Is the Zendikar booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €591.16 today (Cardmarket trend). 15 cards are worth €5 or more — €215.96 together, 0.37× the box price. The top five cards make up 40% 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 |  Scalding Tarn 223/249 | Zendikar | €29.25 | +4% |
| 2 |  Arid Mesa 211/249 | Zendikar | €26.86 | -3% |
| 3 |  Misty Rainforest 220/249 | Zendikar | €25.74 | -2% |
| 4 |  Marsh Flats 219/249 | Zendikar | €25.32 | -1% |
| 5 |  Verdant Catacombs 229/249 | Zendikar | €25.20 | +5% |
| 6 |  Bloodchief Ascension 82/249 | Zendikar | €15.58 | +1% |
| 7 |  Mindbreak Trap 57/249 | Zendikar | €10.96 | -7% |
| 8 |  Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 228/249 | Zendikar | €9.68 | +3% |
| 9 |  Warren Instigator 154/249 | Zendikar | €9.36 | -5% |
| 10 |  Roil Elemental 62/249 | Zendikar | €7.29 | +18% |
| 11 |  Luminarch Ascension 25/249 | Zendikar | €7.21 | +1% |
| 12 |  Eldrazi Monument 199/249 | Zendikar | €6.28 | +2% |
| 13 |  Lotus Cobra 168/249 | Zendikar | €6.16 | 0% |
| 14 |  Emeria, the Sky Ruin 213/249 | Zendikar | €5.92 | +3% |
| 15 |  Eternity Vessel 200/249 | Zendikar | €5.15 | -10% |
| 16 |  Sorin Markov 111/249 | Zendikar | €4.91 | -7% |
| 17 |  Blade of the Bloodchief 196/249 | Zendikar | €4.65 | +1% |
| 18 |  Beastmaster Ascension 159/249 | Zendikar | €4.00 | +13% |
| 19 |  Iona, Shield of Emeria 13/249 | Zendikar | €3.81 | -23% |
| 20 |  Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet 99/249 | Zendikar | €3.65 | +20% |
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.