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Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths: Booster Box Prices & Sealed Products

Apr 2020IKOfrom $15.506 sealed products

Ikoria is the strangest release in modern Magic's history. Its April 2020 launch collided with pandemic store closures, North American retail was pushed back to mid-May, and prerelease events largely did not happen. The result is a set that circulated less than its neighbors, carries a licensed Godzilla crossover nobody has been able to reprint, and has the most expensive Collector Booster box of any in-universe set from its era.

Quick facts

Release dateApril 24, 2020 (North American retail shifted to May 15 by COVID-19 closures)
Set codeIKO
Set size274 cards in the main set, 390 including variants and the Godzilla series
Booster typesDraft Booster, Collector Booster (no Set Boosters - those began five months later)
Chase cardsThe Ozolith, Godzilla series monsters, the five Triome lands, Kinnan Bonder Prodigy, Drannith Magistrate
Standard statusRotated out in September 2021; legal in Pioneer, Modern and Commander
Draft Booster box (Sep 2026)$185-$230

Sealed products for Ikoria

Draft Booster Box

Thirty-six packs of 15 game cards plus a token or ad card, in the standard ten commons, three uncommons, rare-or-mythic and land configuration. Ikoria draft is remembered for mutate stacks and the companion mechanic that Wizards had to rules-patch six weeks after release. Sealed boxes trade at $185-$230 in September 2026, which is at the high end for a 2020 premier set and reflects how much of the print run never reached shelves normally.

Collector Booster Box

Twelve packs of about 15 cards, each with foil commons and uncommons, foil and non-foil rares or mythics in extended art, a showcase or borderless card and a foil token. This is the box that carries the foil Godzilla-series cards and the extended-art Triomes, and it has become the priciest in-universe Collector box of the 2019-2021 window. Expect $450-$660, with completed sales concentrated between $550 and $630.

Bundle

Ten Draft Boosters, twenty foil basic lands, twenty regular basics, an alternate-art promo, a spindown die and a storage box. These run $70-$110 and are one of the few cheap ways to open Ikoria packs.

Theme Boosters

Five 35-card mono-color packs with one or two rares each. Low value sealed, generally $12-$22.

Planeswalker Decks

Two 60-card decks led by Vivien, Monsters' Advocate and Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast. Roughly $14-$28 sealed, with the Vivien deck the more sought of the two because that Vivien saw Standard play.

Commander 2020 Decks

Five 100-card Commander decks released alongside Ikoria - Timeless Wisdom, Ruthless Regiment, Symbiotic Swarm, Enhanced Evolution and Arcane Maelstrom - and the first Commander decks tied directly to a premier set. They are tracked as their own product rather than part of IKO, but they are what most people mean by Ikoria Commander decks, and the free-spell cycle they introduced made them the most valuable precons of that year. Sealed decks command a strong premium.

Prerelease Kit

Six Draft Boosters, a foil year-stamped rare or mythic, spindown and box. Because prerelease events were cancelled in most of the world, these kits are more available than usual at $35-$60.

Booster Case

Six boxes per case for either type. Given that Ikoria Collector Boosters are the highest-value target in the set, case-fresh purchasing matters more here than for its neighbors.

Chase cards and Booster Fun treatments

The Ozolith is the top single at roughly $68, a rare that quietly became a Commander staple. The five Triome lands - Zagoth, Savai, Indatha, Ketria and Raugrin - sit between $16 and $24 each and are the reason the set still gets opened, since they are format staples in Pioneer and Commander and their showcase versions carry a further premium. Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and Drannith Magistrate round out the $15 tier.

The headline treatment is the Godzilla series: eighteen cards printed with Toho monster artwork and alternate Godzilla names alongside their Magic names, available in Draft and Collector Boosters, with Japanese-language versions in Japanese product. Zilortha, Strength Incarnate, the buy-a-box promo, exists only in its Godzilla form and trades around $24. Because the Toho license has not been renewed for Magic, none of these can be reprinted as they are, which is the single biggest reason Ikoria Collector Boosters outperform everything else from 2020.

Beyond the monsters, the set has three borderless planeswalkers, showcase frames on the Triomes and a slate of extended-art rares confined to Collector Boosters. Wizards published the Collector Booster slot list rather than per-card odds, so any specific Godzilla pull rate in a listing is guesswork.

Is Ikoria worth buying sealed?

This is the one set on this list where the sealed argument is not automatically a bad one, and it still comes with caveats. The licensed Godzilla cards cannot be reprinted, the print run was disrupted, and the Collector box has roughly doubled from its launch level while most of its peers went sideways. That is a genuine scarcity story rather than hype.

The caveat is that most of that move has already happened and a $600 Collector Booster box does not open to $600 in singles on average. If you want Godzilla cards, buy the specific ones you want as singles - they are individually affordable and you will not pay for eleven packs of filler to get one. If you want Triomes for a Commander deck, singles again. Sealed Ikoria makes sense only if you specifically want the sealed object and you accept that you are buying a collectible at a collectible price. The Draft box at around $200 is a straightforward play purchase and nothing more.

How to spot fakes, resealed and mapped boxes

Ikoria Collector Booster boxes are now worth enough to be a resealing target. Look for tight, uniform factory shrink with one clean seam, no adhesive residue, no tool marks at the flaps and no gap where the wrap has been re-heated. A box sold "sealed" with wrap that pulls away from the corners has been redone.

Loose Collector Boosters are the highest-risk purchase here. Packs can be weighed for foil content, and a seller offering single packs from a box they already searched is selling you the remainder. Buy boxes, buy from a case where you can, and buy from an identifiable shop. Counterfeit sealed boxes of valuable Magic sets exist; check the sharpness of the box art printing and the small collector text on the base.

Where to buy Ikoria sealed

Local shops occasionally still hold Ikoria stock bought in 2020 and priced closer to 2020 levels, which is the best outcome available on this set. Check the card shop directory for stores near you, and work card shows for loose Godzilla singles and Commander 2020 decks. Online, these searches are the most reliable:

Frequently asked questions

How many packs are in an Ikoria booster box?

A Draft Booster box holds 36 packs of 15 cards. A Collector Booster box holds 12 packs of roughly 15 cards.

Is Ikoria Standard legal?

No. Ikoria rotated out of Standard in September 2021. It remains legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander.

Does Ikoria have Set Boosters?

No. Set Boosters debuted with Zendikar Rising in September 2020, five months after Ikoria. IKO shipped Draft Boosters, Collector Boosters and Theme Boosters.

What are the Godzilla cards in Ikoria?

Eighteen cards printed with Toho monster art and alternate Godzilla names alongside their Magic names, found in Draft and Collector Boosters. The Toho license was not renewed, so they cannot be reprinted in that form.

Is Ikoria still in print?

No. It went out of print well before the set rotated, and the Godzilla cards in particular will not return.

Why is the Ikoria Collector Booster box so expensive?

A COVID-disrupted print run, unreprintable licensed Godzilla cards and the extended-art Triomes together make it the most expensive in-universe Collector box of its era, currently $450-$660.

Prices in this guide were last reviewed 2026-09. Live eBay listings above update daily.