The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Open one box and you'll get $229.20 of cards, on average. A box costs $445 right now, so that means you're $215.37 short.
Cards inside
$229.20
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$445
TCGplayer market · from $439
Difference
-$215.37
Against you
Packs in the box
30
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.
$229.20 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$229.20
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$105.90
About 46% 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.
-$215.37
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $445 a box you'd come up about $215.37 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$229.20
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 or mythic
The one guaranteed rare or mythic in every pack. This is where most of a box’s value sits.
Per pack
$2.56
Whole box
$76.80
$49.50 kept
Share
34%
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
$1.48
Whole box
$44.40
$24.00 kept
Share
19%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.90
Whole box
$27.00
$4.20 kept
Share
12%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.88
Whole box
$26.40
$17.40 kept
Share
12%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.74
Whole box
$22.20
$9.90 kept
Share
10%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.58
Whole box
$17.40
$0.30 kept
Share
8%
Cave fullart land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.26
Whole box
$7.80
$0.00 kept
Share
3%
Everything else
2 smaller slots — alternate-art pairs, bonus sheets and the like, each under 2% of the box.
Per pack
$0.24
Whole box
$7.20
$0.30 kept
Share
3%
The ten most valuable cards a Set Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Hunting Velociraptor
$80.58
You'll open one about 1 every 20 boxes
#2 most valuable
Mana Crypt
$75.98
You'll open one about 1 every 25 boxes
#3 most valuable
Underworld Breach
$74.23
You'll open one about 1 every 25 boxes
Esper Sentinel
$66.98
Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
$66.47
Cavern of Souls
$64.65
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
$58.45
Roaming Throne
$53.86
Cavern of Souls
$52.92
Roaming Throne
$50.05
240 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.
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $66.98 | 0.04 |
| Hunting Velociraptor | rare | $65.12 | 0.05 |
| Mana Crypt | mythic | $50.96 | 0.04 |
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $50.45 | 0.24 |
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $50.18 | 0.01 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $49.89 | 0.48 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $47.67 | 0.04 |
| Ravenous Tyrannosaurus | rare | $38.93 | 0.05 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $37.74 | 0.01 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $36.05 | 0.24 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $35.77 | 0.01 |
| Savage Order | rare | $33.53 | 0.05 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $30.69 | 0.24 |
| Underworld Breach | rare | $27.85 | 0.04 |
| Spitting Dilophosaurus | rare | $26.09 | 0.05 |
| The Reaver Cleaver | rare | $25.54 | 0.04 |
| The Meathook Massacre | mythic | $25.13 | 0.04 |
| Thrasios, Triton Hero | rare | $24.76 | 0.04 |
| Charismatic Conqueror | rare | $24.33 | 0.05 |
| Indominus Rex, Alpha | rare | $24.30 | 0.05 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
