Is the Platinum booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €627.10 today (Cardmarket trend). 14 cards are worth €5 or more — €320.73 together, 0.51× the box price. The top five cards make up 27% 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 |  Giratina LV.X 124/127 | Platinum | €94.58 | +11% |
| 2 |  Vulpix 102/127 | Platinum | €76.65 | +43% |
| 3 |  Vulpix SH6 | Platinum | €76.65 | +43% |
| 4 |  Drapion LV.X 123/127 | Platinum | €59.07 | -18% |
| 5 |  Lotad 81/127 | Platinum | €43.91 | +2% |
| 6 |  Lotad SH4 | Platinum | €43.91 | +2% |
| 7 |  Palkia G LV.X 125/127 | Platinum | €39.12 | -24% |
| 8 |  Shaymin LV.X 126/127 | Platinum | €33.42 | +5% |
| 9 |  Shaymin LV.X 127/127 | Platinum | €33.42 | +5% |
| 10 |  Swablu 97/127 | Platinum | €32.76 | +0% |
| 11 |  Swablu SH5 | Platinum | €32.76 | +0% |
| 12 |  Dialga G LV.X 122/127 | Platinum | €30.55 | -22% |
| 13 |  Electabuzz 128/127 | Platinum | €20.50 | +76% |
| 14 |  Giratina 9/127 | Platinum | €16.69 | +36% |
| 15 |  Giratina 10/127 | Platinum | €16.69 | +36% |
| 16 |  Giratina 27/127 | Platinum | €16.69 | +36% |
| 17 |  Giratina 28/127 | Platinum | €16.69 | +36% |
| 18 |  Scyther 130/127 | Platinum | €15.30 | +22% |
| 19 |  Blastoise 2/127 | Platinum | €14.46 | +41% |
| 20 |  Palkia G 12/127 | Platinum | €12.91 | -30% |
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.