Booster box EV · EUR · 2020
Sword & Shield booster box, is it worth opening?
A sealed Sword & Shield box yields an estimated €36.43 in singles (EUR, Cardmarket reference prices), about €1.01 per pack across 36 packs. Most modern English booster boxes retail around €100 to €160; compare against the exact price you'd pay below.
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Per-rarity breakdown · Sword & Shield
166 of 216 cards priced. Avg = mean Cardmarket trend price for that rarity in the set.
| Rarity | Cards | Avg € | Top € | ~ / box | EV contrib. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra Rare | 15 | €9.55 | €31.16 | ~1.98 | €18.91 |
| Holo Rare V | 16 | €2.01 | €6.24 | — | — |
| Rare | 26 | €0.38 | €31.73 | — | — |
| Common | 34 | €0.10 | €1.00 | — | — |
| Uncommon | 50 | €0.10 | €0.35 | — | — |
| Holo Rare | 9 | €1.92 | €10.78 | — | — |
| Holo Rare VMAX | 3 | €20.87 | €56.62 | — | — |
| Secret Rare | 13 | €16.73 | €64.41 | — | — |
How this Sword & Shield EV is estimated
Estimated value of the singles in a 36-pack booster box, computed as the sum over each pack slot of (pull-rate × average Cardmarket trend price for that rarity in this set). Pull rates are a disclosed community-aggregated model (SV/Mega community aggregate, 2026-06 (rev2)), Pokémon does not publish official odds, so this is an estimate of the average outcome, not a prediction for any single box. Reference prices are Cardmarket EUR trend values via pokemontcg.io. Informational only, not financial advice.
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Reference prices: Cardmarket (EUR) via TCGdex, refreshed daily and cached here. Pull rates are a disclosed community-aggregated model (SV/Mega community aggregate, 2026-06 (rev2)). Estimates for planning only, not financial advice. Foilio is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with The Pokémon Company.