Rivals of Ixalan
Open one box and you'll get $177.12 of cards, on average. A box costs $206 right now, so that means you're $28.56 short.
Cards inside
$177.12
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$206
TCGplayer market · from $192
Difference
-$28.56
Against you
Packs in the box
36
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 15, 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.
$177.12 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$177.12
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$38.52
About 22% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
67%
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 67% 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.
-$28.56
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $206 a box you'd come up about $28.56 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$177.12
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
$1.49
Whole box
$53.64
$27.00 kept
Share
30%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.24
Whole box
$44.64
$1.44 kept
Share
25%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.03
Whole box
$37.08
$5.76 kept
Share
21%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.87
Whole box
$31.32
$0.00 kept
Share
18%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.30
Whole box
$10.80
$4.68 kept
Share
6%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Nezahal, Primal Tide
$22.47
You'll open one about 1 every 1 boxes
#2 most valuable
Polyraptor
$19.79
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
The Immortal Sun
$17.07
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Pitiless Plunderer
$14.38
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
$13.00
Azor, the Lawbringer
$11.67
Timestream Navigator
$10.67
Vona's Hunger
$9.92
Trapjaw Tyrant
$9.28
Silverclad Ferocidons
$9.12
54 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.
| Polyraptor | mythic | $16.12 | 0.34 |
| The Immortal Sun | mythic | $13.14 | 0.34 |
| Azor, the Lawbringer | mythic | $11.67 | 0.34 |
| Nezahal, Primal Tide | rare | $8.95 | 0.68 |
| Trapjaw Tyrant | mythic | $6.31 | 0.34 |
| Elenda, the Dusk Rose | mythic | $6.06 | 0.34 |
| Vona's Hunger | rare | $6.03 | 0.68 |
| World Shaper | rare | $5.33 | 0.68 |
| Huatli, Radiant Champion | mythic | $4.22 | 0.34 |
| Wayward Swordtooth | rare | $4.06 | 0.68 |
| Angrath, the Flame-Chained | mythic | $3.76 | 0.34 |
| Silverclad Ferocidons | rare | $2.85 | 0.68 |
| Mastermind's Acquisition | rare | $2.28 | 0.68 |
| Twilight Prophet | mythic | $2.05 | 0.34 |
| Zacama, Primal Calamity | mythic | $1.82 | 0.34 |
| Tendershoot Dryad | rare | $1.77 | 0.68 |
| Ghalta, Primal Hunger | rare | $1.43 | 0.68 |
| Timestream Navigator | mythic | $1.33 | 0.34 |
| Temple Altisaur | rare | $1.06 | 0.68 |
| Release to the Wind | rare | $0.88 | 0.68 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
