Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Open one box and you'll get $268.56 of cards, on average. A box costs $219 right now, so that means you're +$49.31 ahead.
Cards inside
$268.56
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$219
TCGplayer market · from $200
Difference
+$49.31
In your favour
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.
$268.56 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$268.56
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$101.52
About 38% 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.
+$49.31
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $219 a box you'd come out about $49.31 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$268.56
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
$2.91
Whole box
$104.76
$67.68 kept
Share
39%
Single-faced common with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.23
Whole box
$80.28
$11.52 kept
Share
30%
Land
The land slot. In recent sets this can be a valuable nonbasic.
Per pack
$1.14
Whole box
$41.04
$15.12 kept
Share
15%
Single-faced uncommon with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.80
Whole box
$28.80
$0.36 kept
Share
11%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.37
Whole box
$13.32
$7.20 kept
Share
5%
Double-faced common or uncommon
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.00
Whole box
$0.00
$0.00 kept
Share
0%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Boseiju, Who Endures
$146.79
You'll open one about 1 every 7 boxes
#2 most valuable
Otawara, Soaring City
$88.47
You'll open one about 1 every 7 boxes
#3 most valuable
Boseiju, Who Endures
$53.75
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
The Wandering Emperor
$48.85
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
$38.94
Kodama of the West Tree
$33.18
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$32.71
Otawara, Soaring City
$31.08
Kodama of the West Tree
$23.40
Junji, the Midnight Sky
$18.14
141 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.
| Boseiju, Who Endures | rare | $62.62 | 0.14 |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | rare | $49.28 | 0.42 |
| Otawara, Soaring City | rare | $39.48 | 0.14 |
| Otawara, Soaring City | rare | $28.53 | 0.42 |
| The Wandering Emperor | mythic | $26.40 | 0.03 |
| Kodama of the West Tree | mythic | $23.98 | 0.07 |
| Kodama of the West Tree | mythic | $20.28 | 0.21 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant | mythic | $19.86 | 0.03 |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | rare | $16.26 | 0.14 |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | rare | $10.71 | 0.42 |
| Atsushi, the Blazing Sky | mythic | $10.34 | 0.07 |
| Junji, the Midnight Sky | mythic | $9.40 | 0.07 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant | mythic | $9.02 | 0.21 |
| Farewell | rare | $8.71 | 0.14 |
| Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire | rare | $8.68 | 0.14 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant | mythic | $8.34 | 0.03 |
| Ao, the Dawn Sky | mythic | $7.83 | 0.07 |
| Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion | mythic | $7.43 | 0.07 |
| The Reality Chip | rare | $7.30 | 0.14 |
| Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice | rare | $6.96 | 0.14 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
