Is the Base Set 2 booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €10,826.39 today (Cardmarket trend). 27 cards are worth €5 or more — €1,356.63 together, 0.13× the box price. The top five cards make up 56% of the whole set’s value.
How cards are priced
Most cards in any set are commons worth cents. Whether a box pays off depends on hitting one of the few top cards.
Most valuable cards in the set
Full set →| # | Card | Set | Price today | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Charizard 4/130 | Base Set 2 | €422.13 | +19% |
| 2 |  Ninetales 13/130 | Base Set 2 | €138.09 | +68% |
| 3 |  Blastoise 2/130 | Base Set 2 | €124.66 | +8% |
| 4 |  Venusaur 18/130 | Base Set 2 | €94.80 | +64% |
| 5 |  Alakazam 1/130 | Base Set 2 | €64.22 | +24% |
| 6 |  Raichu 16/130 | Base Set 2 | €45.48 | +109% |
| 7 |  Zapdos 20/130 | Base Set 2 | €42.25 | +36% |
| 8 |  Mewtwo 10/130 | Base Set 2 | €38.75 | -9% |
| 9 |  Scyther 17/130 | Base Set 2 | €36.08 | -7% |
| 10 |  Nidoqueen 12/130 | Base Set 2 | €35.91 | +13% |
| 11 |  Hitmonchan 8/130 | Base Set 2 | €35.20 | +81% |
| 12 |  Gyarados 7/130 | Base Set 2 | €32.47 | +4% |
| 13 |  Nidoking 11/130 | Base Set 2 | €27.90 | +14% |
| 14 |  Pidgeot 14/130 | Base Set 2 | €27.47 | 0% |
| 15 |  Chansey 3/130 | Base Set 2 | €23.67 | +28% |
| 16 |  Snorlax 30/130 | Base Set 2 | €22.98 | +36% |
| 17 |  Clefable 5/130 | Base Set 2 | €21.06 | +8% |
| 18 |  Squirtle 93/130 | Base Set 2 | €20.17 | +371% |
| 19 |  Wigglytuff 19/130 | Base Set 2 | €18.16 | +46% |
| 20 |  Magneton 9/130 | Base Set 2 | €15.15 | -12% |
Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Oct 29, 2026.
How to read these numbers
The full-set value is what all cards would cost as singles. One box won’t complete the set and the rarest cards are rare, so we focus on cards from €5. If they are worth many times the box price, the set is rich in valuable cards; if value is concentrated in a few cards (high top-5 share), opening is a lottery.
If you want a specific card, buying it as a single is almost always cheaper. A box makes sense if you enjoy opening, play limited/draft or collect sealed product.