Rise of the Eldrazi
Open one box and you'll get $326.52 of cards, on average. A box costs $1,255 right now, so that means you're $928.77 short.
Cards inside
$326.52
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$1,255
TCGplayer market · from $1,889
Difference
-$928.77
Against you
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.
$326.52 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$326.52
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$150.48
About 46% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
31%
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 31% 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.
-$928.77
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $1,255 a box you'd come up about $928.77 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$326.52
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
$4.14
Whole box
$149.04
$99.36 kept
Share
46%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$2.26
Whole box
$81.36
$12.24 kept
Share
25%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.25
Whole box
$45.00
$10.08 kept
Share
14%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$1.16
Whole box
$41.76
$28.80 kept
Share
13%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.26
Whole box
$9.36
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$194.70
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$172.20
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
$147.99
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Nirkana Revenant
$107.03
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
$102.72
It That Betrays
$69.82
Lighthouse Chronologist
$62.49
Bear Umbra
$60.58
All Is Dust
$58.33
Realms Uncharted
$46.95
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.
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth | mythic | $48.94 | 0.31 |
| Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre | mythic | $35.19 | 0.31 |
| Emrakul, the Aeons Torn | mythic | $27.80 | 0.31 |
| Linvala, Keeper of Silence | mythic | $25.04 | 0.31 |
| Lighthouse Chronologist | mythic | $23.62 | 0.31 |
| Bear Umbra | rare | $16.43 | 0.62 |
| Khalni Hydra | mythic | $13.09 | 0.31 |
| It That Betrays | rare | $12.04 | 0.62 |
| Spawnsire of Ulamog | rare | $10.98 | 0.62 |
| World at War | rare | $10.61 | 0.62 |
| Training Grounds | rare | $10.59 | 0.62 |
| Realms Uncharted | rare | $10.47 | 0.62 |
| Nirkana Revenant | mythic | $7.94 | 0.31 |
| Hellcarver Demon | mythic | $7.70 | 0.31 |
| Umbra Mystic | rare | $7.67 | 0.62 |
| Splinter Twin | rare | $7.63 | 0.62 |
| Vengevine | mythic | $7.43 | 0.31 |
| All Is Dust | mythic | $6.90 | 0.31 |
| Lightmine Field | rare | $5.79 | 0.62 |
| Eldrazi Temple | rare | $4.98 | 0.62 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
