Worldwake
Open one box and you'll get $408.96 of cards, on average. A box costs $1,200 right now, so that means you're $791.04 short.
Cards inside
$408.96
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$1,200
TCGplayer market · from $1,250
Difference
-$791.04
Against you
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.
$408.96 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$408.96
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$180.36
About 44% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
30%
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 30% 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.
-$791.04
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $1,200 a box you'd come up about $791.04 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$408.96
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
$5.13
Whole box
$184.68
$125.28 kept
Share
45%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$2.76
Whole box
$99.36
$7.56 kept
Share
24%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$1.49
Whole box
$53.64
$11.88 kept
Share
13%
Foil (any rarity)
The guaranteed shiny card in every pack. Usually a common, occasionally something expensive.
Per pack
$1.33
Whole box
$47.88
$34.92 kept
Share
12%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.65
Whole box
$23.40
$0.72 kept
Share
6%
The ten most valuable cards a Play Booster can produce, and roughly how often one shows up.
#1 most valuable
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$221.95
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#2 most valuable
Eye of Ugin
$105.32
You'll open one about 1 every 2 boxes
#3 most valuable
Amulet of Vigor
$68.93
You'll open one about 1 per box
Stoneforge Mystic
$66.24
Bojuka Bog
$49.82
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
$40.51
Harabaz Druid
$36.64
Admonition Angel
$33.00
Omnath, Locus of Mana
$31.48
Quest for Renewal
$30.45
45 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.
| Eye of Ugin | mythic | $59.94 | 0.47 |
| Amulet of Vigor | rare | $52.46 | 0.93 |
| Stoneforge Mystic | rare | $27.20 | 0.93 |
| Jace, the Mind Sculptor | mythic | $24.77 | 0.47 |
| Thada Adel, Acquisitor | rare | $11.59 | 0.93 |
| Joraga Warcaller | rare | $7.88 | 0.93 |
| Harabaz Druid | rare | $7.85 | 0.93 |
| Terra Eternal | rare | $7.13 | 0.93 |
| Bazaar Trader | rare | $6.43 | 0.93 |
| Omnath, Locus of Mana | mythic | $6.18 | 0.47 |
| Basilisk Collar | rare | $5.43 | 0.93 |
| Avenger of Zendikar | mythic | $4.42 | 0.47 |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | rare | $4.22 | 0.93 |
| Jwari Shapeshifter | rare | $3.77 | 0.93 |
| Comet Storm | mythic | $3.47 | 0.47 |
| Anowon, the Ruin Sage | rare | $2.62 | 0.93 |
| Abyssal Persecutor | mythic | $2.48 | 0.47 |
| Admonition Angel | mythic | $2.23 | 0.47 |
| Wrexial, the Risen Deep | mythic | $2.03 | 0.47 |
| Novablast Wurm | mythic | $2.02 | 0.47 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
