Modern Horizons 2
Open one box and you'll get $419.04 of cards, on average. A box costs $317 right now, so that means you're +$101.83 ahead.
Cards inside
$419.04
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$317
TCGplayer market · from $321
Difference
+$101.83
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.
$419.04 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$419.04
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$210.24
About 50% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
32%
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 32% 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.
+$101.83
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $317 a box you'd come out about $101.83 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$419.04
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.
New rare mythic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$6.46
Whole box
$232.56
$170.64 kept
Share
55%
Common with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.19
Whole box
$78.84
$1.44 kept
Share
19%
Reprint to modern
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.28
Whole box
$46.08
$20.16 kept
Share
11%
New uncommon
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.17
Whole box
$42.12
$6.48 kept
Share
10%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.54
Whole box
$19.44
$11.52 kept
Share
5%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$93.40
You'll open one about 1 every 11 boxes
#2 most valuable
Esper Sentinel
$80.91
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Esper Sentinel
$75.54
You'll open one about 1 every 6 boxes
Urza's Saga
$66.28
Misty Rainforest
$65.85
Urza's Saga
$60.35
Solitude
$60.12
Cabal Coffers
$58.01
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$57.26
Scalding Tarn
$55.93
191 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.
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $58.16 | 0.35 |
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $55.91 | 0.18 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $55.42 | 0.09 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $44.27 | 0.18 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $43.73 | 0.18 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $42.33 | 0.18 |
| Solitude | mythic | $41.89 | 0.09 |
| Cabal Coffers | mythic | $41.43 | 0.09 |
| Arid Mesa | rare | $40.56 | 0.18 |
| Marsh Flats | rare | $39.93 | 0.18 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $38.87 | 0.18 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $38.00 | 0.35 |
| Verdant Catacombs | rare | $37.42 | 0.18 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $37.18 | 0.35 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $36.03 | 0.35 |
| Solitude | mythic | $33.61 | 0.18 |
| Arid Mesa | rare | $31.91 | 0.35 |
| Marsh Flats | rare | $31.42 | 0.35 |
| Cabal Coffers | mythic | $30.29 | 0.18 |
| Verdant Catacombs | rare | $28.48 | 0.35 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
