Theros Beyond Death
Open one box and you'll get $245.88 of cards, on average. A box costs $179 right now, so that means you're +$66.60 ahead.
Cards inside
$245.88
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$179
TCGplayer market · from $173
Difference
+$66.60
In your favour
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.
$245.88 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$245.88
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$79.56
About 32% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
44%
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 44% 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.
+$66.60
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $179 a box you'd come out about $66.60 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$245.88
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
$2.86
Whole box
$102.96
$69.84 kept
Share
42%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$1.53
Whole box
$55.08
$3.24 kept
Share
22%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.47
Whole box
$52.92
$1.44 kept
Share
22%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.69
Whole box
$24.84
$0.36 kept
Share
10%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$0.29
Whole box
$10.44
$5.04 kept
Share
4%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Shadowspear
$43.62
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
$39.14
You'll open one about 1 every 10 boxes
#3 most valuable
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
$33.58
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
$29.93
Nyxbloom Ancient
$29.49
Thassa's Oracle
$26.14
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
$24.63
Idyllic Tutor
$14.02
Underworld Breach
$13.18
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
$10.99
77 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.
| Shadowspear | rare | $34.36 | 0.62 |
| Nyxbloom Ancient | mythic | $27.94 | 0.31 |
| Thassa, Deep-Dwelling | mythic | $26.28 | 0.21 |
| Thassa, Deep-Dwelling | mythic | $26.23 | 0.10 |
| Heliod, Sun-Crowned | mythic | $22.33 | 0.21 |
| Heliod, Sun-Crowned | mythic | $21.73 | 0.10 |
| Thassa's Oracle | rare | $21.30 | 0.62 |
| Idyllic Tutor | rare | $14.02 | 0.62 |
| Underworld Breach | rare | $10.91 | 0.62 |
| Dryad of the Ilysian Grove | rare | $9.59 | 0.62 |
| Kiora Bests the Sea God | mythic | $7.40 | 0.31 |
| Nylea, Keen-Eyed | mythic | $6.02 | 0.21 |
| Nyx Lotus | rare | $5.15 | 0.62 |
| Nylea, Keen-Eyed | mythic | $5.00 | 0.10 |
| Ashiok, Nightmare Muse | mythic | $4.06 | 0.21 |
| Setessan Champion | rare | $3.81 | 0.62 |
| Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded | mythic | $3.80 | 0.10 |
| Ashiok, Nightmare Muse | mythic | $3.60 | 0.10 |
| Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded | mythic | $3.57 | 0.21 |
| Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath | mythic | $3.13 | 0.31 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
