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Fifth Edition booster value

Fifth Edition released 24 March 1997 with Draft Booster. On average the cards in one Draft Booster are worth about €7.77 / $9.67, at prices on 24 October 2026.

PackAverage valueCards worth €1+Cards per pack
Draft Booster
Made for drafting: mostly commons, one rare or mythic.
€7.77
$9.67
€4.9915

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Draft Booster: where the value is

These cards make up the biggest share of a Draft Booster's average value. Together the eight below account for 27% of it.

Mana Vault
Mana Vault
€63.15 · rare
6.2% of pack value
Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust
€16.30 · uncommon
4.8% of pack value
Pyroblast
Pyroblast
€11.10 · uncommon
3.2% of pack value
Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
€10.68 · uncommon
3.1% of pack value
Sylvan Library
Sylvan Library
€26.67 · rare
2.6% of pack value
Incinerate
Incinerate
€2.85 · common
2.4% of pack value
Necropotence
Necropotence
€24.35 · rare
2.4% of pack value
Hydroblast
Hydroblast
€7.60 · uncommon
2.2% of pack value

Most valuable cards in Fifth Edition

Mana Vault
Mana Vault
€63.15
Sylvan Library
Sylvan Library
€26.67
Necropotence
Necropotence
€24.35
City of Brass
City of Brass
€17.69
Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust
€16.30
Pyroblast
Pyroblast
€11.10
Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
€10.68
Winter Orb
Winter Orb
€10.52
Armageddon
Armageddon
€10.50
Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise
€10.17
Lord of Atlantis
Lord of Atlantis
€9.80
Stasis
Stasis
€8.85

How we work this out

A pack's average value is the sum, over every card that can appear in it, of the chance it shows up times its price. Pack contents and odds come from MTGJSON's booster data, and prices from Cardmarket (€) and TCGplayer ($). Most commons and uncommons are worth only a few cents and are hard to sell, so the cards worth €1+ column is a better guide to what you could get back.

An average hides a lot of luck: most packs are worth less than the average, and a few chase pulls make up the difference. If a pack costs more than its average value, you're paying for the fun of opening it.

Other sets

Tempest1997 · Draft Booster · up to €20.75 a packWeatherlight1997 · Draft Booster · up to €12.22 a packPortal1997 · Booster · up to €13.63 a packVisions1997 · Draft Booster · up to €12.51 a packMirage1996 · Draft Booster · up to €15.01 a packAlliances1996 · Booster · up to €13.29 a pack