Is the Emerald booster box worth it?
Many valuable cards
The booster box costs €0.02 today (Cardmarket trend). 28 cards are worth €5 or more — €2,023.42 together, 101171.00× the box price. The top five cards make up 53% 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 |  Milotic ex 96/106 | Emerald | €356.94 | +44% |
| 2 |  Medicham ex 95/106 | Emerald | €279.74 | +104% |
| 3 |  Deoxys ex 93/106 | Emerald | €211.94 | +42% |
| 4 |  Registeel ex 100/106 | Emerald | €134.90 | +55% |
| 5 |  Regirock ex 99/106 | Emerald | €131.61 | +63% |
| 6 |  Regice ex 98/106 | Emerald | €126.63 | +39% |
| 7 |  Deoxys 2/106 | Emerald | €114.85 | +69% |
| 8 |  Altaria ex 90/106 | Emerald | €110.42 | +32% |
| 9 |  Cacturne ex 91/106 | Emerald | €82.07 | +55% |
| 10 |  Raichu ex 97/106 | Emerald | €72.59 | -14% |
| 11 |  Blaziken 1/106 | Emerald | €57.54 | +42% |
| 12 |  Dusclops ex 94/106 | Emerald | €55.75 | +42% |
| 13 |  Kyogre 6/106 | Emerald | €52.95 | +63% |
| 14 |  Camerupt ex 92/106 | Emerald | €47.81 | +7% |
| 15 |  Groudon 5/106 | Emerald | €37.81 | +33% |
| 16 |  Gardevoir 4/106 | Emerald | €19.67 | +14% |
| 17 |  Ninetales 38/106 | Emerald | €18.80 | +65% |
| 18 |  Milotic 8/106 | Emerald | €17.44 | +27% |
| 19 |  Farfetch'd 107/106 | Emerald | €16.81 | -31% |
| 20 |  Torchic 69/106 | Emerald | €15.72 | +31% |
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.