Is the Shards of Alara booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €549.34 today (Cardmarket trend). 3 cards are worth €5 or more — €31.58 together, 0.06× the box price. The top five cards make up 33% 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 |  Tezzeret the Seeker 60/249 | Shards of Alara | €15.93 | +21% |
| 2 |  Ad Nauseam 63/249 | Shards of Alara | €8.08 | -2% |
| 3 |  Relic of Progenitus 218/249 | Shards of Alara | €7.57 | +1% |
| 4 |  Memory Erosion 50/249 | Shards of Alara | €4.36 | +12% |
| 5 |  Death Baron 70/249 | Shards of Alara | €3.49 | -3% |
| 6 |  Ethersworn Canonist 10/249 | Shards of Alara | €3.19 | -15% |
| 7 |  Elspeth, Knight-Errant 9/249 | Shards of Alara | €3.17 | -6% |
| 8 |  Godsire 170/249 | Shards of Alara | €3.03 | +25% |
| 9 |  Prince of Thralls 182/249 | Shards of Alara | €2.98 | +3% |
| 10 |  Cunning Lethemancer 69/249 | Shards of Alara | €2.68 | -1% |
| 11 |  Sarkhan Vol 191/249 | Shards of Alara | €2.60 | +34% |
| 12 |  Lich's Mirror 210/249 | Shards of Alara | €2.24 | +29% |
| 13 |  Knight of the White Orchid 16/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.92 | -2% |
| 14 |  Ajani Vengeant 154/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.82 | +14% |
| 15 |  Titanic Ultimatum 204/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.37 | -6% |
| 16 |  Vicious Shadows 119/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.30 | +13% |
| 17 |  Scourglass 25/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.26 | +5% |
| 18 |  Empyrial Archangel 166/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.14 | +39% |
| 19 |  Ranger of Eos 21/249 | Shards of Alara | €1.06 | 0% |
| 20 |  Knight-Captain of Eos 17/249 | Shards of Alara | €0.95 | +12% |
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.