Magic · May 4, 2012

Is the Avacyn Restored booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €437.85 today (Cardmarket trend). 8 cards are worth €5 or more — €141.85 together, 0.32× the box price. The top five cards make up 52% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€437.85lowest €385.00
Full set€240.69244 priced cards · 0.55×
Cards from €5€141.858 cards · 0.32×
Top 5 cards52%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 2071–5 € 295–20 € 420–100 € 4≥ 100 € 0

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 →
#CardSetPrice today30 days
1Cavern of Souls 226/244Avacyn Restored€34.53-8%
2Avacyn, Angel of Hope 6/244Avacyn Restored€29.41+8%
3Exquisite Blood 102/244Avacyn Restored€28.31-5%
4Craterhoof Behemoth 172/244Avacyn Restored€23.14+8%
5Angel of Jubilation 2/244Avacyn Restored€8.990%
6Griselbrand 106/244Avacyn Restored€6.28+4%
7Cathars' Crusade 10/244Avacyn Restored€5.97-3%
8Temporal Mastery 81/244Avacyn Restored€5.22+7%
9Tamiyo, the Moon Sage 79/244Avacyn Restored€4.75+6%
10Primal Surge 189/244Avacyn Restored€4.36-1%
11Malignus 148/244Avacyn Restored€4.31-2%
12Gisela, Blade of Goldnight 209/244Avacyn Restored€4.06+7%
13Ulvenwald Tracker 200/244Avacyn Restored€3.91+6%
14Conjurer's Closet 214/244Avacyn Restored€3.03-2%
15Reforge the Soul 151/244Avacyn Restored€2.98-17%
16Champion of Lambholt 171/244Avacyn Restored€2.81-8%
17Druids' Repository 176/244Avacyn Restored€2.72-7%
18Ghostly Flicker 57/244Avacyn Restored€2.45-2%
19Descendants' Path 173/244Avacyn Restored€2.43-21%
20Soul of the Harvest 195/244Avacyn Restored€2.38-13%

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.