Is the Sandstorm booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €14,656.89 today (Cardmarket trend). 24 cards are worth €5 or more — €1,491.87 together, 0.10× the box price. The top five cards make up 42% 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 |  Jolteon 6/100 | Sandstorm | €139.53 | +95% |
| 2 |  Gardevoir ex 96/100 | Sandstorm | €137.96 | +30% |
| 3 |  Kabutops ex 97/100 | Sandstorm | €135.69 | +27% |
| 4 |  Typhlosion ex 99/100 | Sandstorm | €131.19 | +6% |
| 5 |  Sableye 10/100 | Sandstorm | €129.18 | +100% |
| 6 |  Aerodactyl ex 94/100 | Sandstorm | €128.68 | +36% |
| 7 |  Flareon 5/100 | Sandstorm | €122.69 | +58% |
| 8 |  Raichu ex 98/100 | Sandstorm | €109.10 | -12% |
| 9 |  Aggron ex 95/100 | Sandstorm | €100.94 | +58% |
| 10 |  Wailord ex 100/100 | Sandstorm | €78.32 | +33% |
| 11 |  Ludicolo 7/100 | Sandstorm | €61.63 | +50% |
| 12 |  Umbreon 24/100 | Sandstorm | €25.66 | +16% |
| 13 |  Seviper 11/100 | Sandstorm | €24.33 | +28% |
| 14 |  Cacturne 2/100 | Sandstorm | €24.24 | +24% |
| 15 |  Lunatone 8/100 | Sandstorm | €24.21 | +21% |
| 16 |  Solrock 13/100 | Sandstorm | €19.72 | +13% |
| 17 |  Mawile 9/100 | Sandstorm | €18.73 | +12% |
| 18 |  Shiftry 12/100 | Sandstorm | €18.55 | +29% |
| 19 |  Zangoose 14/100 | Sandstorm | €16.81 | +12% |
| 20 |  Dusclops 4/100 | Sandstorm | €14.18 | -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.