Magic · Jul 17, 2015

Is the Magic Origins booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €138.59 today (Cardmarket trend). 4 cards are worth €5 or more — €35.48 together, 0.26× the box price. The top five cards make up 31% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€138.59lowest €69.99
Full set€132.78288 priced cards · 0.96×
Cards from €5€35.484 cards · 0.26×
Top 5 cards31%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 2621–5 € 225–20 € 420–100 € 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
1Starfield of Nyx 33/272Magic Origins€14.79+9%
2Alhammarret's Archive 221/272Magic Origins€10.35+1%
3Archangel of Tithes 4/272Magic Origins€5.26+9%
4Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound 60/272Magic Origins€5.08+10%
5Sword of the Animist 240/272Magic Origins€4.99+3%
6Chandra's Ignition 137/272Magic Origins€4.86-10%
7Woodland Bellower 207/272Magic Origins€4.11+4%
8Elemental Bond 174/272Magic Origins€3.91+4%
9Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer 106/272Magic Origins€3.52-13%
10Tainted Remedy 120/272Magic Origins€3.42+13%
11Goblin Piledriver 151/272Magic Origins€3.11-2%
12Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist 189/272Magic Origins€3.09+4%
13Flameshadow Conjuring 147/272Magic Origins€2.61-5%
14Helm of the Gods 230/272Magic Origins€2.43+0%
15Herald of the Pantheon 180/272Magic Origins€2.31-3%
16Willbreaker 84/272Magic Origins€2.21+1%
17Dark Petition 90/272Magic Origins€2.11+1%
18Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged 23/272Magic Origins€2.02+9%
19Knight of the White Orchid 21/272Magic Origins€1.99-1%
20Day's Undoing 51/272Magic Origins€1.92-2%

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.