Is the XY booster box worth it?
Cheaper to buy singles
The booster box costs €3,160.01 today (Cardmarket trend). 5 cards are worth €5 or more — €44.19 together, 0.01× the box price. The top five cards make up 24% 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 |  Yveltal EX 79/146 | XY | €13.10 | +17% |
| 2 |  Blastoise EX 142/146 | XY | €12.36 | +42% |
| 3 |  Blastoise EX 29/146 | XY | €12.36 | +42% |
| 4 |  Xerneas EX 97/146 | XY | €8.45 | +16% |
| 5 |  Venusaur EX 141/146 | XY | €7.93 | +2% |
| 6 |  Venusaur EX 1/146 | XY | €7.93 | +2% |
| 7 |  Greninja 41/146 | XY | €7.73 | +22% |
| 8 |  Lapras 35/146 | XY | €7.59 | -6% |
| 9 |  Pikachu 42/146 | XY | €7.32 | 0% |
| 10 |  Emolga EX 143/146 | XY | €5.40 | -8% |
| 11 |  Emolga EX 46/146 | XY | €5.40 | -8% |
| 12 |  Skarmory EX 145/146 | XY | €4.37 | -12% |
| 13 |  Skarmory EX 80/146 | XY | €4.37 | -12% |
| 14 |  Muscle Band 121/146 | XY | €3.88 | +39% |
| 15 |  Xerneas 96/146 | XY | €3.25 | +103% |
| 16 |  Xerneas EX 146/146 | XY | €3.25 | +103% |
| 17 |  Chesnaught 14/146 | XY | €3.21 | -1% |
| 18 |  Wigglytuff 89/146 | XY | €3.11 | +40% |
| 19 |  Wigglytuff 90/146 | XY | €3.11 | +40% |
| 20 |  Trevenant 55/146 | XY | €3.02 | -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.