Is the Magic 2012 booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €232.83 today (Cardmarket trend). 5 cards are worth €5 or more — €41.53 together, 0.18× the box price. The top five cards make up 30% 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 |  Sundial of the Infinite 218/249 | Magic 2012 | €11.53 | +2% |
| 2 |  Grand Abolisher 19/249 | Magic 2012 | €10.23 | -6% |
| 3 |  Birds of Paradise 165/249 | Magic 2012 | €8.17 | +7% |
| 4 |  Jace's Archivist 59/249 | Magic 2012 | €6.58 | -8% |
| 5 |  Sorin Markov 109/249 | Magic 2012 | €5.02 | +1% |
| 6 |  Primeval Titan 188/249 | Magic 2012 | €4.99 | -6% |
| 7 |  Visions of Beyond 80/249 | Magic 2012 | €4.67 | -1% |
| 8 |  Primordial Hydra 189/249 | Magic 2012 | €4.13 | -19% |
| 9 |  Goblin Chieftain 138/249 | Magic 2012 | €3.69 | -9% |
| 10 |  Manabarbs 150/249 | Magic 2012 | €3.22 | +3% |
| 11 |  Guardians' Pledge 22/249 | Magic 2012 | €3.14 | 0% |
| 12 |  Phantasmal Image 72/249 | Magic 2012 | €2.87 | -4% |
| 13 |  Jace, Memory Adept 58/249 | Magic 2012 | €2.45 | -6% |
| 14 |  Ponder 73/249 | Magic 2012 | €2.08 | 0% |
| 15 |  Time Reversal 77/249 | Magic 2012 | €2.05 | -6% |
| 16 |  Reverberate 152/249 | Magic 2012 | €1.86 | +1% |
| 17 |  Drowned Catacomb 226/249 | Magic 2012 | €1.66 | -3% |
| 18 |  Quicksilver Amulet 214/249 | Magic 2012 | €1.65 | +43% |
| 19 |  Furyborn Hellkite 135/249 | Magic 2012 | €1.61 | -10% |
| 20 |  Scrambleverse 153/249 | Magic 2012 | €1.56 | +37% |
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.