The Cheapest Collector Booster Boxes For MTG

Summary

• Collector booster boxes offer premium foil cards and exclusive mythic cards for a pricey investment.
• Dominaria Remastered and Zendikar Rising feature iconic cards and strong creatures like Omnath, Lotus of Creation.
• Unfinity provides unique goofy cards for casual gameplay, while Dominaria United brings back classic cards and storylines.

With so many whimsical sets, cards and an ever-changing scene, Magic: The Gathering stands as one of the most refined Trading Card Games around. Having journeyed across multiple multiverses and even other properties such as Lord of the Rings or Final Fantasy, MTG is still holding strong with brilliant creativity and amazing mechanics.

The best way to get a bunch of cards is by picking up a booster box. There are different types of boxes you can get, but the most classy are the Collector booster boxes. These come with special packs that feature more premium foil cards and even some exclusive mythic cards. Booster boxes are quite an investment, so here is a look at some of the cheapest around.

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Dominaria Remastered – $228.25

A Love Letter To Classic MTG

For a while, Wizards of the Coast have been creating remastered sets that combine a bunch of older sets into one with modern borders and a ton of iconic cards. Since Dominaria has been so important to the story of MTG, it is only fitting that it was a focus for one of the remaster sets. In Dominaria Remastered, over 27 sets have been brought into one giant 261-card set that brings some of the most iconic from each.

Combining many classic sets into one makes this set such a trip down memory lane if you have ever collected MTG in the past. The amount of snazzy foil versions of retro classics the Collector boosters have make it the best way to open this fan-service-filled set. With so many sets represented, there are countless highlights, such as the borderless Force of Will and Elightened Tutor as well as their retro-framed counterparts.

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Zendikar Rising – $227.16

Incredibly Strong Creatures

Zendikar is one of the most iconic and beloved locations in the MTG world and any set that takes us back there is instantly a classic. In Zendikar Rising, we return to the mana-filled plane to deal with the mysterious and dangerous creatures that live there now after the aftermath of Eldrazi’s defeat. These creatures all have cards that are some of the strongest and most game-defining of all time.

There is one card in this set that was even banned for being too powerful. The Omnath, Lotus of Creation Legendary Creature, had the powerful effect to gain four life every turn and draw a card. All for a cheap four-color cost that, at the time, was very easy to get around to summon it for free. This booster box is the best way to obtain this historic card and the Collector’s packs even have a beautiful bordeless version available.

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Unfinity – $210.73

Goofy And Wild Cards

This silly little set is apart of the Un-sets, which all feature cards that give you a different way to play the classic MTG gameplay with wild new rules and mechanics aimed towards a more casual audience. Unfinity was the last of the standalone Un-sets and introduced Acorn cards, which are joke cards with silly effects that will never ever, in any format, be legal.

Just like all Collector’s booster cards, they are not legal for drafting, but they do give you a fresh way to enjoy the game with mechanics that are exclusive to the Un-sets line. If you build a deck exclusively using these cards and bring it to a friendly showdown against a friend, the surprise on their face will only grow more confusing with each card you play. It will easily be one of the most fun and wacky games of MTG you have ever played.

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Dominaria United – $206.48

Dominaria Reigns Supreme

MTG’s home will always be on Dominaria, and we are always over the moon whenever modern sets take us back to the place that is so iconic to its history. In Dominaria United, familiar faces are ready to fight Sheoldred to protect their home with some powerful cards and neat callbacks, this is a set that long-time fans adore.

Since this was the first set to start the 30th anniversary celebrations, it is jam-packed with Easter eggs from across the history of the game. It was also the beginning of the celebratory Phyrexian storyline that continued through the next four sets and gave us some of the best modern cards wrapped in a wonderful story.

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Aetherdrift – $202.86

Ready Your Driver And Summon Your Vehicles

Aetherdrift is a set that has many complaints, but there are still so many stunning cards to pull. Creatures from worlds apart are racing across Amonkhet, Muraganda and Avishkar in the Ghiapur Grand Prix to claim the powerful Aetherspark. This speedy set features a ton of cards that carry this theming in both rules and artwork to create distinct cards that drift their way to the top.

