Is the Sword & Shield booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €469.93 today (Cardmarket trend). 32 cards are worth €5 or more — €513.69 together, 1.09× the box price. The top five cards make up 33% 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 |  Snorlax 140/202 | Sword & Shield | €58.42 | +8% |
| 2 |  Snorlax VMAX 142/202 | Sword & Shield | €56.62 | +46% |
| 3 |  Snorlax VMAX 206/202 | Sword & Shield | €45.86 | -12% |
| 4 |  Marnie 200/202 | Sword & Shield | €43.18 | +21% |
| 5 |  Zamazenta V 212/202 | Sword & Shield | €23.67 | +26% |
| 6 |  Zacian V 211/202 | Sword & Shield | €23.26 | -1% |
| 7 |  Snorlax V 197/202 | Sword & Shield | €22.81 | +0% |
| 8 |  Air Balloon 213/202 | Sword & Shield | €17.06 | -4% |
| 9 |  Hitmonlee 94/202 | Sword & Shield | €16.76 | +79% |
| 10 |  Gengar 85/202 | Sword & Shield | €16.63 | +2% |
| 11 |  Marnie 208/202 | Sword & Shield | €16.60 | 0% |
| 12 |  Quick Ball 216/202 | Sword & Shield | €15.42 | +1% |
| 13 |  Lapras VMAX 203/202 | Sword & Shield | €13.12 | -17% |
| 14 |  Morpeko VMAX 204/202 | Sword & Shield | €12.61 | -4% |
| 15 |  Hitmonchan 95/202 | Sword & Shield | €11.99 | +64% |
| 16 |  Lapras 48/202 | Sword & Shield | €10.64 | -6% |
| 17 |  Zamazenta V 196/202 | Sword & Shield | €10.48 | +31% |
| 18 |  Sableye V 194/202 | Sword & Shield | €7.92 | +11% |
| 19 |  Lapras V 189/202 | Sword & Shield | €7.62 | +2% |
| 20 |  Ordinary Rod 215/202 | Sword & Shield | €7.46 | +11% |
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.