The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Open one box and you'll get $209.16 of cards, on average. A box costs $240 right now, so that means you're $30.68 short.
Cards inside
$209.16
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$240
TCGplayer market · from $249
Difference
-$30.68
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.
$209.16 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$209.16
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$68.04
About 33% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
51%
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 51% 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.
-$30.68
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $240 a box you'd come up about $30.68 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$209.16
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.
Rare mythic with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$2.50
Whole box
$90.00
$56.52 kept
Share
43%
Single-faced commons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.67
Whole box
$60.12
$1.08 kept
Share
29%
Single-faced uncommon with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$1.03
Whole box
$37.08
$6.12 kept
Share
18%
Cave fullart land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.37
Whole box
$13.32
$0.00 kept
Share
6%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$8.64
$3.60 kept
Share
4%
Double-faced common or uncommon
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.00
Whole box
$0.00
$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
Cavern of Souls
$63.86
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Cavern of Souls
$52.36
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
#3 most valuable
Roaming Throne
$52.12
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
Roaming Throne
$51.86
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
$40.42
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
$39.48
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
$38.77
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
$29.80
Bonehoard Dracosaur
$22.89
Bonehoard Dracosaur
$15.04
105 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.
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $52.86 | 0.05 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $51.12 | 0.34 |
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $49.95 | 0.19 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $46.30 | 0.17 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $35.58 | 0.19 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $33.36 | 0.05 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $32.16 | 0.05 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $29.25 | 0.19 |
| Bonehoard Dracosaur | mythic | $15.27 | 0.05 |
| Bonehoard Dracosaur | mythic | $14.18 | 0.19 |
| Chimil, the Inner Sun | mythic | $11.37 | 0.28 |
| The Skullspore Nexus | mythic | $11.30 | 0.05 |
| The Skullspore Nexus | mythic | $10.10 | 0.19 |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | mythic | $8.79 | 0.05 |
| Resplendent Angel | mythic | $7.82 | 0.19 |
| Resplendent Angel | mythic | $6.10 | 0.05 |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | mythic | $5.76 | 0.19 |
| Sovereign Okinec Ahau | mythic | $5.16 | 0.19 |
| Quintorius Kand | mythic | $4.77 | 0.09 |
| Tarrian's Soulcleaver | rare | $4.19 | 0.50 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
