Surging Sparks Booster Box.

Opening the 36 packs inside gives back $100.72£75.15€89.66 in cards for a typical one, against $295.70£220.64€263.22 to buy it sealed. That is 34% of what it costs. About 5% of simulated openings came out ahead.

Typical opening, middle of 2,000,000 runs

$100.72£75.15€89.66

Average opening

$122.25£91.22€108.82 (41% of price)

Middle 8 openings in 10 land between

$74.94£55.92€66.71 and $193.36£144.28€172.12

Best case, the luckiest 1 opening in 100

$385.08£287.34€342.78 (beats the $295.70£220.64€263.22 price)

Of that average, hits rather than bulk

$81.21£60.60€72.29

Worth opening under, after selling fees

$69.97£52.21€62.28 (76% under what it costs)

Card carrying most of the average

Pikachu ex, 8%

$41.04£30.62€36.53 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.