Theros Beyond Death
Open one box and you'll get $240.12 of cards, on average. A box costs $182 right now, so that means you're +$57.70 ahead.
Cards inside
$240.12
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$182
TCGplayer market · from $175
Difference
+$57.70
In your favour
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 17, 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.
$240.12 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$240.12
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$75.60
About 31% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
52%
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 52% 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.
+$57.70
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $182 a box you'd come out about $57.70 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$240.12
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
$2.75
Whole box
$99.00
$67.32 kept
Share
41%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.51
Whole box
$54.36
$1.44 kept
Share
23%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$1.38
Whole box
$49.68
$1.80 kept
Share
21%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.74
Whole box
$26.64
$0.36 kept
Share
11%
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 Draft Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Shadowspear
$42.33
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
$34.20
You'll open one about 1 every 10 boxes
#3 most valuable
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
$33.68
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
Nyxbloom Ancient
$30.31
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
$29.54
Thassa's Oracle
$24.59
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
$23.95
Idyllic Tutor
$14.05
Underworld Breach
$12.12
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
$10.87
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 | $31.29 | 0.62 |
| Nyxbloom Ancient | mythic | $27.86 | 0.31 |
| Thassa, Deep-Dwelling | mythic | $27.81 | 0.21 |
| Thassa, Deep-Dwelling | mythic | $23.21 | 0.10 |
| Thassa's Oracle | rare | $22.33 | 0.62 |
| Heliod, Sun-Crowned | mythic | $20.53 | 0.21 |
| Heliod, Sun-Crowned | mythic | $19.32 | 0.10 |
| Idyllic Tutor | rare | $12.21 | 0.62 |
| Underworld Breach | rare | $11.17 | 0.62 |
| Dryad of the Ilysian Grove | rare | $9.40 | 0.62 |
| Kiora Bests the Sea God | mythic | $8.34 | 0.31 |
| Nylea, Keen-Eyed | mythic | $5.94 | 0.21 |
| Nylea, Keen-Eyed | mythic | $4.63 | 0.10 |
| Nyx Lotus | rare | $4.32 | 0.62 |
| Ashiok, Nightmare Muse | mythic | $4.10 | 0.21 |
| Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded | mythic | $3.93 | 0.21 |
| Setessan Champion | rare | $3.54 | 0.62 |
| Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded | mythic | $3.43 | 0.10 |
| Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger | mythic | $3.33 | 0.31 |
| Ashiok, Nightmare Muse | mythic | $3.32 | 0.10 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
