Yu-Gi-Oh! · Nov 12, 2020

Is the Maximum Gold booster box worth it?

Cheaper to buy singles

The booster box costs €116.95 today (Cardmarket trend). 7 cards are worth €5 or more — €54.01 together, 0.46× the box price. The top five cards make up 26% of the whole set’s value.

Box price (Cardmarket)€116.95lowest €102.98
Full set€164.34171 priced cards · 1.41×
Cards from €5€54.017 cards · 0.46×
Top 5 cards26%of set value

How cards are priced

< 1 € 1411–5 € 235–20 € 720–100 € 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
1Blue-Eyes White Dragon MAGO-EN001Maximum Gold€18.88-8%
2Dimensional Prison MAGO-EN158Maximum Gold€7.18-2%
3Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring Maximum Gold€5.90+8%
4Parlor Dragonmaid MAGO-EN023Maximum Gold€5.86+26%
5Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring Maximum Gold€5.63+5%
6Sky Striker Ace - Kagari Maximum Gold€5.48+1%
7Red-Eyes Black Dragon MAGO-EN003Maximum Gold€5.08+8%
8Magical Meltdown MAGO-EN152Maximum Gold€4.90+14%
9Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion Maximum Gold€4.47+16%
10Super Polymerization MAGO-EN047Maximum Gold€4.31-2%
11Dark Magician MAGO-EN002Maximum Gold€4.15-24%
12Infinite Impermanence MAGO-EN052Maximum Gold€3.86-5%
13Kitchen Dragonmaid MAGO-EN022Maximum Gold€3.59+8%
14Elemental HERO Stratos MAGO-EN004Maximum Gold€3.45+5%
15Cyber Dragon Infinity Maximum Gold€2.97+12%
16Droll & Lock Bird MAGO-EN006Maximum Gold€2.90+7%
17Harpie's Feather Duster MAGO-EN042Maximum Gold€2.82-2%
18Cyber Dragon Infinity Maximum Gold€2.42+5%
19Solemn Judgment MAGO-EN051Maximum Gold€2.38+34%
20Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit Maximum Gold€2.03+16%

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.