Is the Scars of Mirrodin booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €533.95 today (Cardmarket trend). 9 cards are worth €5 or more — €231.21 together, 0.43× the box price. The top five cards make up 59% 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 |  Mox Opal 179/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €161.16 | +3% |
| 2 |  Ezuri, Renegade Leader 119/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €13.61 | +19% |
| 3 |  Contagion Engine 145/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €10.51 | +9% |
| 4 |  Platinum Emperion 193/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €9.38 | +3% |
| 5 |  Sword of Body and Mind 208/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €8.74 | +1% |
| 6 |  Wurmcoil Engine 223/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €8.56 | -1% |
| 7 |  Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon 79/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €6.96 | -6% |
| 8 |  Venser's Journal 220/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €6.51 | +17% |
| 9 |  Asceticism 110/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €5.78 | -2% |
| 10 |  Kuldotha Forgemaster 169/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €4.50 | +7% |
| 11 |  Nihil Spellbomb 187/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €4.30 | 0% |
| 12 |  Venser, the Sojourner 135/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €3.89 | -13% |
| 13 |  True Conviction 25/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €3.65 | +5% |
| 14 |  Semblance Anvil 201/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €3.22 | -10% |
| 15 |  Hand of the Praetors 66/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.93 | +3% |
| 16 |  Nim Deathmantle 188/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.79 | +4% |
| 17 |  Glint Hawk 10/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.79 | +2% |
| 18 |  Dissipation Field 32/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.68 | +13% |
| 19 |  Molten Psyche 98/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.65 | -1% |
| 20 |  Blackcleave Cliffs 224/249 | Scars of Mirrodin | €2.62 | +9% |
Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Oct 30, 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.