Modern Horizons 2
Open one box and you'll get $420.90 of cards, on average. A box costs $489 right now, so that means you're $68.06 short.
Cards inside
$420.90
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$489
TCGplayer market · from $471
Difference
-$68.06
Against you
Packs in the box
30
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.
$420.90 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$420.90
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$236.70
About 56% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
23%
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 23% 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.
-$68.06
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $489 a box you'd come up about $68.06 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$420.90
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
$5.97
Whole box
$179.10
$128.10 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
$1.87
Whole box
$56.10
$35.70 kept
Share
13%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.60
Whole box
$48.00
$28.50 kept
Share
11%
Reprint to modern
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.26
Whole box
$37.80
$16.50 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
$1.09
Whole box
$32.70
$21.90 kept
Share
8%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.90
Whole box
$27.00
$0.30 kept
Share
6%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.88
Whole box
$26.40
$4.80 kept
Share
6%
Everything else
3 smaller slots — alternate-art pairs, bonus sheets and the like, each under 2% of the box.
Per pack
$0.46
Whole box
$13.80
$0.60 kept
Share
3%
The ten most valuable cards a Set Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$94.17
You'll open one about 1 every 8 boxes
#2 most valuable
Esper Sentinel
$77.35
You'll open one about 1 every 7 boxes
#3 most valuable
Esper Sentinel
$75.42
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Misty Rainforest
$64.39
Urza's Saga
$61.86
Urza's Saga
$61.51
Solitude
$61.29
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
$60.88
Cabal Coffers
$59.40
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$56.59
360 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.
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | rare | $60.88 | 0.03 |
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $60.21 | 0.14 |
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $55.29 | 0.29 |
| Cavern of Souls | rare | $52.72 | 0.03 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $51.41 | 0.12 |
| Mycosynth Golem | rare | $49.86 | 0.03 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth | mythic | $47.86 | 0.03 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $45.72 | 0.14 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $45.12 | 0.14 |
| Bruvac the Grandiloquent | mythic | $44.45 | 0.03 |
| Cabal Coffers | mythic | $42.77 | 0.19 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | mythic | $40.15 | 0.24 |
| Marsh Flats | rare | $38.78 | 0.14 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $38.55 | 0.14 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $37.75 | 0.29 |
| Solitude | mythic | $37.41 | 0.12 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $37.18 | 0.29 |
| Arid Mesa | rare | $37.16 | 0.14 |
| Verdant Catacombs | rare | $36.81 | 0.14 |
| Akroma's Memorial | rare | $36.53 | 0.03 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
