Is the Commander 2018 booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €149.43 today (Cardmarket trend). 5 cards are worth €5 or more — €57.66 together, 0.39× the box price. The top five cards make up 28% 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 |  Aminatou, the Fateshifter 37 | Commander 2018 | €16.71 | +67% |
| 2 |  Unwinding Clock 228 | Commander 2018 | €16.27 | +2% |
| 3 |  Lord Windgrace 43 | Commander 2018 | €11.83 | 0% |
| 4 |  Bear Umbra 131 | Commander 2018 | €6.87 | -1% |
| 5 |  Nylea's Colossus 33 | Commander 2018 | €5.98 | -7% |
| 6 |  Fury Storm 22 | Commander 2018 | €4.60 | +5% |
| 7 |  Tuvasa the Sunlit 47 | Commander 2018 | €3.45 | -12% |
| 8 |  Sower of Discord 19 | Commander 2018 | €3.30 | +17% |
| 9 |  Myth Unbound 32 | Commander 2018 | €3.21 | -5% |
| 10 |  Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 52 | Commander 2018 | €3.15 | +6% |
| 11 |  Ponder 96 | Commander 2018 | €3.05 | +3% |
| 12 |  Retrofitter Foundry 57 | Commander 2018 | €3.03 | +56% |
| 13 |  Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor 28 | Commander 2018 | €2.84 | -15% |
| 14 |  Great Furnace 250 | Commander 2018 | €2.64 | +3% |
| 15 |  Herald of the Pantheon 151 | Commander 2018 | €2.60 | -6% |
| 16 |  Silent-Blade Oni 191 | Commander 2018 | €2.37 | +10% |
| 17 |  Xantcha, Sleeper Agent 50 | Commander 2018 | €2.05 | -3% |
| 18 |  Eidolon of Blossoms 140 | Commander 2018 | €1.98 | -19% |
| 19 |  Khalni Garden 262 | Commander 2018 | €1.95 | -14% |
| 20 |  Treasure Nabber 27 | Commander 2018 | €1.92 | -5% |
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.