Yu-Gi-Oh! · Aug 3, 2017

Is the Code of the Duelist booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €50.35 today (Cardmarket trend). 0 cards are worth €5 or more — €0.00 together, 0.00× the box price. The top five cards make up 40% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€50.35lowest €39.00
Full set€34.30105 priced cards · 0.68×
Cards from €5€0.000 cards · 0.00×
Top 5 cards40%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 981–5 € 75–20 € 020–100 € 0≥ 100 € 0

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 →
#CardSetPrice today30 days
1D/D/D Wave High King Caesar COTD-EN042Code of the Duelist€4.33+15%
2Firewall Dragon COTD-EN043Code of the Duelist€2.73+3%
3Trickstar Reincarnation COTD-EN068Code of the Duelist€2.42-7%
4Trickstar Candina COTD-EN008Code of the Duelist€2.11+10%
5Topologic Bomber Dragon COTD-EN046Code of the Duelist€2.03+36%
6Punishment Dragon COTD-EN028Code of the Duelist€1.54+62%
7Lumina, Twilightsworn Shaman COTD-EN026Code of the Duelist€1.18+18%
8Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior COTD-EN050Code of the Duelist€0.85-30%
9Rescue Ferret COTD-EN029Code of the Duelist€0.80+10%
10Traptrix Mantis COTD-EN030Code of the Duelist€0.76+9%
11D/D/D Gust High King Alexander COTD-EN040Code of the Duelist€0.68-8%
12Trickstar Light Stage COTD-EN053Code of the Duelist€0.67+37%
13March of the Dark Brigade COTD-EN059Code of the Duelist€0.63-10%
14Vendread Houndhorde Code of the Duelist€0.59+9%
15Spellbook of Knowledge COTD-EN062Code of the Duelist€0.59-8%
16Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom COTD-EN038Code of the Duelist€0.55+96%
17Skull Meister Code of the Duelist€0.46+10%
18Vendread Reorigin COTD-EN085Code of the Duelist€0.44-15%
19Lee the World Chalice Fairy COTD-EN022Code of the Duelist€0.39-32%
20Heavy Storm Duster COTD-EN076Code of the Duelist€0.35+9%

Prices: Cardmarket trend, updated daily — as of Oct 30, 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.