage of Hours
$58.55
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mana Confluence
$47.79
You'll open one about 1 per box
#3 most valuable
Athreos, God of Passage
$41.71
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
Purphoros, God of the Forge
$36.29
Iroas, God of Victory
$35.78
Ephara, God of the Polis
$31.09
Godsend
$30.62
Xenagos, God of Revels
$30.10
Phenax, God of Deception
$29.67
Dictate of Erebos
$29.19
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 | $36.55 | 0.93 |
| Purphoros, God of the Forge | mythic | $26.55 | 0.01 |
| Dictate of Erebos | rare | $17.58 | 0.93 |
| Athreos, God of Passage | mythic | $15.33 | 0.47 |
| Phenax, God of Deception | mythic | $11.76 | 0.01 |
| Sage of Hours | mythic | $11.75 | 0.47 |
| Iroas, God of Victory | mythic | $11.62 | 0.47 |
| Xenagos, God of Revels | mythic | $10.87 | 0.01 |
| Erebos, God of the Dead | mythic | $10.24 | 0.01 |
| Nylea, God of the Hunt | mythic | $9.94 | 0.01 |
| Keranos, God of Storms | mythic | $9.74 | 0.47 |
| Ephara, God of the Polis | mythic | $7.19 | 0.01 |
| Ajani, Mentor of Heroes | mythic | $6.82 | 0.47 |
| Mogis, God of Slaughter | mythic | $5.82 | 0.01 |
| Thassa, God of the Sea | mythic | $5.36 | 0.01 |
| Pharika, God of Affliction | mythic | $4.68 | 0.47 |
| Master of the Feast | rare | $4.51 | 0.93 |
| Kruphix, God of Horizons | mythic | $4.49 | 0.47 |
| Karametra, God of Harvests | mythic | $4.48 | 0.01 |
| Heliod, God of the Sun | mythic | $3.62 | 0.01 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
