Is the The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth booster box worth it?
Many valuable cards
The booster box costs €294.53 today (Cardmarket trend). 218 cards are worth €5 or more — €73,872.15 together, 250.81× the box price. The top five cards make up 38% 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 |  Sauron, the Dark Lord 744z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €9,563.64 | +104% |
| 2 |  Saruman of Many Colors 743z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €4,863.71 | +73% |
| 3 |  The One Ring 748z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €4,863.56 | 0% |
| 4 |  Glamdring 747z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €4,821.77 | +113% |
| 5 |  Mount Doom 750z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €4,117.99 | +189% |
| 6 |  Gandalf the White 732z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €3,500.92 | +57% |
| 7 |  Gandalf the White 299 | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €3,003.84 | +88% |
| 8 |  Storm of Saruman 733z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,971.53 | +112% |
| 9 |  Palantír of Orthanc 749z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,763.82 | +57% |
| 10 |  Sauron, the Dark Lord 301 | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,686.20 | +28% |
| 11 |  Dawn of a New Age 731z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,675.45 | +81% |
| 12 |  Last March of the Ents 739z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,541.48 | +149% |
| 13 |  Aragorn, the Uniter 741z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,521.66 | +106% |
| 14 |  Witch-king of Angmar 736z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,067.73 | +80% |
| 15 |  The Watcher in the Water 734z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €2,018.60 | +134% |
| 16 |  Andúril, Flame of the West 746z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €1,967.63 | +61% |
| 17 |  Spiteful Banditry 738z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €1,100.00 | +5% |
| 18 |  Shadow of the Enemy 735z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €1,084.21 | -8% |
| 19 |  The One Ring 748 | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €1,059.51 | +33% |
| 20 |  Tom Bombadil 745z | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | €1,000.00 | 0% |
Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Nov 2, 2026.
Box price history
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.