Pokémon · Nov 24, 2003

Is the Dragon booster box worth it?

Many valuable cards

The booster box costs €85.00 today (Cardmarket trend). 30 cards are worth €5 or more — €3,131.84 together, 36.85× the box price. The top five cards make up 52% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€85.00lowest —
Full set€3,205.92100 priced cards · 37.72×
Cards from €5€3,131.8430 cards · 36.85×
Top 5 cards52%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 421–5 € 285–20 € 820–100 € 12≥ 100 € 10

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 →
#CardSetPrice today30 days
1Charizard 100/097Dragon€459.71+0%
2Rayquaza ex 97/97Dragon€443.40+27%
3Charmander 98/97Dragon€268.53+96%
4Dragonite ex 90/97Dragon€251.64-22%
5Charmeleon 99/97Dragon€238.83+13%
6Absol 1/97Dragon€181.40+38%
7Kingdra ex 92/97Dragon€172.69+58%
8Latios ex 94/97Dragon€139.83-49%
9Ampharos ex 89/97Dragon€106.83-18%
10Salamence 19/97Dragon€105.72+32%
11Golem ex 91/97Dragon€98.76+23%
12Magcargo ex 95/97Dragon€85.21+50%
13Salamence 10/97Dragon€84.26+75%
14Latias ex 93/97Dragon€70.34-64%
15Flygon 15/97Dragon€60.44+55%
16Golem 5/97Dragon€56.52+110%
17Minun 7/97Dragon€46.56+36%
18Muk ex 96/97Dragon€46.29+31%
19Altaria 2/97Dragon€40.88+57%
20Plusle 8/97Dragon€33.20+2%

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.