Is the Time Stranger booster box worth it?
A lottery — value in a few cards
The booster box costs €55.43 today (Cardmarket trend). 24 cards are worth €5 or more — €1,350.26 together, 24.36× the box price. The top five cards make up 63% 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 | Time Stranger | €267.41 | +86% | |
| 2 | Time Stranger | €225.01 | +6% | |
| 3 | Time Stranger | €177.69 | -7% | |
| 4 | Time Stranger | €118.68 | -7% | |
| 5 | Time Stranger | €91.01 | +12% | |
| 6 | Time Stranger | €71.33 | -5% | |
| 7 | Time Stranger | €41.16 | -15% | |
| 8 | Time Stranger | €39.69 | -10% | |
| 9 | Time Stranger | €35.09 | +16% | |
| 10 | Time Stranger | €34.41 | +16% | |
| 11 | Time Stranger | €30.70 | -37% | |
| 12 | Time Stranger | €30.17 | -13% | |
| 13 | Time Stranger | €29.40 | -22% | |
| 14 | Time Stranger | €25.35 | -9% | |
| 15 | Time Stranger | €20.79 | +9% | |
| 16 | Time Stranger | €20.11 | +17% | |
| 17 | Time Stranger | €19.13 | +9% | |
| 18 | Time Stranger | €16.51 | -29% | |
| 19 | Time Stranger | €12.34 | -36% | |
| 20 | Time Stranger | €12.00 | +4% |
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.

