Throne of Eldraine is the set where modern Magic collecting started. It was the first premier set to ship Collector Boosters and the first to use the Booster Fun program of borderless, showcase and extended-art treatments, and it did so a year before Set Boosters existed. That makes the sealed lineup simple by today's standards: Draft Boosters and Collector Boosters, nothing in between.
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| Release date | October 4, 2019 |
| Set code | ELD |
| Set size | 269 cards in the main set, plus Booster Fun variants |
| Booster types | Draft Booster, Collector Booster (no Set Boosters - those began in 2020) |
| Chase cards | The Great Henge, Embercleave, Oko Thief of Crowns, Questing Beast, Korvold from the Brawl decks |
| Standard status | Rotated out in September 2021; legal in Pioneer, Modern and Commander |
| Draft Booster box (Sep 2026) | $165-$210 |
Thirty-six Draft Boosters, each holding 15 game cards plus a token or ad card: ten commons, three uncommons, a rare or mythic and a basic land, with a foil replacing a common in roughly a third of packs. This is the drafting box and the one most shops still have in a back room. Sealed English boxes trade at $165-$210 in September 2026, with eBay completions clustering in the $165-$185 band and TCGplayer asking somewhat more.
Twelve Collector Boosters of about 15 cards each. Every pack carries foil commons and uncommons, a foil rare or mythic, extended-art rares, a showcase or borderless card and a foil token. These were the first Collector Boosters Wizards ever printed and they were not made in the volumes later sets saw, which is why the box has drifted upward. Expect $300-$440, with most completed sales between $330 and $400.
Ten Draft Boosters, twenty foil basic lands, twenty regular basics, an alternate-art promo, an oversized spindown die and a storage box. Bundles from this era are a cheap way to get packs and lands together and generally run $60-$100 depending on condition of the outer box.
Five 35-card mono-colored packs, one per color, each with one or two rares. They were built for newer players rather than collectors and hold little sealed value, usually $10-$20 each.
Two 60-card preconstructed decks led by Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage and Oko, the Trickster. Both contain a planeswalker printed only in that product. They sell for $12-$25.
Four singleton 60-card decks - Knights' Charge, Faerie Schemes, Savage Hunter and Wild Bounty - fronted by Syr Gwyn, Alela, Korvold and Chulane. These matter more than their price suggests, because the four commanders were exclusive to this product and Korvold in particular became a Commander staple. Sealed decks are scarce and priced well above their original retail.
Six Draft Boosters, a foil year-stamped rare or mythic, a spindown die and a deck box. A reasonable cheap sealed item at $30-$50.
Six Draft Booster boxes to a case, or six Collector Booster boxes. Case-fresh product is the only way to be certain nothing has been opened and resealed, and cases carry a premium over six times box price for that reason.
The Great Henge is the set's anchor and has been for years, trading around $60-$70 in non-foil and considerably more in extended art. Embercleave, Castle Garenbrig, Ayara and Questing Beast fill in the next tier at roughly $4-$12 each. Oko, Thief of Crowns was the most notorious card in the set, banned out of Standard within weeks of release and later out of Modern; he still sells, but at a fraction of what a legal Oko would.
Booster Fun made its debut here in three forms. Three borderless planeswalkers, a storybook showcase frame covering thirty cards in the Adventure and knight themes, and extended-art versions of the rares and mythics found only in Collector Boosters. The storybook frames in particular aged well and are the reason Collector Boosters of this set still get opened.
Wizards publishes what slots a Collector Booster contains rather than per-card odds, so treat any specific pull-rate figure you see in a listing as marketing rather than data.
Honestly, not as an investment. Eldraine was printed heavily during a period when Wizards was printing to demand and then some, and a Draft Booster box at $180 does not come close to returning that in singles once you account for The Great Henge being the only card in the set carrying real weight. The math on the expected value of a box has been underwater for years.
The Collector Booster box is the more interesting item, not because the contents have appreciated much but because first-run Collector Boosters are genuinely finite and the set is out of print for good. That is a collectible argument, not a value one. If you want the cards, buy the singles - The Great Henge at $65 is cheaper than the box that might contain it. If you want to draft one of the best limited environments Wizards has made, buy the Draft box and open it.
The resealing risk on Eldraine sits with Collector Boosters. A box that has been opened, searched and rewrapped is the common scam, so look for tight, even factory shrink with a clean seam, no adhesive residue at the flaps and no tool marks. Loose wrap or a seam that runs crooked is reason enough to walk.
Loose Collector Booster packs from unfamiliar sellers are the higher risk. Packs from this era can be weighed and mapped, and a pack that has been sorted for foils is worth a fraction of a random one. Buy sealed boxes, ideally pulled from a sealed case, and buy from a shop with a name attached. Counterfeit Magic boxes exist and have improved; check print quality on the box art, the sharpness of the set symbol and the collector information on the base.
Local shops are the best place to find this set, because seven-year-old sealed Magic tends to sit in store inventory rather than online where it competes on price. Use the card shop directory to find stores near you, and check card shows for bundles and Brawl decks, which show up in dealer cases often. Online, these searches cut through the noise:
A Draft Booster box holds 36 packs of 15 cards. A Collector Booster box holds 12 packs of roughly 15 cards.
No. Throne of Eldraine rotated out of Standard in September 2021. It remains legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander.
No. Set Boosters did not exist until Zendikar Rising in September 2020. Eldraine shipped Draft and Collector Boosters only, plus Theme Boosters.
The Great Henge, which trades around $60-$70 in its standard printing and more in extended art. Embercleave and the Castle lands follow well behind.
No. It went out of print years ago and will not be reprinted as a set, though individual cards continue to appear in reprint products.
Buy the Draft box if you want to draft the set, which is still regarded as one of Magic's better limited formats. Buy the Collector box only if you specifically want first-run Collector Boosters and the showcase treatments, and understand you are paying a collectible premium.
Prices in this guide were last reviewed 2026-09. Live eBay listings above update daily.