Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Open one box and you'll get $177.60 of cards, on average. A box costs $150 right now, so that means you're +$27.19 ahead.
Cards inside
$177.60
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$150
TCGplayer market · from $140
Difference
+$27.19
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.
$177.60 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$177.60
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$68.70
About 39% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
46%
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 46% 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.
+$27.19
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $150 a box you'd come out about $27.19 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$177.60
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 boosterfun
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.32
Whole box
$69.60
$41.40 kept
Share
39%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.08
Whole box
$32.40
$0.60 kept
Share
18%
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
$0.69
Whole box
$20.70
$9.60 kept
Share
12%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.64
Whole box
$19.20
$0.30 kept
Share
11%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.48
Whole box
$14.40
$5.10 kept
Share
8%
Special Guest
A card from outside the set, printed in a special frame. Rare, and often the best thing in the box.
Per pack
$0.46
Whole box
$13.80
$11.10 kept
Share
8%
Nonfoil land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.20
Whole box
$6.00
$0.30 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
Scalding Tarn
$126.30
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Misty Rainforest
$116.24
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#3 most valuable
Marsh Flats
$88.06
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
Arid Mesa
$77.80
Verdant Catacombs
$74.62
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
$46.38
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
$44.75
Mox Jasper
$44.36
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
$42.49
Betor, Kin to All
$36.51
167 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.
| Scalding Tarn | mythic | $69.56 | 0.05 |
| Misty Rainforest | mythic | $49.65 | 0.05 |
| Arid Mesa | mythic | $48.72 | 0.05 |
| Verdant Catacombs | mythic | $48.56 | 0.05 |
| Marsh Flats | mythic | $45.04 | 0.05 |
| Elspeth, Storm Slayer | mythic | $41.95 | 0.24 |
| Elspeth, Storm Slayer | mythic | $41.44 | 0.04 |
| Ugin, Eye of the Storms | mythic | $39.36 | 0.24 |
| Craterhoof Behemoth | mythic | $24.53 | 0.04 |
| Craterhoof Behemoth | mythic | $23.20 | 0.24 |
| Voice of Victory | rare | $19.69 | 0.08 |
| Mox Jasper | mythic | $18.78 | 0.04 |
| Betor, Kin to All | mythic | $18.01 | 0.04 |
| Voice of Victory | rare | $17.68 | 0.49 |
| Dracogenesis | mythic | $13.94 | 0.04 |
| Ruinous Ultimatum | mythic | $13.85 | 0.05 |
| Betor, Kin to All | mythic | $11.89 | 0.04 |
| Dracogenesis | mythic | $11.30 | 0.24 |
| Mox Jasper | mythic | $10.90 | 0.24 |
| Mistrise Village | rare | $10.42 | 0.08 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
