Booster box EV · EUR · 2020
Sword & Shield booster box, is it worth opening?
A sealed Sword & Shield box yields an estimated €19.16 in singles (EUR, Cardmarket reference prices), about €0.53 per pack across 36 packs. Most modern English booster boxes retail around €100–€160; compare against the exact price you'd pay below.
Per-rarity breakdown · Sword & Shield
216 of 216 cards priced. Avg = mean Cardmarket trend price for that rarity in the set.
| Rarity | Cards | Avg € | Top € | ~ / box | EV contrib. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Holo V | 17 | €1.87 | €5.43 | — | — |
| Common | 60 | €0.09 | €0.63 | — | — |
| Rare | 32 | €0.44 | €2.94 | — | — |
| Uncommon | 56 | €0.12 | €0.96 | — | — |
| Rare Holo | 17 | €2.97 | €20.26 | — | — |
| Rare Holo VMAX | 4 | €9.87 | €27.82 | — | — |
| Rare Ultra | 16 | €8.06 | €34.04 | — | — |
| Rare Rainbow | 8 | €14.22 | €41.04 | — | — |
| Rare Secret | 6 | €16.99 | €29.76 | — | — |
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.
Box EV for other sets
Reference prices: Cardmarket (EUR) via pokemontcg.io, 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.