Zendikar Rising
Open one box and you'll get $133.80 of cards, on average. A box costs $188 right now, so that means you're $53.78 short.
Cards inside
$133.80
Everything in the box, at today's prices
Box costs now
$188
TCGplayer market · from $184
Difference
-$53.78
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.
$133.80 is what the cards are worth to a buyer. It is not what you would be paid for them.
Worth to a buyer
$133.80
Every card at market price
What you'd keep
$46.80
About 35% of it, sold card by card
Stuck as bulk
48%
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 48% 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.
-$53.78
per box, against you
You would do better buying the singles
At $188 a box you'd come up about $53.78 short on average. Buying the individual cards you want will usually cost less.
Break-even price
$133.80
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
$1.18
Whole box
$35.40
$18.30 kept
Share
26%
The List
A reprint pulled from a rotating list of older cards. It replaces a common in a small share of packs.
Per pack
$0.97
Whole box
$29.10
$19.50 kept
Share
22%
Commons
The bulk of the pack. Individually worth very little.
Per pack
$0.58
Whole box
$17.40
$0.30 kept
Share
13%
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
$0.55
Whole box
$16.50
$4.80 kept
Share
12%
Foil incl. showcase
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.40
Whole box
$12.00
$3.30 kept
Share
9%
Uncommons
Three per pack. Occasionally one is worth real money.
Per pack
$0.28
Whole box
$8.40
$0.30 kept
Share
6%
Basic land
The basic land. Worth essentially nothing unless it is a full-art foil.
Per pack
$0.26
Whole box
$7.80
$0.00 kept
Share
6%
Common uncommon showcase
A special treatment — alternate frames and art that appear at a lower rate.
Per pack
$0.17
Whole box
$5.10
$0.00 kept
Share
4%
Foil basic land
A foil version of this slot.
Per pack
$0.06
Whole box
$1.80
$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
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
$42.10
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#2 most valuable
Enlightened Tutor
$37.22
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
#3 most valuable
Akroma's Memorial
$35.49
You'll open one about 1 every 33 boxes
Cruel Tutor
$35.44
Food Chain
$33.02
Mycosynth Golem
$32.75
Phyrexian Tower
$27.96
Land Tax
$27.88
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$26.10
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
$25.76
244 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.
| Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | rare | $42.10 | 0.03 |
| Akroma's Memorial | rare | $35.49 | 0.03 |
| Cruel Tutor | rare | $35.44 | 0.03 |
| Food Chain | rare | $33.02 | 0.03 |
| Mycosynth Golem | rare | $32.75 | 0.03 |
| Phyrexian Tower | rare | $27.96 | 0.03 |
| Land Tax | mythic | $27.88 | 0.03 |
| Emrakul, the Aeons Torn | mythic | $26.10 | 0.03 |
| Oloro, Ageless Ascetic | mythic | $25.76 | 0.03 |
| Parallax Wave | rare | $25.37 | 0.03 |
| Pact of Negation | rare | $24.71 | 0.03 |
| Scroll Rack | rare | $24.44 | 0.03 |
| Thrumming Stone | rare | $21.13 | 0.03 |
| Emeria, the Sky Ruin | rare | $17.89 | 0.03 |
| Inventors' Fair | rare | $17.08 | 0.03 |
| Ashaya, Soul of the Wild | mythic | $16.21 | 0.28 |
| Primal Vigor | rare | $14.70 | 0.03 |
| Wrenn and Six | mythic | $14.10 | 0.03 |
| Khalni Hydra | mythic | $13.86 | 0.03 |
| Krark's Thumb | rare | $13.57 | 0.03 |
Sets released around the same time, so you can see how this one stacks up.
