March of the Machine
Open one box and you'll get $228.96 of cards, on average. A box costs $192 right now, so that means you're +$37.22 ahead.
Cards inside
$228.96
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$192
TCGplayer market · from $191
Difference
+$37.22
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 16, 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.
$228.96 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$228.96
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$87.12
About 38% 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.
+$37.22
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $192 a box you'd come out about $37.22 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$228.96
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.
Multiverse legend
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.90
Whole box
$68.40
$42.12 kept
Share
30%
Single-faced commons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.62
Whole box
$58.32
$1.80 kept
Share
25%
Single-faced rare or mythic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.61
Whole box
$57.96
$33.48 kept
Share
25%
Single-faced uncommons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.77
Whole box
$27.72
$6.12 kept
Share
12%
Basic or gainland
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.25
Whole box
$9.00
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
Foil with showcase and mul
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.22
Whole box
$7.92
$3.60 kept
Share
3%
Everything else
4 smaller slots — alternate-art pairs, bonus sheets and the like, each under 2% of the box.
Per pack
$0.00
Whole box
$0.00
$0.00 kept
Share
0%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$63.07
You'll open one about 1 every 4 boxes
#2 most valuable
Sheoldred, Whispering One
$28.54
You'll open one about 1 every 4 boxes
#3 most valuable
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
$28.26
You'll open one about 1 every 4 boxes
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$26.26
Tribute to the World Tree
$17.04
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
$16.44
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
$15.23
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
$14.89
Faerie Mastermind
$14.79
Aurelia, the Warleader
$14.19
120 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.
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $42.65 | 0.28 |
| Sheoldred, Whispering One | mythic | $25.62 | 0.28 |
| Atraxa, Praetors' Voice | mythic | $25.57 | 0.28 |
| Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite | mythic | $22.14 | 0.28 |
| Tribute to the World Tree | rare | $15.91 | 0.53 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur | mythic | $15.06 | 0.28 |
| Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger | mythic | $13.93 | 0.28 |
| Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon | mythic | $13.67 | 0.28 |
| Faerie Mastermind | rare | $11.95 | 0.53 |
| Breach the Multiverse | rare | $11.67 | 0.53 |
| City on Fire | rare | $10.91 | 0.53 |
| Ayara, First of Locthwain | rare | $9.32 | 0.28 |
| Aurelia, the Warleader | mythic | $9.12 | 0.28 |
| Wrenn and Realmbreaker | mythic | $7.50 | 0.09 |
| Drana and Linvala | rare | $7.17 | 0.18 |
| Ozolith, the Shattered Spire | rare | $7.15 | 0.53 |
| Wrenn and Realmbreaker | mythic | $7.06 | 0.18 |
| Drana and Linvala | rare | $6.94 | 0.35 |
| Thalia and The Gitrog Monster | mythic | $6.08 | 0.18 |
| Thalia and The Gitrog Monster | mythic | $5.57 | 0.09 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
