The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Open one box and you'll get $215.70 of cards, on average. A box costs $404 right now, so that means you're $187.90 short.
Cards inside
$215.70
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$404
TCGplayer market · from $440
Difference
-$187.90
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.
$215.70 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$215.70
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$94.80
About 44% 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.
-$187.90
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $404 a box you'd come up about $187.90 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$215.70
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
$48.30 kept
Share
36%
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
$1.16
Whole box
$34.80
$16.50 kept
Share
16%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.91
Whole box
$27.30
$4.80 kept
Share
13%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.74
Whole box
$22.20
$14.40 kept
Share
10%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.71
Whole box
$21.30
$9.30 kept
Share
10%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.55
Whole box
$16.50
$0.30 kept
Share
8%
Cave fullart land
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$0.30
Whole box
$9.00
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
Showcase dfc common uncommon
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.16
Whole box
$4.80
$0.90 kept
Share
2%
Foil cave fullart land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.10
Whole box
$3.00
$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
Mana Crypt
$78.23
You'll open one about 1 every 25 boxes
#2 most valuable
Underworld Breach
$74.21
You'll open one about 1 every 25 boxes
#3 most valuable
Cavern of Souls
$63.86
You'll open one about 1 every 100 boxes
Hunting Velociraptor
$53.96
Cavern of Souls
$52.36
Roaming Throne
$52.12
Roaming Throne
$51.86
Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
$48.11
Esper Sentinel
$46.04
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
$40.42
239 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 | 0.01 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $51.12 | 0.48 |
| Hunting Velociraptor | rare | $50.84 | 0.05 |
| Cavern of Souls | mythic | $49.95 | 0.24 |
| Roaming Throne | rare | $46.30 | 0.04 |
| Esper Sentinel | rare | $46.04 | 0.04 |
| Mana Crypt | mythic | $45.94 | 0.04 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $35.58 | 0.24 |
| Ravenous Tyrannosaurus | rare | $35.49 | 0.05 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $33.36 | 0.01 |
| Bloodletter of Aclazotz | mythic | $32.16 | 0.01 |
| Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant | mythic | $29.25 | 0.24 |
| Underworld Breach | rare | $28.83 | 0.04 |
| Thrasios, Triton Hero | rare | $22.63 | 0.04 |
| The Meathook Massacre | mythic | $21.32 | 0.04 |
| Dockside Extortionist | mythic | $21.19 | 0.04 |
| Savage Order | rare | $17.90 | 0.05 |
| Polyraptor | mythic | $17.29 | 0.04 |
| Ghalta, Primal Hunger | rare | $16.27 | 0.04 |
| The Reaver Cleaver | rare | $15.92 | 0.04 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
