EV $0.13 · 1 in 207 packs
March of the Machine Sealed · Booster pack
Is March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack Worth Opening?
TCGplayer market · Nov 10, 2026 $9.64
1-year range $7.23$9.64 At the 1-year high
Value gaugeCard value per dollar of pack price SKIP
0.39×
EV $3.73, $5.91 less card value than the pack costs.
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March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack Expected Value by Slot
Expected card value of one pack at today’s market prices, built up slot by slot: $3.73, or 0.39× the $9.64 the pack costs, drawn as the dashed line.
EV per pack $3.73 vs $9.64 paid per pack
Wildcard and foil, per pack $0.04 of the $3.73 in each pack
Break-even sell-through 258.6% of market value covers the pack
Card value below price −$5.91 before fees and shipping
$0$2$4$6$8$10 Pack price$9.64
$0.04 0.9%
$3.69 99.1%
$0.00 0.0%
$0.00 0.0%
$3.73 100%
−$5.91 card value below the pack price
Wildcard / Treatment1 slots per pack
Rare / Mythic1 slots per pack
Commons & Uncommons
LandsBasic or showcase land
Pack EVSum of every slot
Pack price $9.64
Wildcard / Treatment$0.04 · 0.9%
Rare / Mythic$3.69 · 99.1%
Commons & Uncommons$0.00 · 0.0%
Lands$0.00 · 0.0%
Pack EV$3.73
$5.91 under price
About March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack
At $9.64 it trades near the top of its one-year range of $7.23 to $9.64.
What’s in the pack
2 slots per pack that carry card value, averaged across pack configurations Rare or Mythic 1 per pack
Traditional Foil 1 per pack
Rare or Mythic1 per pack
Traditional Foil1 per pack
2 slots per pack carry card value. Counts are averaged across pack configurations, so some products show fractions.
Where your value comes from
The 2 cards that carry value, priced at market.
| Slot | Cards | EV per pack | Per card | Share of pack EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcard / TreatmentWildcard and traditional foil slots | 1 | $0.04 | $0.04 | 0.9% |
| Rare / MythicOne per pack | 1 | $3.69 | $3.69 | 99.1% |
| Commons & Uncommons | 0 | $0.00 | n/a | 0.0% |
| LandsBasic or showcase land | 0 | $0.00 | n/a | 0.0% |
| Bonus sheetNo bonus sheet value in this product | 0 | $0.00 | n/a | 0.0% |
| Pack total, 2 cards | 2 | $3.73 | $1.86 | 100% |
Wildcard / Treatment$0.04
1 card per pack · $0.04 per card · Wildcard and traditional foil slots
Rare / Mythic$3.69
1 card per pack · $3.69 per card · One per pack
Commons & Uncommons$0.00
0 cards per pack · n/a per card
Lands$0.00
0 cards per pack · n/a per card · Basic or showcase land
Bonus sheet$0.00
0 cards per pack · n/a per card · No bonus sheet value in this product
- Pack total, 2 cards$3.73
Outcome rangeOne pack
Likely range for one pack
The middle half of modeled outcomes for a single pack at today’s market prices. EV is the average; this is the spread around it.
Mean$3.73Equals the pack EV
Middle half spans$8.29High end minus low end
Modeled from pull rates and market prices. Selling fees and shipping are not included.
The bounds are estimated P25 and P75 values, normal-approximation estimates rather than percentiles measured from opened packs.
How we price a packMiddle half of modeled outcomes
$0.00 to $8.29
- Middle half, estimated 25th to 75th percentile
- Mean
- Pack price
Best Pulls in March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack
Surrak and Goreclaw (Extended art) is the best pull at $26.62. Pulls are expected copies per pack; EV is pulls times market price.
