Is the Hour of Devastation booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €158.95 today (Cardmarket trend). 8 cards are worth €5 or more — €78.62 together, 0.49× the box price. The top five cards make up 45% 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 |  Torment of Hailfire 77/199 | Hour of Devastation | €26.57 | -5% |
| 2 |  Razaketh, the Foulblooded 73/199 | Hour of Devastation | €11.79 | +7% |
| 3 |  Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver 205/199 | Hour of Devastation | €8.98 | 0% |
| 4 |  Crested Sunmare 6/199 | Hour of Devastation | €7.31 | -4% |
| 5 |  The Locust God 139/199 | Hour of Devastation | €6.73 | +1% |
| 6 |  Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign 52/199 | Hour of Devastation | €6.18 | +4% |
| 7 |  Solemnity 22/199 | Hour of Devastation | €5.55 | +1% |
| 8 |  Neheb, the Eternal 104/199 | Hour of Devastation | €5.51 | +5% |
| 9 |  Overwhelming Splendor 19/199 | Hour of Devastation | €4.44 | -7% |
| 10 |  The Scarab God 145/199 | Hour of Devastation | €4.31 | 0% |
| 11 |  Obelisk Spider 141/199 | Hour of Devastation | €3.74 | -1% |
| 12 |  Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh 140/199 | Hour of Devastation | €3.63 | +14% |
| 13 |  Ramunap Excavator 129/199 | Hour of Devastation | €3.51 | +11% |
| 14 |  Nissa, Genesis Mage 200/199 | Hour of Devastation | €2.42 | +3% |
| 15 |  Pride Sovereign 126/199 | Hour of Devastation | €1.87 | -12% |
| 16 |  Mirage Mirror 165/199 | Hour of Devastation | €1.15 | +51% |
| 17 |  Hollow One 163/199 | Hour of Devastation | €1.00 | +2% |
| 18 |  Hour of Revelation 15/199 | Hour of Devastation | €0.96 | -2% |
| 19 |  Ammit Eternal 57/199 | Hour of Devastation | €0.92 | -8% |
| 20 |  Uncage the Menagerie 137/199 | Hour of Devastation | €0.89 | -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.