Modern Horizons 2
Open one box and you'll get $426.90 of cards, on average. A box costs $480 right now, so that means you're $53.41 short.
Cards inside
$426.90
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$480
TCGplayer market · from $480
Difference
-$53.41
Against you
Packs in the box
30
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.
$426.90 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$426.90
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$241.50
About 57% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
22%
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 22% 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.
-$53.41
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $480 a box you'd come up about $53.41 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$426.90
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
$6.18
Whole box
$185.40
$133.20 kept
Share
43%
Wildcard
An extra card of any rarity. Most of the time it is a common or uncommon, but it can be a second rare.
Per pack
$1.91
Whole box
$57.30
$36.90 kept
Share
13%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.61
Whole box
$48.30
$29.10 kept
Share
11%
Reprint to modern
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.28
Whole box
$38.40
$16.80 kept
Share
9%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.97
Whole box
$29.10
$19.50 kept
Share
7%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.92
Whole box
$27.60
$0.30 kept
Share
6%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.90
Whole box
$27.00
$5.10 kept
Share
6%
Common uncommon showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.26
Whole box
$7.80
$0.60 kept
Share
2%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.17
Whole box
$5.10
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.04
Whole box
$1.20
$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
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$93.40
You'll open one about 1 every 8 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 7 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
358 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 | 0.29 |
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $55.91 | 0.14 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $55.42 | 0.12 |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | rare | $54.95 | 0.03 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth | mythic | $49.99 | 0.03 |
| Bruvac the Grandiloquent | mythic | $44.95 | 0.03 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $44.27 | 0.14 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $43.73 | 0.14 |
| Bone Miser | rare | $43.71 | 0.03 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $42.33 | 0.24 |
| Solitude | mythic | $41.89 | 0.12 |
| Cavern of Souls | rare | $41.74 | 0.03 |
| Cabal Coffers | mythic | $41.43 | 0.19 |
| Arid Mesa | rare | $40.56 | 0.14 |
| Marsh Flats | rare | $39.93 | 0.14 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $38.87 | 0.14 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $38.00 | 0.29 |
| Verdant Catacombs | rare | $37.42 | 0.14 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $37.18 | 0.29 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $36.03 | 0.29 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
