Is the Forbidden Light booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €2,137.50 today (Cardmarket trend). 40 cards are worth €5 or more — €997.63 together, 0.47× the box price. The top five cards make up 38% 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 |  Greninja GX 133/131 | Forbidden Light | €159.87 | +56% |
| 2 |  Yveltal GX 137/131 | Forbidden Light | €80.11 | +95% |
| 3 |  Dialga GX 138/131 | Forbidden Light | €74.88 | +17% |
| 4 |  Lucario GX 135/131 | Forbidden Light | €54.77 | +13% |
| 5 |  Dialga GX 125/131 | Forbidden Light | €40.45 | +28% |
| 6 |  Palkia GX 132/131 | Forbidden Light | €39.55 | +1% |
| 7 |  Arceus ◇ 96/131 | Forbidden Light | €35.91 | +50% |
| 8 |  Yveltal GX 124/131 | Forbidden Light | €35.01 | +61% |
| 9 |  Lucario GX 122/131 | Forbidden Light | €33.81 | -18% |
| 10 |  Xerneas GX 139/131 | Forbidden Light | €31.22 | +7% |
| 11 |  Diantha 130/131 | Forbidden Light | €26.21 | +0% |
| 12 |  Greninja GX 120/131 | Forbidden Light | €25.54 | -26% |
| 13 |  Energy Recycler 143/131 | Forbidden Light | €25.47 | +4% |
| 14 |  Ultra Necrozma GX 127/131 | Forbidden Light | €24.68 | +30% |
| 15 |  Ultra Necrozma GX 140/131 | Forbidden Light | €24.44 | +5% |
| 16 |  Xerneas GX 126/131 | Forbidden Light | €19.54 | +20% |
| 17 |  Bonnie 103/131 | Forbidden Light | €17.49 | +11% |
| 18 |  Bonnie 128/131 | Forbidden Light | €17.49 | +11% |
| 19 |  Palkia GX 119/131 | Forbidden Light | €16.95 | -16% |
| 20 |  Zygarde GX 136/131 | Forbidden Light | €16.75 | -40% |
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.