Is the Alpha booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €1,900.00 today (Cardmarket trend). 22 cards are worth €5 or more — €2,612.90 together, 1.38× the box price. The top five cards make up 69% 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 |  The Geistwood | Alpha | €800.00 | 0% |
| 2 |  Roots of Yggdrasil | Alpha | €450.00 | 0% |
| 3 |  Highland Princess | Alpha | €400.00 | 0% |
| 4 |  Avatar of Fire | Alpha | €200.00 | 0% |
| 5 |  Gigantism | Alpha | €180.00 | 0% |
| 6 |  Avatar of Water | Alpha | €170.00 | — |
| 7 |  Seer | Alpha | €120.00 | 0% |
| 8 |  Oasis | Alpha | €70.00 | 0% |
| 9 |  Whirling Blades | Alpha | €40.00 | 0% |
| 10 |  Spring River | Alpha | €30.00 | — |
| 11 |  Pact with the Devil | Alpha | €30.00 | 0% |
| 12 |  Great Old One | Alpha | €27.50 | 0% |
| 13 |  Boneyard | Alpha | €20.00 | 0% |
| 14 |  Mix Terra | Alpha | €20.00 | 0% |
| 15 |  River of Flame | Alpha | €20.00 | 0% |
| 16 |  Mix Aqua | Alpha | €18.50 | 0% |
| 17 |  Infiltrate | Alpha | €15.00 | 0% |
| 18 |  Grandmaster Wizard | Alpha | €12.45 | 0% |
| 19 |  Diluvian Kraken | Alpha | €10.00 | 0% |
| 20 |  Nightmare | Alpha | €10.00 | 0% |
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.