VERDICT · UPDATED 2026-06-23 · 450 DAYS TRACKED CRACK Open it.
EV RATIO · MEDIAN ÷ MARKET SCALE 50%—150%
198.8% +$4.09 vs box · median EV minus market
BOX PRICE $4.14 TCGplayer market
MEDIAN EV $8.23 Monte-Carlo median
ALL-TIME RANGE $7 / $3 box-price high / low
DAYS EV > BOX 115 current streak
AETHERDRIFT · SEALED LINEUPEV ratio · click to compare
CRACK-OR-HOLD Crack EV Box price
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Crack EV has held above box price for the last 115 days — it first crossed on 2025-08-10.
WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY OPEN
Half of all boxes open between $3.41 and $17.06.
One in four cracks below $3.41. One in four clears $17.06.
The box costs $4.14, so the median crack puts you up$4.09.
VOLATILITY · OUTCOME SPREAD ±83%
σ ≈ $10
ANATOMY What's in the box
1 PACK · SLOT COMPOSITION 1 Rare or Mythic 1 per pack
1 Wildcard Any rarity or treatment
10 Traditional Foil Any rarity, foil
1 Land Basic or showcase land
CONCENTRATION · BALANCED top 3 cards
17%of total EV
FLOOR <8%
BALANCED 8–20%
JACKPOT >20%
SLOT-LEVEL EV Where your value comes from
Wildcard / Treatment $7.39 59%
Bonus Sheet $2.58 21%
Rare / Mythic $2.13 17%
Commons & Uncommons $0.33 3%
Lands $0.00 0%
CARD-LEVEL EV · GROUPED BY SLOT Top contributors per box
MIN CARD VALUE
DAILY SNAPSHOT Recent prices · last 30 days
| DATE | MARKET | LOW | MID | HIGH |
| 2026-06-23 | $4.14 | $3.89 | $4.41 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-19 | $4.11 | $3.90 | $4.76 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-18 | $4.14 | $3.37 | $4.53 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-16 | $4.11 | $3.37 | $4.53 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-13 | $4.07 | $3.37 | $4.99 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-05 | $3.99 | $3.37 | $4.54 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-04 | $3.99 | $3.37 | $4.55 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-03 | $3.99 | $3.37 | $4.55 | $7.99 |
| 2026-06-02 | $3.99 | $3.37 | $4.55 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-31 | $3.94 | $3.37 | $4.55 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-30 | $3.81 | $3.37 | $4.72 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-29 | $3.82 | $3.37 | $4.60 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-28 | $3.82 | $3.37 | $4.60 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-27 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.59 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-26 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.59 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-25 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.59 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-24 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.59 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-23 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.60 | $7.99 |
| 2026-05-22 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.55 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-21 | $3.80 | $3.37 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-20 | $3.85 | $2.89 | $4.49 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-19 | $3.82 | $2.99 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-18 | $3.73 | $2.99 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-17 | $3.67 | $3.37 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-16 | $3.61 | $3.37 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-15 | $3.56 | $3.37 | $4.50 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-14 | $3.56 | $3.44 | $4.59 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-13 | $3.56 | $3.44 | $4.59 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-12 | $3.55 | $3.44 | $4.59 | $6.67 |
| 2026-05-11 | $3.55 | $3.44 | $4.60 | $6.67 |
TCGSTRAT · THE INDEX AS OF 2026-06-23 CRACK
AETHERDRIFT · COLLECTOR BOOSTER PACK 198.8%
OF BOX PRICE BACK IF YOU CRACK IT Expected Value $8.23 · Box Price $4.14 7D +1.6%
30D +13.2%
90D +11.2%
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HOW WE GOT THESE NUMBERS Methodology & data sources
Pull ratesOfficial Wizards of the Coast pack odds mapped to each slot's eligible card pool.
Price dataTCGplayer Market Price, refreshed daily. Market reflects closed sales, not active listings.
Median EVMonte-Carlo simulation of 10,000 box opens, with pull-rate variance modeled per slot.
Outcome rangeP25 / median / P75 from the same simulation. "Low" = a quarter of boxes open below it.
Serialized insertsExcluded from EV. Their per-box odds are near zero and would distort the median.
Tracked since450 daily snapshots. Last update 2026-06-23.