Is the Dark Explorers booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €3,999.95 today (Cardmarket trend). 7 cards are worth €5 or more — €454.93 together, 0.11× the box price. The top five cards make up 79% 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 |  Gardevoir 109/108 | Dark Explorers | €243.28 | +45% |
| 2 |  Archeops 110/108 | Dark Explorers | €150.95 | +71% |
| 3 |  Pokémon Catcher 111/108 | Dark Explorers | €35.53 | -2% |
| 4 |  Umbreon 60/108 | Dark Explorers | €8.71 | -30% |
| 5 |  Umbreon 61/108 | Dark Explorers | €8.71 | -30% |
| 6 |  Venusaur 3/108 | Dark Explorers | €8.41 | +6% |
| 7 |  Jolteon 37/108 | Dark Explorers | €6.65 | +8% |
| 8 |  Vaporeon 25/108 | Dark Explorers | €5.06 | -15% |
| 9 |  Leafeon 6/108 | Dark Explorers | €5.05 | -11% |
| 10 |  Espeon 48/108 | Dark Explorers | €4.86 | -19% |
| 11 |  Glaceon 30/108 | Dark Explorers | €4.79 | +22% |
| 12 |  Blaziken 17/108 | Dark Explorers | €4.52 | +12% |
| 13 |  Eevee 83/108 | Dark Explorers | €4.15 | +43% |
| 14 |  Eevee 84/108 | Dark Explorers | €4.15 | +43% |
| 15 |  N 96/108 | Dark Explorers | €3.84 | +21% |
| 16 |  Aerodactyl 53/108 | Dark Explorers | €3.82 | +22% |
| 17 |  Flareon 12/108 | Dark Explorers | €3.62 | -20% |
| 18 |  Plusle 39/108 | Dark Explorers | €3.33 | +6% |
| 19 |  Ivysaur 2/108 | Dark Explorers | €2.99 | -20% |
| 20 |  Zoroark 71/108 | Dark Explorers | €2.64 | +35% |
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.