Is the Starter Commander Decks booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €160.81 today (Cardmarket trend). 0 cards are worth €5 or more — €0.00 together, 0.00× the box price. The top five cards make up 11% 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 |  Nihil Spellbomb 270 | Starter Commander Decks | €4.88 | -13% |
| 2 |  Lightning Greaves 269 | Starter Commander Decks | €4.50 | +9% |
| 3 |  Soul Shatter 108 | Starter Commander Decks | €4.11 | +1% |
| 4 |  True Conviction 38 | Starter Commander Decks | €3.86 | -1% |
| 5 |  Counterspell 45 | Starter Commander Decks | €3.82 | +13% |
| 6 |  Champion of Lambholt 174 | Starter Commander Decks | €3.29 | +3% |
| 7 |  Dragon Tempest 133 | Starter Commander Decks | €3.12 | +22% |
| 8 |  Undermine 254 | Starter Commander Decks | €3.09 | +8% |
| 9 |  Idol of Oblivion 268 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.90 | +37% |
| 10 |  Elemental Bond 180 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.88 | -22% |
| 11 |  Vandalblast 167 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.86 | -2% |
| 12 |  Talisman of Indulgence 282 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.71 | +11% |
| 13 |  Thought Vessel 285 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.43 | +19% |
| 14 |  Scourge of Valkas 157 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.34 | -21% |
| 15 |  Geode Rager 144 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.14 | +6% |
| 16 |  Swiftfoot Boots 279 | Starter Commander Decks | €2.01 | -20% |
| 17 |  Dragonspeaker Shaman 137 | Starter Commander Decks | €1.98 | -16% |
| 18 |  Curse of Disturbance 74 | Starter Commander Decks | €1.89 | +14% |
| 19 |  Brash Taunter 125 | Starter Commander Decks | €1.79 | +8% |
| 20 |  Eternal Witness 181 | Starter Commander Decks | €1.74 | +9% |
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.