Is the Beta booster box worth it?
Many valuable cards
The booster box costs €198.64 today (Cardmarket trend). 39 cards are worth €5 or more — €786.30 together, 3.96× the box price. The top five cards make up 28% 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 |  Philosopher's Stone | Beta | €88.46 | -5% |
| 2 |  Aquamarine Core | Beta | €58.09 | +10% |
| 3 |  Ruby Core | Beta | €52.01 | -5% |
| 4 |  Amethyst Core | Beta | €51.16 | -2% |
| 5 |  Onyx Core | Beta | €51.09 | -1% |
| 6 |  Mirror Realm | Beta | €41.27 | +9% |
| 7 |  Atlantean Fate | Beta | €32.73 | -9% |
| 8 |  Highland Princess | Beta | €31.79 | -5% |
| 9 |  Browse | Beta | €31.63 | -9% |
| 10 |  Jihad | Beta | €29.39 | -17% |
| 11 | Crusade | Beta | €22.94 | -26% |
| 12 |  Pillar of Zeiros | Beta | €22.25 | +18% |
| 13 |  Death Dealer | Beta | €21.16 | -11% |
| 14 |  Pathfinder | Beta | €16.18 | -6% |
| 15 |  Plague of Frogs | Beta | €15.44 | -14% |
| 16 |  Ruler of Thul | Beta | €15.22 | -10% |
| 17 |  Captain Baldassare | Beta | €14.67 | -3% |
| 18 |  Smokestacks of Gnaak | Beta | €13.10 | +18% |
| 19 |  The Colour Out of Space | Beta | €12.58 | -9% |
| 20 |  Earthquake | Beta | €12.45 | +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.