Many MTG players like the finer things that the game can offer. Nothing beats assembling your favorite treatment across all of MTG’s offerings for a stylized Commander deck, or pulling a massive chase card from a Collector Booster pack. It’s the MTG equivalent of winning the lottery, almost literally in some cases.
If you’re looking towards opening packs of Collector Boosters, we have a list of the most expensive ones for your perusal. Because these boxes are so expensive traditionally, there are some alternative places that actually offer some staggering discounts.
5 | MTG Foundations | $480
Like all of the Collector Booster boxes on this list, MTG Foundation’s huge price came in as the result of a sudden spike caused by low supply. Similar to the number four pick, the big chase cards in MTG Foundations are a special variant with anime art offerings.
A Fracture Foil Llanowar Elves is the crown jewel of this set, worth about $800 according to recent sales. Doubling Season‘s Fracture Foil appearance is also a massive $500 windfall. Otherwise, Mana Foils are also decent hits from this set, retailing for as much as $170.
Sadly, there aren’t a ton of hits outside of chase foils. Twinflame Tyrant, Bloodthirsty Conqueror, and Doubling Season are all worth a pretty penny, but don’t even recur the value of an individual Collector Booster pack. Unless you’re heart is set on this, it’s going to be difficult to recur your value.
4 | Wilds of Eldraine | $525
This is not a Collector Booster box that many would expect to be so expensive. Wilds of Eldraine, unlike all the sets featured above it on this list, isn’t a premier one. Despite that, Collector Boosters for this set saw a $170 price increase over the last three months.
The reason for this sudden spike is almost certainly related to the Anime Borderless treatment featured in Wilds of Eldraine. Many of these cards, like Smothering Tithe and Rhystic Study, see seriously high demand from the Commander crowd. Both of these cards are on the Game Changers list, further cementing their power in that format.
In the same 3-month period, non-foil Anime Borderless Smothering Tithe surpassed $110. Confetti foil versions of this card can sell for as high as $900. While that is the flashiest price increase, Confetti foils, in general, are all on the rise. Rhystic Study is an exception, but that card has maintained a $700 price for a while now.
While cards from the main set are much less exciting compared to other Collector Booster boxes on this list, Agatha’s Soul Cauldron, Beseech the Mirror, and Moonshaker Cavalry all have admirable secondary market prices. Only the Soul Cauldron will return the value of your Collector Booster pack.
3 | Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (Original) | $870
The original Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Collector Booster is the cheaper option between the two Collector Booster offerings from Magic’s most successful set. While many of the set’s most expensive variants are found in the limited edition Collector Booster, there’s still a ton of interesting things on offer here.
The biggest of which are the serialized Rings. The Elven, Dwarven, and Human Sol Ring variants are exclusive to this Collector Booster product. Even non-serialized versions of these cards can retail for more than $1000.
Otherwise, the best cards in the set are still available in the original Tales of Middle-earth Collector Booster. The Party Tree, which recently saw a massive spike, The One Ring, Orcish Bowmasters, and other Lord of the Rings reskins like Balin’s Tomb can all be found here.
Notably, this particular booster box is available at quite a discount on StockX. You can grab an almost $100 discount on other prices for the product while supplies last.
2 | Fallout Collector Booster Box | $900-$1100
The Fallout Collector Boosters became incredibly popular thanks to a severely limited supply. In addition to being the only way to grab foils for many Fallout cards, a bunch of Vault Boy reskins of popular MTG cards like Wasteland and Farewell are Fallout Collector Booster exclusives.
Serialized Bobblehead cards aside, Surge Foil copies of multiple Fallout cards go for $50 or more. There are a lot of rare treatments from this set that retail for more on the secondary market than you might expect. A surge foil Dogmeat, Ever Loyal, for example, goes for $150. That’s a massive premium over the cheapest $2 variant for this card. Despite the numerous good hits in the set, this box’s high price point mostly derives from low supply.
Prices for these fluctuate heavily depending on recent sales. Patience, as a result, can reward you with a cheaper price tag, but these boxes seem to be trending upwards in price at the moment.
1 | Lord of the Rings Special Edition Collector Booster | $1700
To anyone paying attention to the MTG secondary market, this shouldn’t be too shocking. The Lord of the Rings Special Edition Collector Boosters offered a ton of exclusive treatments within. They were also extremely limited in their supply, making any incremental increase in demand severely impact the secondary market.
The Lord of the Rings Scroll Treatment, Mythic Rare Poster Treatments, and Poster Serialized cards are all unique to this Booster Box. Scoring a Serialized Poster card easily pays back the value of the box, and then some. Of course, these cards are extremely rare, so there’s no guarantee you’ll find one.
Outside of serialized cards, even some normal cards in the set are worth big money. A non-serialized Poster One Ring, for example, is worth $500. It doesn’t put a major dent in the product price, but multiple $100 cards can help nickel and dime your way into some value.