Is the Commander 2016 booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €908.20 today (Cardmarket trend). 22 cards are worth €5 or more — €240.47 together, 0.26× the box price. The top five cards make up 20% 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 |  Tymna the Weaver 48 | Commander 2016 | €28.93 | +4% |
| 2 |  Burgeoning 143 | Commander 2016 | €22.92 | -8% |
| 3 |  Thrasios, Triton Hero 46 | Commander 2016 | €22.66 | +9% |
| 4 |  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 28 | Commander 2016 | €18.43 | +0% |
| 5 |  Benefactor's Draught 21 | Commander 2016 | €13.87 | -1% |
| 6 |  Homeward Path 301 | Commander 2016 | €11.26 | +8% |
| 7 |  Oath of Druids 159 | Commander 2016 | €11.06 | +9% |
| 8 |  Swan Song 98 | Commander 2016 | €10.89 | -1% |
| 9 |  Reyhan, Last of the Abzan 40 | Commander 2016 | €10.87 | +5% |
| 10 |  Iroas, God of Victory 205 | Commander 2016 | €10.37 | -4% |
| 11 |  Chain of Vapor 84 | Commander 2016 | €9.80 | +1% |
| 12 |  Lurking Predators 156 | Commander 2016 | €8.37 | -14% |
| 13 |  Baleful Strix 181 | Commander 2016 | €8.00 | +12% |
| 14 |  Breath of Fury 121 | Commander 2016 | €6.69 | -10% |
| 15 |  Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis 36 | Commander 2016 | €6.41 | +3% |
| 16 |  Ravos, Soultender 39 | Commander 2016 | €5.99 | 0% |
| 17 |  Waste Not 117 | Commander 2016 | €5.88 | -4% |
| 18 |  Forbidden Orchard 296 | Commander 2016 | €5.87 | -5% |
| 19 |  Saskia the Unyielding 41 | Commander 2016 | €5.65 | +10% |
| 20 |  Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder 50 | Commander 2016 | €5.56 | +12% |
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.