Is the Team Rocket booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €8,780.00 today (Cardmarket trend). 8 cards are worth €5 or more — €177.03 together, 0.02× the box price. The top five cards make up 5% 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 |  Dark Gyarados 8/82 | Team Rocket | €474.83 | +188% |
| 2 |  Dark Gyarados 25/82 | Team Rocket | €474.83 | +188% |
| 3 |  Dark Charizard 4/82 | Team Rocket | €348.08 | -6% |
| 4 |  Dark Charizard 21/82 | Team Rocket | €348.08 | -6% |
| 5 |  Dark Blastoise 3/82 | Team Rocket | €148.13 | -29% |
| 6 |  Dark Blastoise 20/82 | Team Rocket | €148.13 | -29% |
| 7 |  Dark Raichu 83/82 | Team Rocket | €114.73 | -21% |
| 8 |  Dark Machamp 10/82 | Team Rocket | €104.32 | +33% |
| 9 |  Dark Machamp 27/82 | Team Rocket | €104.32 | +33% |
| 10 |  Dark Alakazam 1/82 | Team Rocket | €65.60 | -9% |
| 11 |  Dark Alakazam 18/82 | Team Rocket | €65.60 | -9% |
| 12 |  Dark Slowbro 12/82 | Team Rocket | €58.16 | +21% |
| 13 |  Dark Slowbro 29/82 | Team Rocket | €58.16 | +21% |
| 14 |  Dark Golbat 7/82 | Team Rocket | €56.90 | +28% |
| 15 |  Dark Golbat 24/82 | Team Rocket | €56.90 | +28% |
| 16 |  Dark Magneton 11/82 | Team Rocket | €56.25 | +38% |
| 17 |  Dark Magneton 28/82 | Team Rocket | €56.25 | +38% |
| 18 |  Dark Vileplume 13/82 | Team Rocket | €43.67 | -1% |
| 19 |  Dark Vileplume 30/82 | Team Rocket | €43.67 | -1% |
| 20 |  Here Comes Team Rocket! 15/82 | Team Rocket | €42.43 | +6% |
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.