Magic · Jul 13, 2007

Is the Tenth Edition booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €616.60 today (Cardmarket trend). 7 cards are worth €5 or more — €93.82 together, 0.15× the box price. The top five cards make up 19% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€616.60lowest €590.00
Full set€401.37508 priced cards · 0.65×
Cards from €5€93.827 cards · 0.15×
Top 5 cards19%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 4331–5 € 605–20 € 1420–100 € 1≥ 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
1Grave Pact 144/383Tenth Edition€22.35+4%
2Crucible of Worlds 319/383Tenth Edition€19.10+3%
3Graveborn Muse 145/383Tenth Edition€13.08-15%
4Elvish Champion 261/383Tenth Edition€12.56+15%
5Elvish Champion 261★Tenth Edition€12.56+15%
6Doubling Cube 321/383Tenth Edition€11.87-2%
7Coat of Arms 316/383Tenth Edition€10.04-9%
8Coat of Arms 316★Tenth Edition€10.04-9%
9Seedborn Muse 296/383Tenth Edition€10.03+3%
10Lord of the Undead 155/383Tenth Edition€9.09+1%
11Goblin King 207/383Tenth Edition€8.59+18%
12Goblin King 207★Tenth Edition€8.59+18%
13Beacon of Immortality 10/383Tenth Edition€8.30+1%
14Birds of Paradise 252/383Tenth Edition€7.75-4%
15Birds of Paradise 252★Tenth Edition€7.75-4%
16Aura of Silence 6/383Tenth Edition€4.94-3%
17Phage the Untouchable 166/383Tenth Edition€4.78-5%
18Underground River 362/383Tenth Edition€4.10-5%
19Manabarbs 218/383Tenth Edition€3.76+8%
20Field Marshal 15/383Tenth Edition€3.75+22%

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.