Is the Awakening of the Ancients booster box worth it?
A lottery — value in a few cards
The booster box costs €19.24 today (Cardmarket trend). 3 cards are worth €5 or more — €84.82 together, 4.41× the box price. The top five cards make up 86% 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 |  Freya, Royal Palace Contraption Mage | Awakening of the Ancients | €43.96 | -5% |
| 2 |  Ares, Knight God Emperor of the Burial Grounds | Awakening of the Ancients | €23.32 | -5% |
| 3 |  Diabolos, Sealed God of Madness | Awakening of the Ancients | €17.54 | -37% |
| 4 |  Lailah, Maiden of the Swamps | Awakening of the Ancients | €2.61 | -32% |
| 5 |  Sacrificial Altar | Awakening of the Ancients | €1.88 | +25% |
| 6 |  Loki's Insight | Awakening of the Ancients | €1.41 | -3% |
| 7 |  Sapling of the Treasure Tree | Awakening of the Ancients | €1.10 | +17% |
| 8 |  Nyarlathotep, the Return of Chaos | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.86 | +59% |
| 9 |  The Return of God | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.70 | +133% |
| 10 |  Ares, Knight God Emperor of the Burial Grounds | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.64 | +42% |
| 11 |  Kara, Valkyrie of the Red Lance | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.57 | +97% |
| 12 |  Garmheld, Half of God | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.52 | +11% |
| 13 |  Freya, Royal Palace Contraption Mage | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.43 | -16% |
| 14 |  Oborozuki, Caller of Gods | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.42 | -47% |
| 15 |  Diabolos, Sealed God of Madness | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.37 | +3% |
| 16 |  Flame Dragon Summoning | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.35 | +40% |
| 17 |  Seimei, the Shikigami User | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.30 | -14% |
| 18 |  Shu, Ruler of Air | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.30 | -12% |
| 19 |  Ushuah, the Swordsman of Eternal Flame | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.30 | -47% |
| 20 |  Algernon, Mouse of Intellect | Awakening of the Ancients | €0.27 | -39% |
Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Oct 30, 2026.
Box price history
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.