Wilds of Eldraine
Open one box and you'll get $370.08 of cards, on average. A box costs $317 right now, so that means you're +$52.88 ahead.
Cards inside
$370.08
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$317
TCGplayer market · from $308
Difference
+$52.88
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.
$370.08 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$370.08
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$183.24
About 50% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
31%
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 31% 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.
+$52.88
per box, in your favour
The cards are worth more than the box
At $317 a box you'd come out about $52.88 ahead on average. Over many boxes that edge is real — but any single box can still be a dud.
Break-even price
$370.08
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.
Enchanting tales
One of the card positions in every pack of this product.
Per pack
$5.79
Whole box
$208.44
$148.32 kept
Share
56%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$1.78
Whole box
$64.08
$2.16 kept
Share
17%
Rare mythic with showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$1.17
Whole box
$42.12
$21.24 kept
Share
11%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.72
Whole box
$25.92
$1.44 kept
Share
7%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.44
Whole box
$15.84
$9.72 kept
Share
4%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.37
Whole box
$13.32
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Smothering Tithe
$421.34
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#2 most valuable
Rhystic Study
$406.09
You'll open one about 1 every 17 boxes
#3 most valuable
Rhystic Study
$148.30
You'll open one about 1 every 5 boxes
Necropotence
$130.44
Omniscience
$81.80
Greater Auramancy
$76.71
Parallel Lives
$74.33
Defense of the Heart
$74.05
Smothering Tithe
$71.77
Necropotence
$64.35
135 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.
| Smothering Tithe | mythic | $198.22 | 0.06 |
| Rhystic Study | mythic | $159.94 | 0.06 |
| Rhystic Study | mythic | $81.96 | 0.19 |
| Smothering Tithe | mythic | $60.09 | 0.19 |
| Necropotence | mythic | $46.98 | 0.06 |
| Parallel Lives | mythic | $45.96 | 0.06 |
| Doubling Season | mythic | $42.04 | 0.06 |
| Parallel Lives | mythic | $40.94 | 0.19 |
| Necropotence | mythic | $39.62 | 0.19 |
| Agatha's Soul Cauldron | mythic | $37.65 | 0.27 |
| Doubling Season | mythic | $37.54 | 0.19 |
| Greater Auramancy | mythic | $36.68 | 0.06 |
| Grave Pact | mythic | $36.50 | 0.06 |
| Grave Pact | mythic | $33.60 | 0.19 |
| Omniscience | mythic | $32.94 | 0.06 |
| Bitterblossom | mythic | $32.23 | 0.19 |
| Bitterblossom | mythic | $30.78 | 0.06 |
| Defense of the Heart | mythic | $29.21 | 0.06 |
| Aggravated Assault | rare | $26.11 | 0.13 |
| Aggravated Assault | rare | $24.98 | 0.38 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
