The Brothers' War
Open one box and you'll get $251.28 of cards, on average. A box costs $224 right now, so that means you're +$27.14 ahead.
Cards inside
$251.28
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$224
TCGplayer market · from $224
Difference
+$27.14
In your favour
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 17, 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.
$251.28 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$251.28
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$96.12
About 38% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
45%
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 45% 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.
+$27.14
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $224 a box you'd come out about $27.14 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$251.28
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.
Brr retro artifact
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$2.12
Whole box
$76.32
$44.64 kept
Share
30%
Rare mythic with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.06
Whole box
$74.16
$41.40 kept
Share
30%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.63
Whole box
$58.68
$1.44 kept
Share
23%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.65
Whole box
$23.40
$0.36 kept
Share
9%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.41
Whole box
$14.76
$8.28 kept
Share
6%
Mech basic
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.10
Whole box
$3.60
$0.00 kept
Share
1%
The ten most valuable cards a Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Mox Amber
$249.51
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mox Amber
$193.04
You'll open one about 1 every 7 boxes
#3 most valuable
Aetherflux Reservoir
$60.15
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
Portal to Phyrexia
$54.51
Altar of Dementia
$43.19
Aetherflux Reservoir
$38.05
Mystic Forge
$32.07
Unwinding Clock
$31.33
Helm of the Host
$30.16
Ashnod's Altar
$29.92
184 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.
| Mox Amber | mythic | $97.34 | 0.03 |
| Mox Amber | mythic | $87.99 | 0.15 |
| Portal to Phyrexia | mythic | $50.63 | 0.25 |
| Aetherflux Reservoir | mythic | $31.91 | 0.03 |
| Altar of Dementia | mythic | $24.59 | 0.03 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $21.93 | 0.07 |
| Aetherflux Reservoir | mythic | $21.65 | 0.15 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $19.45 | 0.28 |
| Myrel, Shield of Argive | mythic | $19.28 | 0.25 |
| Altar of Dementia | mythic | $17.92 | 0.15 |
| Mesmeric Orb | mythic | $17.53 | 0.03 |
| Mesmeric Orb | mythic | $17.34 | 0.15 |
| Ashnod's Altar | rare | $17.10 | 0.07 |
| Diabolic Intent | rare | $16.92 | 0.50 |
| Staff of Domination | mythic | $16.27 | 0.03 |
| Helm of the Host | mythic | $15.58 | 0.03 |
| Ashnod's Altar | rare | $14.63 | 0.28 |
| Awaken the Woods | mythic | $13.27 | 0.25 |
| Cityscape Leveler | mythic | $12.48 | 0.25 |
| Platinum Angel | mythic | $11.61 | 0.15 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
