Magic · Jun 7, 2013

Is the Modern Masters booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €328.58 today (Cardmarket trend). 22 cards are worth €5 or more — €228.65 together, 0.70× the box price. The top five cards make up 27% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€328.58lowest €322.00
Full set€359.24229 priced cards · 1.09×
Cards from €5€228.6522 cards · 0.70×
Top 5 cards27%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 1701–5 € 375–20 € 2020–100 € 2≥ 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
1Sword of Fire and Ice 216/229Modern Masters€26.81+2%
2Doubling Season 141/229Modern Masters€21.31-2%
3Kokusho, the Evening Star 89/229Modern Masters€18.89+6%
4Pact of Negation 56/229Modern Masters€15.15-1%
5City of Brass 221/229Modern Masters€15.12+3%
6Chalice of the Void 203/229Modern Masters€13.70-2%
7Grand Arbiter Augustin IV 176/229Modern Masters€12.06+5%
8Arcbound Ravager 198/229Modern Masters€9.53-4%
9Sword of Light and Shadow 217/229Modern Masters€9.26+3%
10Tarmogoyf 166/229Modern Masters€8.35-5%
11Glen Elendra Archmage 47/229Modern Masters€8.17-2%
12Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 120/229Modern Masters€8.100%
13Faerie Macabre 86/229Modern Masters€7.510%
14Relic of Progenitus 213/229Modern Masters€7.46-6%
15Dark Confidant 75/229Modern Masters€7.33+24%
16Blood Moon 106/229Modern Masters€6.68-4%
17Academy Ruins 219/229Modern Masters€6.56-6%
18Life from the Loam 153/229Modern Masters€5.67+6%
19Vedalken Shackles 218/229Modern Masters€5.53+3%
20Spellstutter Sprite 65/229Modern Masters€5.25+3%

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.