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DKA · 2012 Draft Booster

Open Dark Ascension Draft Booster packs

Rip virtual packs using the set's real card list and real pull rates — then see what the cards inside are actually worth against what a pack costs.

What a Draft Booster is worth

TCGplayer · 2026-10-27
$4.35
Cards inside, on average
$11.06
Pack price
39%
Return on price · Behind
$3.48
Median pack
2%
Packs with a $10.00+ card

Most packs come in under the average — the mean is carried by the rare big hits. The median is what a typical pack looks like; the top 10% of packs are worth $6.26 or more.

What's in a Dark Ascension Draft Booster?

15 cards · print-sheet odds (MTGJSON)
SlotCardsFinishWhat can show up
Basic 15 cards on the sheet 1Non-foil100% common
Dfc 13 cards on the sheet 1Non-foil60% common 30% uncommon 8% rare 3% mythic
Sfc Common 60 cards on the sheet 9Non-foil100% common
Sfc Rare Mythic 45 cards on the sheet 1Non-foil88% rare 13% mythic
Sfc Uncommon 40 cards on the sheet 3Non-foil100% uncommon
Order in the pack
  1. common x9
  2. uncommon x3
  3. rare/mythic
  4. double-faced card
  5. basic land (1/4 of packs, after the DFC)
  6. (foil, if any, is the last card)
  7. + marketing card (token or ad card)
Documented by Wizards. The tool reveals cards in this order.

Most common pack configuration. Rarer variants — a Special Guest or List card replacing a common, a foil basic — are in the odds and show up in the value table below.

Cards that drive the value

Price × chance = what each adds to a pack
  1. 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
    Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
    $22.58 · in 1.4% of packs
    +$0.30per pack
  2. 2 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
    Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
    $6.64 · in 1.5% of packs
    +$0.10per pack
  3. 3 Havengul Lich
    Havengul Lich
    $5.89 · in 1.4% of packs
    +$0.08per pack
  4. 4 Geralf's Messenger
    Geralf's Messenger
    $3.23 · in 2.5% of packs
    +$0.08per pack
  5. 5 Grafdigger's Cage
    Grafdigger's Cage
    $3.21 · in 2.5% of packs
    +$0.08per pack
  6. 6 Increasing Ambition
    Increasing Ambition
    $2.85 · in 2.3% of packs
    +$0.06per pack
  7. 7 Curse of Bloodletting
    Curse of Bloodletting
    $1.77 · in 2.9% of packs
    +$0.05per pack
  8. 8 Gravecrawler
    Gravecrawler
    $2.14 · in 2.4% of packs
    +$0.05per pack

How these numbers are made

Odds

print-sheet odds (MTGJSON) · confidence medium. The pack variants and per-card sheet weights compiled from Wizards' collation information, as published by MTGJSON. Sources: mtg.fandom.com, mtg.fandom.com, www.lethe.xyz.

Foil: 1:67 cards advertised (Zendikar through War of the Spark/Modern Horizons, lethe.xyz per-set pages; mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Foil_card: 'previous 1:67' before M20's 1:45); 22.4% of packs (derived, = 9/40 used by taw). Foil of any rarity (incl. basic land) replaces a common.

Value

The average is exact — every card's price times how often it appears. Median, the top-10% figure and the hit rate come from 2,000 simulated packs, the same packs every night, so the numbers move only when prices move.

TCGplayer market prices as of 2026-10-27, foil price for foil slots. Market price is not what you would get selling — subtract fees and shipping. Colour balancing of common sheets is not modelled.

BoosterOdds

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