Is the HeartGold SoulSilver booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €4,329.40 today (Cardmarket trend). 28 cards are worth €5 or more — €688.14 together, 0.16× the box price. The top five cards make up 39% 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 |  Gyarados 123/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €137.55 | +49% |
| 2 |  Pokémon Communication 98/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €90.17 | +2% |
| 3 |  Gyarados 4/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €74.81 | +118% |
| 4 |  Lugia LEGEND 113/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €72.00 | +5% |
| 5 |  Lugia LEGEND 114/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €72.00 | +5% |
| 6 |  Pokémon Collector 97/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €54.82 | +34% |
| 7 |  Alph Lithograph ONE | HeartGold SoulSilver | €54.81 | +14% |
| 8 |  Ho-Oh LEGEND 111/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €48.56 | +2% |
| 9 |  Ho-Oh LEGEND 112/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €48.56 | +2% |
| 10 |  Darkness Energy 121/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €29.97 | +13% |
| 11 |  Psychic Energy 119/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €27.30 | +22% |
| 12 |  Copycat 90/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €20.19 | +305% |
| 13 |  Donphan 107/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €17.82 | 0% |
| 14 |  Raichu 10/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €17.58 | +25% |
| 15 |  Azumarill 2/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €13.69 | +77% |
| 16 |  Grass Energy 115/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €13.32 | +9% |
| 17 |  Ninetales 7/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €12.84 | +13% |
| 18 |  Water Energy 117/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €12.72 | -4% |
| 19 |  Fire Energy 116/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €12.46 | -5% |
| 20 |  Feraligatr 20/123 | HeartGold SoulSilver | €10.53 | +56% |
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.