Zendikar Rising is the set that changed how Magic is sold. It was the first release to ship Set Boosters, the 12-card packs built for opening rather than drafting, and from September 2020 until the end of 2023 every premier set carried three booster types instead of two. If you are pricing a Zendikar Rising box, the first thing to sort out is which of the three you are actually looking at.
- Set Booster
$4.00
- Collector Booster Display
$464.42
- Collector Booster Display Case
$2,087.35
- Set Booster Case
$991.80
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| Release date | September 25, 2020 |
| Set code | ZNR |
| Set size | 280 cards in the main set, plus 30 Zendikar Expeditions and Booster Fun variants |
| Booster types | Draft Booster, Set Booster, Collector Booster - the first set ever to include Set Boosters |
| Chase cards | Zendikar Expeditions (all ten allied fetch lands), Sea Gate Restoration, Agadeem's Awakening, Ancient Greenwarden, Scute Swarm |
| Standard status | Rotated out September 1, 2022; legal in Pioneer, Modern and Commander |
| Draft Booster box (Sep 2026) | $130-$200 |
Thirty-six packs of 15 game cards plus a token or ad card, built for limited play, and one Expedition box topper per box. Still the cheapest way to get a lot of ZNR packs; sealed boxes trade at $130-$200, averaging near $160.
Thirty packs of 12 cards, and the first Set Booster box Wizards ever sold. A Set Booster front-loads the interesting cards: an art card, a guaranteed foil, showcase and borderless cards, a card from The List in some packs, and no fixed common count to pad it out. Like the Draft box it includes one Expedition box topper. These trade at $175-$250 in September 2026, above Draft boxes because far fewer were printed in the format's first outing.
Twelve packs of roughly 15 cards, plus two Expedition box toppers per display. Each pack carries a foil alternate-frame rare or mythic - a slot that is a foil Expedition roughly one time in six - along with a foil standard-frame rare or mythic, a non-foil borderless or showcase rare, a non-foil extended-art rare, foil showcase commons and uncommons, a foil full-art basic and a foil double-faced token. This is the only sealed source of foil Expeditions, and it prices accordingly at $330-$500, most often $350-$430.
Ten Draft Boosters, forty basic lands with twenty in foil, an alternate-art promo, a spindown and a storage box. Around $60-$100.
Two 100-card preconstructed decks: Land's Wrath, led by Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor, and Sneak Attack, led by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. Each includes a foil-etched display commander. Sealed decks generally run $35-$70, with Sneak Attack the stronger of the two.
Five 35-card mono-colored packs with one or two rares. Low sealed value at $12-$22.
Six Draft Boosters, a foil year-stamped rare or mythic, a spindown and a box. Roughly $30-$55.
Six boxes per case. With Expedition toppers riding outside every display, an unopened case is the only way to guarantee they are still there.
Zendikar Expeditions are the reason this set gets bought. Thirty premium lands, including all ten allied fetch lands, the five Scars fast lands, the five Battlebond lands and ten utility lands such as Ancient Tomb, Cavern of Souls, Strip Mine and Wasteland. They appear only as box toppers and in Collector Boosters, never in a normal pack, and the fetch lands hold serious value in both foil and non-foil.
From the main set, the modal double-faced spell lands are the value engine: Sea Gate Restoration near $39, Agadeem's Awakening near $29, Valakut Awakening near $18, Malakir Rebirth near $14. Ashaya, Soul of the Wild sits near $16 and Ancient Greenwarden near $13 on Commander demand, and Scute Swarm holds around $9. Omnath, Locus of Creation was the set's most talked-about card and was banned out of Standard within weeks, which is why it costs less than its reputation suggests.
Treatments include showcase landfall frames, borderless planeswalkers, borderless Pathway lands and extended-art rares in Collector Boosters. Wizards published the Collector Booster slot list and the roughly one-in-six Expedition rate for the alternate-frame slot; anything more specific is not from Wizards.
Mostly no, with one exception. The Draft box at $160 opens to well under $160 in singles on average, because outside the spell lands the rare slot is thin. That has been true since 2021 and nothing has changed it.
The exception is the Collector Booster box, and even there the case is narrow. Foil Expeditions are genuinely scarce, the set is out of print, and unlike most 2020 sealed the Collector box has held and modestly grown. But a $400 box needs an expensive foil Expedition to come out ahead, and the average box does not contain one. If you want fetch lands, buy them as singles. If you want the sealed object and understand it is a collectible bet on a finite bonus sheet, the Collector box is defensible. The Set box is the interesting middle option: cheap, historically the first of its kind, and fun to open even if it does not open well for money.
Zendikar Rising has a reseal tell most sets do not: the box topper. A Draft or Set display that has been opened, had its Expedition removed and been rewrapped is the most common scam on this set, and the topper is not visible from outside, so you are relying entirely on the wrap. Look for tight, even factory shrink, one clean seam, no adhesive residue, no heat wrinkles at the corners and no tool marks near the flaps.
Collector Boosters here are weighable and mappable, so loose packs from unfamiliar sellers should be avoided outright. Buy boxes rather than packs, prefer case-fresh product, and buy from a shop you can identify. Counterfeit sealed boxes of higher-value Magic sets do circulate; check the sharpness of the printing on the box art and the small collector text on the base against a photo of a known-good copy.
Local shops still turn up ZNR Set Booster boxes at prices set years ago, which is the best deal available on this set. Start with the card shop directory and check card shows, where Expeditions and Commander decks change hands regularly. Online, these searches are the cleanest:
A Draft Booster box holds 36 packs of 15 cards, a Set Booster box holds 30 packs of 12 cards, and a Collector Booster box holds 12 packs of roughly 15 cards.
Yes. Zendikar Rising, released September 25, 2020, was the first Magic set to ship Set Boosters. The format ran through 2023 before Play Boosters replaced both Set and Draft Boosters in 2024.
No. It rotated out of Standard on September 1, 2022 alongside Kaldheim, Strixhaven and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. It remains legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander.
Only as box toppers and in Collector Boosters. Draft and Set Booster boxes each include one non-foil Expedition topper, Collector Booster displays include two, and Collector Boosters carry foil Expeditions in the alternate-frame slot at roughly one in six packs.
No. The set has been out of print for years and the Expeditions have not been reprinted in that form.
Draft for playing limited, Set for the best opening experience at a low price, Collector if you specifically want foil Expeditions and premium treatments and accept the collectible premium that comes with them.
Prices in this guide were last reviewed 2026-09. Live eBay listings above update daily.