| # | Card | Rarity | Market | Pulls | Odds | EV | Share of EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrak and GoreclawExtended art · Nonfoil · MOM #380 | Rare | $26.62 | 0.00 | 1 in 207 packs | $0.13 | 3.5% |
| 2 | Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal SicknessShowcase · Nonfoil · MOM #298 | Rare | $23.97 | 0.00 | 1 in 207 packs | $0.12 | 3.2% |
| 3 | Nesting DovehawkExtended art · Nonfoil · MOC #104 | Rare | $23.18 | 0.00 | 1 in 207 packs | $0.11 | 2.9% |
| 4 | Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal SicknessShowcase · Foil · MOM #298 | Rare | $30.84 | 0.00 | 1 in 291 packs | $0.11 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Ragavan, Nimble PilfererShowcase · Foil · MUL #21 | Mythic | $60.58 | 0.00 | 1 in 582 packs | $0.10 | 2.7% |
| 6 | Ragavan, Nimble PilfererShowcase · Nonfoil · MUL #21 | Mythic | $41.59 | 0.00 | 1 in 414 packs | $0.10 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Uncivil UnrestExtended art · Nonfoil · MOC #122 | Rare | $19.13 | 0.00 | 1 in 207 packs | $0.09 | 2.4% |
| 8 | Tribute to the World TreeExtended art · Nonfoil · MOM #373 | Rare | $17.93 | 0.00 | 1 in 207 packs | $0.09 | 2.4% |
| These eight together | $0.85, 22.8% of pack EV. The other $2.88 comes from the rest of the set. | ||||||
EV $0.12 · 1 in 207 packs
EV $0.11 · 1 in 207 packs
EV $0.11 · 1 in 291 packs
EV $0.10 · 1 in 582 packs
EV $0.10 · 1 in 414 packs
EV $0.09 · 1 in 207 packs
EV $0.09 · 1 in 207 packs
- 1
$0.133.5% of EV
- 2
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
MOM #298NonfoilShowcase
$23.97 market · 0.00 per pack · 1 in 207 packs
$0.123.2% of EV
- 3
$0.112.9% of EV
- 4
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
MOM #298FoilShowcase
$30.84 market · 0.00 per pack · 1 in 291 packs
$0.112.9% of EV
- 5
$0.102.7% of EV
- 6
$0.102.7% of EV
- 7
$0.092.4% of EV
- 8
$0.092.4% of EV
These eight together$0.85, 22.8% of pack EV
All March of the Machine pricesMarch of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack Price History
TCGplayer market price for the sealed pack, past 12 months, against its crack EV.
$-0$5$10Nov 2025Feb 2026MayAugNovPack price$9.64Crack EV$3.73Mana Pool$7.91Crack EV tracked since Jul 201Y low $7.23
Mana Pool lowest listing · USD, before shipping · last observed
Crack EV has held below pack price for 114 days.
- Now
- $9.64
- TCGplayer market
- 1-year high
- $9.64
- At the 1-year high
- 1-year low
- $7.23
- Today is 33.3% higher
The March of the Machine lineup
Every March of the Machine product we track, ranked by card value per dollar of sealed price.
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March of the MachineDraft Booster Box$177.550.94× valueNEUTRAL -
March of the MachineSet Booster Display$263.550.74× valueSKIP -
March of the MachineBundle$91.310.59× valueSKIP - March of the MachineCollector Booster Sample Pack$9.640.39× valueSKIPYou are here
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March of the MachineCollector Booster Display$942.790.27× valueSKIP -
March of the MachineJumpstart Booster Display$156.91
Crack or keep sealed
EV Notes
Verdict: Skip 0.39×
The March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack sells for $9.64 and carries $3.73 in expected card value at market, a 0.39× ratio and $5.91 less than the pack costs.
Five-tier verdictEV ratio
Crack 1.10× and up Open it.
Favored 1.00× to 1.10× Slight crack.
Neutral 0.90× to 1.00× Coin flip.
Hold 0.75× to 0.90× Keep it sealed.
Skip under 0.75× This pack, 0.39×
March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack FAQ
Is March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack worth opening?
Pass. Mean expected value is $3.73 against a $9.64 pack price (0.39× EV ratio), EV as of 2026-11-10.
How many packs are in March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack?
March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack contains 1 pack.
What is the best card you can pull from March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack?
The top pull by value is Surrak and Goreclaw (about $26.62), with roughly a 0.5% chance per pack.
Details and daily prices
March of the Machine - Collector Booster Sample Pack currently sells for $9.64 at market, up 10.7% over 30 days and up 23.1% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $9.64 (2026-11-10); low: $4.83 (2025-01-20).
702 daily snapshots. Last update 2026-11-10.
Daily prices, last 30 snapshots
| Date | Market | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-10 | $9.64 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-09 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-08 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-07 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-06 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-05 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-04 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-03 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-02 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-11-01 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-31 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-30 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-29 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-28 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-27 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-26 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-25 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-24 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-23 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-22 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-21 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-20 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-19 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-18 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-17 | $9.24 | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-16 | $8.91 | $12.95 | $14.45 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-15 | $8.91 | $12.95 | $14.45 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-14 | $8.71 | $12.95 | $14.45 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-13 | $8.71 | $12.95 | $14.45 | $15.95 |
| 2026-10-12 | $8.71 | $12.95 | $14.45 | $15.95 |