There are many valuable chase cards that are like no other, from borderless cards that feature graffiti-inspired art to some beautiful showcase versions of the drivers in a mesmerizing fractured foil style. Even if you don’t pull any of these, nearly every card has such a unique style and theming compared to any other MTG set, that any collector just can’t be disappointed with whatever they pull.

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D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms – $186.59

Two Classics Combined

This booster box is the perfect way for a Dungeons & Dragons fan to start their MTG collection, with it containing tons of iconic creatures and elements from the beloved series that will give you some of the best cards for your collection. Out of the two D&D MTG sets, this one is the most iconic as it started it all, but overall, it is the less beloved set.

The pearlscent packs with Beholder on them are gorgeous, and reflect how much of a hidden gem the premium pulls are in the Collector’s boosters. Extended Art cards such as the Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient and Robe of Stars are wonderful and nearly every card in this set is just as stunning. If you just love D&D and want an excuse to get into MTG, this set’s Collector’s packs are perfect to kick-start any collection.

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Streets of New Capenna – $158.60

Stunning Sights

In the 20th-century-inspired city Streets of New Capenna, five demon crime families duke it out over the rulership of this once great holy city. This set included a whopping number of cards with premium versions of each. Sadly, it did have a lackluster reception, since most of the budget seemingly went into advertising. It even got its own soundtrack to go along with the release for some reason.

Each one of the five families did, however, bring along a unique keyword and gameplay style that makes this set stand out not just stylistically but mechanically too. The elements and setting of New Capenna make for some of the most distinct cards of any set. Unfortunately, the longevity of the cards and the popularity of this set was very short-winded, making it one of the cheaper sets to collect.

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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt – $144.89

Prowling For A Good Deal

The popular Innistrad storyline continues its dark path with Innistrad: Midnight Hunt bringing in new threats and evil allies. This set features over 277 standard cards alongside a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous versions of the cards from the main set, which all focus on Eternal Night creatures such as werewolves and the classic vampires.

Both Midnight Hunt and its partner set Innistrad: Crimson Vow would both go on to be reprinted in a set together named Innistrad: Double Feature which combined both sets into one, making the original prints of the sets alot less desired. This made these sets drop in value as the new set has much more to offer if you wanted any Innistrad-themed cards, but these two alone still have some spectacularly monstrous cards.

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Innistrad: Crimson Vow – $144.50

Your Invitation Awaits

The best way to transform your collection into a blood-sucking ancient beast is through the Innistrad series of sets. Innistrad: Crimson Vow takes the dark monster-filled theming and makes it all centered around a crimson-filled night wedding between the two iconic Markov and Voldaren vampire families.

This set’s Collector’s booster exclusive cards are worth dying for. For players, there are iconic cards, such as Pointed Discussion, and Scattered Thoughts, that make perfect display pieces, and there are so many more museum-worthy cards to find. There are beautifully dark cards such Toxrill, the Corrosive (Showcase) or Olivia, Crimson Bride (Showcase) that make this set wonderful no matter what you pull.

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March Of The Machine: The Aftermath – $108.49

An Underwhelming Set With Some Underrated Cards

While March of The Machine was an excellent set with tons of multiversal Creatures striving to end the Phyrexian story once and for all, what followed was a disappointment called March of the Machine: The Aftermath. This micro-set focuses on expanding the March of the Machine set with a tiny total of only 50 cards that have over 180 premium versions. The main issue many had with this set was not its size or its pricey cost at launch, but instead the fact that it is a non-draftable set even with the regular packs.

It also didn’t help this set that it was released just a month before the The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Universes Beyond set, which completely overshadowed any desire for fans to pick up this set at launch. Luckily, all of this combined means it is one of the cheapest sets to collect, and we can’t ever be disappointed with any of the beautiful cards found in Collector’s packs.