Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Open one box and you'll get $272.52 of cards, on average. A box costs $193 right now, so that means you're +$79.75 ahead.
Cards inside
$272.52
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$193
TCGplayer market · from $184
Difference
+$79.75
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.
$272.52 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$272.52
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$112.32
About 41% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
40%
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 40% 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.
+$79.75
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $193 a box you'd come out about $79.75 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$272.52
Pay less than this and you're ahead on average.
Prices move week to week. Open a retailer to see what a box actually costs right now, then plug it into the calculator above.
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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
$1.98
Whole box
$71.28
$38.52 kept
Share
26%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$1.44
Whole box
$51.84
$36.72 kept
Share
19%
Breaking news
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.26
Whole box
$45.36
$25.92 kept
Share
17%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.94
Whole box
$33.84
$0.72 kept
Share
12%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.87
Whole box
$31.32
$1.44 kept
Share
11%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.46
Whole box
$16.56
$5.04 kept
Share
6%
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
$0.35
Whole box
$12.60
$3.60 kept
Share
5%
Land
The land slot. In recent sets this can be a valuable nonbasic.
Per pack
$0.22
Whole box
$7.92
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
Foil land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.06
Whole box
$2.16
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Scapeshift
$150.63
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#2 most valuable
Prismatic Vista
$116.15
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#3 most valuable
Stoneforge Mystic
$78.14
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
Morbid Opportunist
$68.99
Mana Drain
$64.36
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
$42.05
Vaultborn Tyrant
$39.96
Terror of the Peaks
$32.18
Simulacrum Synthesizer
$30.74
Port Razer
$27.85
183 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.
| Scapeshift | mythic | $61.36 | 0.06 |
| Mana Drain | mythic | $54.47 | 0.27 |
| Prismatic Vista | mythic | $43.24 | 0.06 |
| Stoneforge Mystic | mythic | $39.27 | 0.06 |
| Bristly Bill, Spine Sower | mythic | $38.10 | 0.30 |
| Vaultborn Tyrant | mythic | $37.98 | 0.22 |
| Terror of the Peaks | mythic | $29.43 | 0.30 |
| Simulacrum Synthesizer | mythic | $24.04 | 0.22 |
| Sword of Wealth and Power | mythic | $20.68 | 0.22 |
| Morbid Opportunist | mythic | $17.92 | 0.06 |
| Grand Abolisher | mythic | $15.60 | 0.22 |
| Generous Plunderer | mythic | $15.00 | 0.22 |
| Molten Duplication | mythic | $13.85 | 0.22 |
| Fomori Vault | mythic | $12.93 | 0.22 |
| Contagion Engine | mythic | $12.61 | 0.27 |
| Reanimate | rare | $10.97 | 0.27 |
| Tinybones, the Pickpocket | mythic | $9.92 | 0.10 |
| Mindbreak Trap | mythic | $9.13 | 0.27 |
| Force of Vigor | mythic | $8.24 | 0.27 |
| Crackle with Power | mythic | $7.39 | 0.27 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
