Is the Return of the Dragon Emperor booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €50.73 today (Cardmarket trend). 2 cards are worth €5 or more — €41.47 together, 0.82× the box price. The top five cards make up 84% 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 |  Gill Lapis, Conqueror of Attoractia // Gill Lapis, Rebel of Darkest Fires | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €29.42 | +229% |
| 2 |  Kaguya, Tears of the Moon // Kaguya, Millennium Princess | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €12.05 | +40% |
| 3 |  Pricia, True Beastmaster // Reincarnated Maiden of Flame, Pricia | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €3.76 | -46% |
| 4 |  Millium, Successor of the Dragon Crest // Millium, the Sacred Dragon | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €2.62 | -61% |
| 5 |  Memoria of Reincarnation | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €1.72 | -40% |
| 6 |  Magic Stone of the Ebon Home | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.91 | -29% |
| 7 |  Stone of the Dragonoids | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.77 | -8% |
| 8 |  Valentina, the Twilight Passion | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.51 | +38% |
| 9 |  Ancient Magic Stone | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.47 | -53% |
| 10 |  Kaguya's Stone of Sorrow | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.42 | -76% |
| 11 |  Schrödinger, the Cat in Flux | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.30 | -6% |
| 12 |  Viola, Obsidian Dragon Princess | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.28 | +17% |
| 13 |  Black Heart Alice | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.25 | -24% |
| 14 |  Ryula, Alabaster Dragon Princess | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.22 | -49% |
| 15 |  Mariabella, the Machine Hearted | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.22 | -21% |
| 16 |  Water Kimono of Twelve Parts RDE-024 | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.21 | +62% |
| 17 |  Spinning Myths | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.21 | +75% |
| 18 |  Eia, God of Water | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.16 | -11% |
| 19 |  Almerius, Summoner of Spirits | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.16 | +7% |
| 20 |  Mystia, Manager of the Treasury | Return of the Dragon Emperor | €0.15 | +25% |
Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Oct 30, 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.