The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Open one box and you'll get $210.60 of cards, on average. A box costs $259 right now, so that means you're $48.13 short.
Cards inside
$210.60
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$259
TCGplayer market · from $264
Difference
-$48.13
Against you
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 16, 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.
$210.60 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$210.60
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$68.40
About 32% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
54%
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 54% 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.
-$48.13
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $259 a box you'd come up about $48.13 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$210.60
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
$2.51
Whole box
$90.36
$57.60 kept
Share
43%
Single-faced commons
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$1.76
Whole box
$63.36
$1.08 kept
Share
30%
Single-faced uncommon with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$1.01
Whole box
$36.36
$5.40 kept
Share
17%
Cave fullart land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.33
Whole box
$11.88
$0.00 kept
Share
6%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.25
Whole box
$9.00
$3.96 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 Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Cavern of Souls
$64.65
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Roaming Throne
$53.86
You'll open one about 1 every 3 boxes
#3 most valuable
Cavern of Souls
$52.92
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
Roaming Throne
$50.05
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
$47.12
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
$41.67
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
$39.56
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
$37.56
Bonehoard Dracosaur
$23.93
Bonehoard Dracosaur
$16.03
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 | $50.45 | 0.19 |
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $50.18 | 0.05 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $49.89 | 0.34 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $47.67 | 0.17 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $37.74 | 0.05 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $36.05 | 0.19 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $35.77 | 0.05 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $30.69 | 0.19 |
| Bonehoard Dracosaur | mythic | $16.34 | 0.05 |
| Bonehoard Dracosaur | mythic | $15.19 | 0.19 |
| The Skullspore Nexus | mythic | $13.44 | 0.19 |
| The Skullspore Nexus | mythic | $11.10 | 0.05 |
| Resplendent Angel | mythic | $9.77 | 0.19 |
| Chimil, the Inner Sun | mythic | $9.29 | 0.28 |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | mythic | $8.41 | 0.05 |
| Resplendent Angel | mythic | $7.75 | 0.05 |
| Gishath, Sun's Avatar | mythic | $5.50 | 0.19 |
| Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon | rare | $5.14 | 0.34 |
| Quintorius Kand | mythic | $4.81 | 0.09 |
| Sovereign Okinec Ahau | mythic | $4.70 | 0.19 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
