Strixhaven: School of Mages
Open one box and you'll get $190.50 of cards, on average. A box costs $190 right now, so that means you're +$0.43 ahead.
Cards inside
$190.50
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$190
TCGplayer market · from $180
Difference
+$0.43
In your favour
Packs in the box
30
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.
$190.50 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$190.50
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$78.00
About 41% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
41%
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 41% 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.
+$0.43
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $190 a box you'd come out about $0.43 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$190.50
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.
Mystical Archive
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.92
Whole box
$57.60
$33.30 kept
Share
30%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.86
Whole box
$25.80
$17.10 kept
Share
14%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.81
Whole box
$24.30
$12.30 kept
Share
13%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$0.69
Whole box
$20.70
$6.90 kept
Share
11%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.66
Whole box
$19.80
$0.30 kept
Share
10%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.60
Whole box
$18.00
$2.70 kept
Share
9%
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
$0.44
Whole box
$13.20
$5.10 kept
Share
7%
Lesson card
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.22
Whole box
$6.60
$0.30 kept
Share
3%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.13
Whole box
$3.90
$0.00 kept
Share
2%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.03
Whole box
$0.90
$0.00 kept
Share
0%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Demonic Tutor
$129.59
You'll open one about 1 every 6 boxes
#2 most valuable
Teferi's Protection
$66.22
You'll open one about 1 every 6 boxes
#3 most valuable
Tainted Pact
$58.47
You'll open one about 1 every 6 boxes
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$49.99
Shadrix Silverquill
$45.10
Beledros Witherbloom
$42.47
Cavern of Souls
$41.74
Natural Order
$39.86
Enlightened Tutor
$37.22
Professor Onyx
$36.35
294 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.
| Demonic Tutor | mythic | $75.93 | 0.17 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth | mythic | $49.99 | 0.03 |
| Teferi's Protection | mythic | $49.29 | 0.17 |
| Cavern of Souls | rare | $41.74 | 0.03 |
| Akroma's Memorial | rare | $35.49 | 0.03 |
| Food Chain | rare | $33.02 | 0.03 |
| Mycosynth Golem | rare | $32.75 | 0.03 |
| Tainted Pact | mythic | $29.35 | 0.17 |
| Phyrexian Tower | rare | $27.96 | 0.03 |
| Land Tax | mythic | $27.88 | 0.03 |
| Natural Order | mythic | $25.95 | 0.17 |
| Oloro, Ageless Ascetic | mythic | $25.76 | 0.03 |
| Parallax Wave | rare | $25.37 | 0.03 |
| Pact of Negation | rare | $24.71 | 0.03 |
| Scroll Rack | rare | $24.44 | 0.03 |
| Inventors' Fair | rare | $17.08 | 0.03 |
| Beledros Witherbloom | mythic | $15.20 | 0.01 |
| Unbound Flourishing | mythic | $14.89 | 0.03 |
| Primal Vigor | rare | $14.70 | 0.03 |
| Krark's Thumb | rare | $13.57 | 0.03 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
