Is the Strixhaven: School of Mages booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €167.19 today (Cardmarket trend). 14 cards are worth €5 or more — €130.81 together, 0.78× the box price. The top five cards make up 22% 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 |  Crackle with Power 308/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €16.65 | +7% |
| 2 |  Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex 322/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €16.38 | +54% |
| 3 |  Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands 286/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €15.29 | +14% |
| 4 |  Kasmina, Enigma Sage 279/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €10.04 | +2% |
| 5 |  Beledros Witherbloom 282/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €9.98 | -6% |
| 6 |  Blade Historian 334/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €8.92 | +16% |
| 7 |  Professor Onyx 276/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €8.79 | +9% |
| 8 |  Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands 6/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €8.01 | 0% |
| 9 |  Sedgemoor Witch 306/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €7.48 | +8% |
| 10 |  Crackle with Power 95/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €6.89 | +1% |
| 11 |  Kasmina, Enigma Sage 196/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €6.15 | -6% |
| 12 |  Shadrix Silverquill 280/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €6.01 | +5% |
| 13 |  Professor Onyx 83/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €5.19 | -1% |
| 14 |  Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex 148/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €5.03 | -15% |
| 15 |  Archmage Emeritus 295/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.92 | -7% |
| 16 |  Culling Ritual 337/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.89 | -5% |
| 17 |  Blade Historian 165/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.85 | +3% |
| 18 |  Galazeth Prismari 281/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.21 | +8% |
| 19 |  Baleful Mastery 301/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.10 | -1% |
| 20 |  Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar 323/275 | Strixhaven: School of Mages | €4.01 | +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.