Secrets of Strixhaven
Open one box and you'll get $139.80 of cards, on average. A box costs $144 right now, so that means you're $4.19 short.
Cards inside
$139.80
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$144
TCGplayer market · from $133
Difference
-$4.19
Against you
Packs in the box
30
Each holds one rare or mythic
Box price from TCGplayer, checked October 8, 2026 · Card prices from Scryfall (TCGplayer market data) · last updated October 8, 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.
$139.80 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$139.80
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$37.80
About 27% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
57%
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 57% 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.
-$4.19
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $144 a box you'd come up about $4.19 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$139.80
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.
Mystical archive
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.14
Whole box
$34.20
$16.50 kept
Share
24%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$1.09
Whole box
$32.70
$12.60 kept
Share
23%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.74
Whole box
$22.20
$0.60 kept
Share
16%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.59
Whole box
$17.70
$0.30 kept
Share
13%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.36
Whole box
$10.80
$2.40 kept
Share
8%
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
$0.34
Whole box
$10.20
$2.40 kept
Share
7%
Nonfoil land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.21
Whole box
$6.30
$0.00 kept
Share
5%
Special Guest
A card from outside the set, printed in a special frame. Rare, and often the best thing in the box.
Per pack
$0.13
Whole box
$3.90
$2.70 kept
Share
3%
Foil land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.06
Whole box
$1.80
$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
Force of Will
$84.03
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#2 most valuable
Vampiric Tutor
$65.36
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#3 most valuable
Jeska's Will
$62.07
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
Cyclonic Rift
$38.70
Sylvan Library
$36.93
Akroma's Will
$26.76
Witherbloom, the Balancer
$20.34
Triumph of the Hordes
$18.39
Improvisation Capstone
$18.14
Prismari, the Inspiration
$18.02
141 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.
| Force of Will | mythic | $62.85 | 0.06 |
| Vampiric Tutor | mythic | $55.28 | 0.06 |
| Jeska's Will | mythic | $44.99 | 0.06 |
| Cyclonic Rift | mythic | $31.97 | 0.06 |
| Sylvan Library | mythic | $28.26 | 0.05 |
| Akroma's Will | mythic | $20.55 | 0.06 |
| Triumph of the Hordes | mythic | $14.22 | 0.06 |
| Improvisation Capstone | mythic | $13.73 | 0.04 |
| Awaken the Woods | mythic | $13.35 | 0.06 |
| Germination Practicum | mythic | $12.42 | 0.04 |
| Ad Nauseam | mythic | $10.57 | 0.06 |
| Improvisation Capstone | mythic | $10.20 | 0.23 |
| Flusterstorm | mythic | $9.86 | 0.06 |
| Armageddon | mythic | $9.85 | 0.06 |
| Library of Leng | mythic | $9.79 | 0.05 |
| Witherbloom, the Balancer | mythic | $9.56 | 0.04 |
| Prismari, the Inspiration | mythic | $9.38 | 0.04 |
| Crackle with Power | mythic | $8.75 | 0.06 |
| Decorum Dissertation | mythic | $8.62 | 0.04 |
| Culling the Weak | rare | $8.26 | 0.12 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
