What a pack dollar buys, at market prices
33 indexes: 10 packs, 15 card baskets and 8 apps. Each is one number, read again and charted, so you can see what moves.
By Alexander Korsager · Checked 6 October 2026 · We earn nothing from any app on this site
The board
Tap an index to see what it is made of. Market prices are TCGplayer's for an ungraded copy, read on 7 October 2026.
Chaos Rising
51¢of cards per pack dollar, at market prices
First reading
First reading, 7 Oct 2026: 51¢. The line starts with the next one.
- Pack price$6.30Read 7 Oct 2026
- Contents at Packs.com's values$5.6689.8% of the price
- Same cards at market price$3.2351.3% of the price · TCGplayer market, 7 Oct 2026
A pack index of 51¢ means a $6.30 Chaos Rising pack holds $3.23 of cards at market prices. Each chase basket is a pack's 8 dearest cards; look any of them up on the card prices page.
Stated value against the market
On its own values, a Packs.com pack holds 90% of its price. At market prices the same cards come to less, and how much less depends on the pack.
| Pack | Price | At the app's values | At market prices | Market value per pack dollar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaos RisingPokémon · $6.30 | $6.30 | $5.66 | $3.23 | 51¢ |
| Perfect OrderPokémon · $6.33 | $6.33 | $5.69 | $3.31 | 52¢ |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMagic · $11.93 | $11.93 | $10.74 | $6.35 | 53¢ |
| Lorwyn EclipsedMagic · $11.62 | $11.62 | $10.46 | $6.51 | 56¢ |
| Secrets of StrixhavenMagic · $19.58 | $19.58 | $17.62 | $13.10 | 67¢ |
| Lord of the RingsMagic · $79.02 | $79.02 | $71.11 | $57.48 | 73¢ |
| 151Pokémon · $19.53 | $19.53 | $17.57 | $14.28 | 73¢ |
| Base Set 2Pokémon · $62.51 | $62.51 | $56.25 | $49.62 | 79¢ |
| UnlimitedMagic · $989.51 | $989.51 | $635.18 | $469.56 | 48¢+3 of 286 cards have no market price |
| Ascended HeroesPokémon · $12.26 | $12.26 | $9.52 | $7.13 | 58¢+59 of 672 cards have no market price |
Pack prices, chances and the app's values were read on 7 October 2026. A card with no market price is left out of both sums, so a pack marked with a plus holds more than its figure. Every card and its chance is on the pull checklist.
Where the gap sits
In 7 of 10 packs, more than half the gap is in cards the app values under $1. Pick a pack to see its split.
- Under $1161 cardsStated $4.11Market $1.88
- $1 to $1030 cardsStated $0.71Market $0.58
- $10 to $1005 cardsStated $0.38Market $0.35
- $100 and up2 cardsStated $0.46Market $0.42
Each bar is that band's part of an average Chaos Rising pack: its cards' values weighted by their chances. Of the $2.43 between stated and market value, $2.23 (91.8%) sits in cards the app values under $1.
Cheap cards are also the hardest to turn into money: postage on a single card costs more than the card. To set one sell-back offer against a card's market price, use the offer checker.
How an index is built
Three steps, shown on one pack.
Read the pack
198 cardsEvery card in the Chaos Rising pack, with the chance Packs.com gives it and the pack's $6.30 price.Price each card
198 pricedTCGplayer's market price for an ungraded copy of the same card and printing. A card with none is left out.Add it up
$3.23 = 51¢Each price times its chance, summed, then divided by the pack price. The app's own values give $5.66.Questions people ask
What is a rip index?
One number we can read again on a later day. A pack index is what an average pack's contents come to at market prices, in cents per dollar of the pack's price. A basket is a fixed set of cards added up. An app index is what $100 of packs pays back through its sell-back.
Why is the market value below the stated value?
Mostly because of cheap cards. Across the 10 packs, cards Packs.com values under $1 come to $46.01 at its values and $23.65 at TCGplayer's market price. Its dearest cards sit much closer to the market.
Does a low index mean a bad pack?
It means the cards would fetch less on the open market than the pack costs. What you are paid is a separate sum: a sell-back pays a share of the app's own value, covered on the cash-out page.
How often do the indexes move?
Each time the prices are read, every index gets a new dated point. The first reading was on 7 October 2026, so most lines are short. A move is shown only once an index has two readings.
Why only Packs.com packs?
A pack index needs every card in the pack with its chance, and Packs.com is the one app whose full list we hold. The Packs.com review covers the app itself.
Sources23
- Packs.com: Chaos Rising pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Perfect Order pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Lorwyn Eclipsed pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Secrets of Strixhaven pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Lord of the Rings pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: 151 pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Base Set 2 pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Unlimited pack, contents list api.packs.com
- Packs.com: Ascended Heroes pack, contents list api.packs.com
- TCGplayer prices for Chaos Rising, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Perfect Order, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, part 1, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, part 2, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Lorwyn Eclipsed, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Secrets of Strixhaven, part 1, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Secrets of Strixhaven, part 2, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Lord of the Rings, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for 151, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Base Set 2, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Unlimited, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer prices for Ascended Heroes, as republished by tcgcsv.com tcgcsv.com
- TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices for 26 scanned cards, as republished by TCGdex api.tcgdex.net
Every figure was read on public pages on 6 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. Pack contents and chances are Packs.com's own; market prices are TCGplayer's; the sums are ours. How apps are scored is on the rating method page.