Magic · Apr 23, 2021

Is the Commander 2021 booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €256.37 today (Cardmarket trend). 34 cards are worth €5 or more — €364.15 together, 1.42× the box price. The top five cards make up 13% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€256.37lowest €249.99
Full set€690.22409 priced cards · 2.69×
Cards from €5€364.1534 cards · 1.42×
Top 5 cards13%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 2781–5 € 975–20 € 3420–100 € 0≥ 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
1Spawning Kraken 360/081Commander 2021€18.75+4%
2Gyome, Master Chef 332/081Commander 2021€18.22-25%
3Veyran, Voice of Duality 330/081Commander 2021€17.48+5%
4Spawning Kraken 33/81Commander 2021€16.91+5%
5Thousand-Year Elixir 271/081Commander 2021€16.86+10%
6Witch's Clinic 407/081Commander 2021€15.23+5%
7Inkshield 398/081Commander 2021€14.84-15%
8Stinging Study 371/081Commander 2021€14.78-1%
9Stinging Study 44/81Commander 2021€14.110%
10Breena, the Demagogue 328/081Commander 2021€13.57-7%
11Incarnation Technique 368/081Commander 2021€13.37-3%
12Adrix and Nev, Twincasters 336/081Commander 2021€12.82+2%
13Rionya, Fire Dancer 382/081Commander 2021€12.28-19%
14Incarnation Technique 41/81Commander 2021€11.08-4%
15Witch's Clinic 81/81Commander 2021€11.00-6%
16Willowdusk, Essence Seer 333/081Commander 2021€10.55+57%
17Alhammarret's Archive 233/081Commander 2021€10.39+3%
18Tempting Contract 405/081Commander 2021€10.22+9%
19Adrix and Nev, Twincasters 9/81Commander 2021€9.97-5%
20Veyran, Voice of Duality 3/81Commander 2021€9.49+9%

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.