The Brothers' War
Open one box and you'll get $273.90 of cards, on average. A box costs $377 right now, so that means you're $102.73 short.
Cards inside
$273.90
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$377
TCGplayer market · from $385
Difference
-$102.73
Against you
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.
$273.90 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$273.90
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$132.60
About 48% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
30%
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 30% 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.
-$102.73
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $377 a box you'd come up about $102.73 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$273.90
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
$2.91
Whole box
$87.30
$54.60 kept
Share
32%
Rare or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$2.12
Whole box
$63.60
$35.10 kept
Share
23%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$1.17
Whole box
$35.10
$19.50 kept
Share
13%
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
$0.99
Whole box
$29.70
$12.60 kept
Share
11%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.62
Whole box
$18.60
$0.30 kept
Share
7%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.54
Whole box
$16.20
$9.60 kept
Share
6%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.52
Whole box
$15.60
$0.30 kept
Share
6%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.19
Whole box
$5.70
$0.00 kept
Share
2%
Foil basic 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
Mox Amber
$246.81
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mox Amber
$198.94
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
#3 most valuable
Aetherflux Reservoir
$57.06
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
Portal to Phyrexia
$51.16
Urza's Saga
$47.39
Altar of Dementia
$42.33
Old Gnawbone
$39.75
Aetherflux Reservoir
$35.69
Unwinding Clock
$31.89
Helm of the Host
$29.40
386 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 | $94.17 | 0.05 |
| Mox Amber | mythic | $86.07 | 0.20 |
| Portal to Phyrexia | mythic | $51.16 | 0.24 |
| Urza's Saga | rare | $47.39 | 0.02 |
| Old Gnawbone | mythic | $39.75 | 0.02 |
| Aetherflux Reservoir | mythic | $31.30 | 0.05 |
| Aetherflux Reservoir | mythic | $29.02 | 0.20 |
| Altar of Dementia | mythic | $24.37 | 0.05 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $21.34 | 0.10 |
| Unwinding Clock | rare | $20.98 | 0.41 |
| Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur | mythic | $18.89 | 0.02 |
| Altar of Dementia | mythic | $18.53 | 0.20 |
| Myrel, Shield of Argive | mythic | $17.50 | 0.24 |
| Sheoldred, Whispering One | mythic | $17.02 | 0.02 |
| Mesmeric Orb | mythic | $16.99 | 0.20 |
| Mesmeric Orb | mythic | $16.85 | 0.05 |
| Ashnod's Altar | rare | $16.67 | 0.10 |
| Helm of the Host | mythic | $16.63 | 0.05 |
| Diabolic Intent | rare | $16.33 | 0.48 |
| Tiamat | mythic | $16.09 | 0.02 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
