Tenth Edition
Open one box and you'll get $281.88 of cards, on average. A box costs $825 right now, so that means you're $542.87 short.
Cards inside
$281.88
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$825
TCGplayer market · from $825
Difference
-$542.87
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.
$281.88 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$281.88
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$118.08
About 42% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
35%
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 35% 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.
-$542.87
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $825 a box you'd come up about $542.87 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$281.88
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.
Rares
The guaranteed rare in every pack.
Per pack
$3.81
Whole box
$137.16
$85.68 kept
Share
49%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.53
Whole box
$55.08
$2.88 kept
Share
20%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.49
Whole box
$53.64
$12.96 kept
Share
19%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.37
Whole box
$13.32
$2.16 kept
Share
5%
Foil rares
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$8.64
$6.84 kept
Share
3%
Foil commons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.21
Whole box
$7.56
$3.96 kept
Share
3%
Foil uncommons
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.16
Whole box
$5.76
$3.60 kept
Share
2%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.01
Whole box
$0.36
$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
Crucible of Worlds
$89.99
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#2 most valuable
Root Maze
$85.96
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Grave Pact
$82.00
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Abundance
$80.65
Seedborn Muse
$79.99
Goblin King
$67.38
Elvish Champion
$55.39
Time Stop
$54.25
Mirri, Cat Warrior
$49.95
Adarkar Wastes
$48.60
161 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.
| Doubling Cube | rare | $34.08 | 0.30 |
| Grave Pact | rare | $33.07 | 0.30 |
| Crucible of Worlds | rare | $30.83 | 0.30 |
| Elvish Champion | rare | $21.49 | 0.29 |
| Seedborn Muse | rare | $16.59 | 0.30 |
| Coat of Arms | rare | $16.10 | 0.29 |
| Beacon of Immortality | rare | $14.94 | 0.30 |
| Goblin King | rare | $14.11 | 0.29 |
| Lord of the Undead | rare | $12.53 | 0.30 |
| Birds of Paradise | rare | $12.33 | 0.29 |
| Furnace of Rath | rare | $12.21 | 0.30 |
| Graveborn Muse | rare | $11.84 | 0.30 |
| Phage the Untouchable | rare | $11.41 | 0.30 |
| Platinum Angel | rare | $9.06 | 0.29 |
| Joiner Adept | rare | $8.05 | 0.30 |
| Karplusan Forest | rare | $7.30 | 0.30 |
| Angelic Chorus | rare | $6.65 | 0.30 |
| Twincast | rare | $6.50 | 0.30 |
| Mortal Combat | rare | $6.22 | 0.30 |
| Sulfurous Springs | rare | $6.18 | 0.30 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
