Modern Masters 2017
Open one box and you'll get $410.40 of cards, on average. We don't hold a current list price for this product, so there is nothing to compare against — put in what a sealed box actually costs you below.
Cards inside
$410.40
Everything in the box, at today's prices
If you sold them
$195.48
After fees, postage and bulk rates
Packs in the box
36
Each holds one rare or mythic
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.
$410.40 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$410.40
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$195.48
About 48% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
34%
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 34% 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.
+$0.40
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $410 a box you'd come out about $0.40 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$410.40
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 or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$6.27
Whole box
$225.72
$166.68 kept
Share
55%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$2.89
Whole box
$104.04
$8.28 kept
Share
25%
Guaranteed foil
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.13
Whole box
$40.68
$19.44 kept
Share
10%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.10
Whole box
$39.60
$1.08 kept
Share
10%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Cavern of Souls
$53.82
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
$45.14
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Verdant Catacombs
$43.23
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
Scalding Tarn
$40.60
Misty Rainforest
$38.25
Cyclonic Rift
$37.26
Arid Mesa
$36.28
Marsh Flats
$30.88
Snapcaster Mage
$27.75
Craterhoof Behemoth
$25.76
68 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.
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $52.42 | 0.32 |
| Verdant Catacombs | rare | $43.23 | 0.64 |
| Scalding Tarn | rare | $40.60 | 0.64 |
| Misty Rainforest | rare | $38.25 | 0.64 |
| Cyclonic Rift | rare | $33.15 | 0.64 |
| Arid Mesa | rare | $32.26 | 0.64 |
| Marsh Flats | rare | $30.88 | 0.64 |
| Craterhoof Behemoth | mythic | $25.76 | 0.32 |
| Damnation | rare | $20.03 | 0.64 |
| Linvala, Keeper of Silence | mythic | $18.72 | 0.32 |
| Snapcaster Mage | mythic | $18.39 | 0.32 |
| Liliana of the Veil | mythic | $8.14 | 0.32 |
| Griselbrand | mythic | $8.07 | 0.32 |
| Blood Moon | rare | $7.43 | 0.64 |
| Ulvenwald Tracker | rare | $7.07 | 0.64 |
| Tarmogoyf | mythic | $6.06 | 0.32 |
| Temporal Mastery | mythic | $5.66 | 0.32 |
| Gifts Ungiven | rare | $5.36 | 0.64 |
| Phantasmal Image | rare | $5.01 | 0.64 |
| Basilisk Collar | rare | $4.89 | 0.64 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
