Is the Pitch Black booster box worth it?
A lottery — value in a few cards
The booster box costs €174.80 today (Cardmarket trend). 15 cards are worth €5 or more — €519.75 together, 2.97× the box price. The top five cards make up 71% 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 |  Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 | Pitch Black | €173.62 | -8% |
| 2 |  Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 | Pitch Black | €131.59 | -1% |
| 3 |  Morpeko ex 117/084 | Pitch Black | €52.12 | -5% |
| 4 |  Mega Zeraora ex 114/084 | Pitch Black | €36.76 | -13% |
| 5 |  Mega Chandelure ex 115/084 | Pitch Black | €23.98 | -11% |
| 6 |  Gwynn 119/084 | Pitch Black | €21.60 | -4% |
| 7 |  Gladion's Final Battle 118/084 | Pitch Black | €19.49 | -7% |
| 8 |  Spiritomb 035/084 | Pitch Black | €11.81 | +47% |
| 9 |  Misty's Vitality 111/084 | Pitch Black | €9.91 | -15% |
| 10 |  Mega Darkrai ex 101/084 | Pitch Black | €8.10 | -2% |
| 11 |  Slowbro 090/084 | Pitch Black | €6.72 | -11% |
| 12 |  Gwynn 109/084 | Pitch Black | €6.60 | -1% |
| 13 |  Goldeen 087/084 | Pitch Black | €6.20 | -17% |
| 14 |  Mega Chandelure ex 099/084 | Pitch Black | €5.63 | -2% |
| 15 |  Mega Zeraora ex 098/084 | Pitch Black | €5.62 | -7% |
| 16 |  Mega Excadrill ex 103/084 | Pitch Black | €4.95 | -3% |
| 17 |  Crushing Hammer 105/084 | Pitch Black | €3.86 | +13% |
| 18 |  Morpeko ex 102/084 | Pitch Black | €3.34 | -5% |
| 19 |  Wailord ex 097/084 | Pitch Black | €2.91 | -4% |
| 20 |  Gladion's Final Battle 108/084 | Pitch Black | €2.80 | -2% |
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.