Is the Diamond & Pearl booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €746.80 today (Cardmarket trend). 18 cards are worth €5 or more — €383.17 together, 0.51× the box price. The top five cards make up 47% 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 |  Infernape 121/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €85.78 | +55% |
| 2 |  Empoleon 120/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €68.00 | +11% |
| 3 |  Gengar 27/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €59.96 | -1% |
| 4 |  Torterra 122/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €36.57 | +7% |
| 5 |  Snorlax 37/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €22.45 | +25% |
| 6 |  Lucario 6/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €14.63 | +3% |
| 7 |  Bonsly 71/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €12.53 | +3% |
| 8 |  Chimchar 76/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €10.56 | +38% |
| 9 |  Palkia 11/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €10.15 | +58% |
| 10 |  Dialga 1/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €9.45 | +5% |
| 11 |  Turtwig 103/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €8.95 | +2,195% |
| 12 |  Azurill 69/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €7.63 | +34% |
| 13 |  Haunter 50/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €7.20 | +30% |
| 14 |  Infernape 5/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €6.34 | +27% |
| 15 |  Dusknoir 2/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €6.18 | +4% |
| 16 |  Luxray 7/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €6.14 | +21% |
| 17 |  Magnezone 8/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €5.54 | +31% |
| 18 |  Manaphy 9/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €5.11 | +17% |
| 19 |  Munchlax 33/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €4.65 | -8% |
| 20 |  Torterra 17/130 | Diamond & Pearl | €4.58 | +46% |
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.