Scarlet & Violet Booster Box.

Opening the 36 packs inside gives back $129.81£97.99€115.82 in cards for a typical one, against $292.17£220.56€260.68 to buy it sealed. That is 44% of what it costs. About 1% of simulated openings came out ahead.

Typical opening, middle of 2,000,000 runs

$129.81£97.99€115.82

Average opening

$136.51£103.05€121.80 (47% of price)

Middle 8 openings in 10 land between

$87.74£66.24€78.28 and $194.17£146.58€173.24

Best case, the luckiest 1 opening in 100

$260.45£196.62€232.38 (still under the $292.17£220.56€260.68 price)

Of that average, hits rather than bulk

$92.95£70.17€82.93

Worth opening under, after selling fees

$80.14£60.50€71.50 (73% under what it costs)

Card carrying most of the average

Gardevoir ex, 6%

$43.56£32.88€38.87 of the average is commons and uncommons at a few cents each, priced at what the market quotes rather than what a person gets for a box of them, so read the average as a ceiling. Only the packs are counted: any promo card packed alongside them is not. Rates from the published per-set openings read on Aug 30, 2026. Every product ranked, and how this is worked out.