Sorcery: Contested Realm / Booster Display
Beta Booster Display EV Calculator
Estimate this physical product's no-chase expected value with a product-, region-, language-, and printing-specific model, then compare the modeled range with your entered cost. Estimated ROI is a planning metric, not a guaranteed return.
Model assumptions & evidence
Simulation order: complete product contents are drawn first. Included-pool controls and optional Sift are applied only after the draw, and filtered outcomes are never replaced or backfilled.
- Release
- November 10, 2023
- Market scope
- English / North America / Beta English retail Booster; printing wave unspecified
- Default singles price
- TCGplayer Low
- Model basis
- Inherited-rate estimate
Included poolsChoose which already-drawn pools count toward EV.
Sealed Price / EV
Marketplace rows retain marketplace-only labels and use each marketplace's low sealed-product price.
| Marketplace | Product price | Break-even price | P/E | Basis |
|---|
Simulation Results
Low, Mid, and High are all derived from this same recalculated result set.
Confidence band: --
Modeled contribution mix
Card Value Breakdown
See which rarities and treatments are carrying the current gross EV.
Waiting for modeled rows
Model & EvidenceHow this calculation is supportedReview the product evidence, price coverage, and chase policy. EvidenceInherited-rate estimateReviewed July 26, 2026 Price coverage (reviewed)100.0% modeled mass99.3% measured rows Chase policyNo-chase baseline1 chase family excluded
Generated model: /data-static/sorcery-contested-realm/beta/models/beta-booster-display-curio-excluded.json
Inherited-rate estimate
Evidence
This calculator is based on Inherited-rate estimate reviewed July 26, 2026.
Sources
- Sorcery: Contested Realm - Beta - Erik's Curiosa (accessed 2026-07-26)
- Reviewed Beta Booster publisher-feed and TCGCSV join - The Expected Value (accessed 2026-07-26)
- Original Sorcery: Contested Realm publisher FAQ - Erik's Curiosa (accessed 2026-07-26)
- Alpha print-run numbers and pull-rate derivation - The Realistic Collector (accessed 2026-07-26)
Limitations
- Inherited-rate estimate: this Curio-excluded calculator copies Alpha's estimated 10-plus-1 Ordinary structure, one-in-five Unique slot, one-in-four foil occurrence, and foil-rarity mix because exact recipient-specific Unique and foil rates are not published. Results are proxies, not factory guarantees.
- Curios, Curio identities, and Curio replacement events are absent entirely from the locked publisher/marketplace Booster universe. No Curio probability is guessed, copied, normalized, or retained as a zero-EV occupied outcome.
- Each exact card receives one equal positive weight within its recipient-specific slot, rarity, treatment, and finish pool; no short print or unequal card sheet is claimed.
- The foil-rarity branch and nonfoil Elite/Unique position are modeled independently because no supported correlation is available.
- The display repeats the complete 15-card pack recipe 36 times. Display EV is pack expectation multiplied by 36; no box, display, or case guarantee, covariance, or factory correlation is claimed.
- Draw all 15 modeled card positions first, then apply Sift or any user pool/value filter. Filtering never rerolls, replaces, or backfills a completed draw.
- Pricing is exact TCGCSV/TCGplayer Low only. Missing rows remain null and have no name, set-number, or alternate-source price fallback.
- Crusade and Jihad in Standard and Foil retain their exact Beta publisher identities. When fresh active listings are verified, their values use separately labeled Cold Foil Heroes USD asking prices (condition unspecified; shipping and tax excluded). These are not TCGplayer quotes; missing or expired alternatives remain unavailable.
- Blink Foil product 627673 and Blizzard Foil product 672593 are the canonical pricing identities. Historical misprint rows 522862 and 522868 are evidenced outside the modeled Booster population and receive no second card-face weight.
Inherited-rate estimate
Rate provenance
Inherited-rate estimate. Donor product: Alpha 15-card English Booster; variant: Curio-excluded conditional model; version: 2026-07-26; reviewed July 26, 2026.
Only the listed Alpha probabilities are copied. No display or case correlation, Curio behavior, card weighting, or other recipient behavior is inherited.
Derived or copied fields
collation.slots.elite-or-unique.outcomes.elite.probability: 4/5 (0.8) - Campaign-era Alpha publisher FAQ target: the high-rarity slot is Elite four times in five.collation.slots.elite-or-unique.outcomes.unique.probability: 1/5 (0.2) - Campaign-era Alpha publisher FAQ target: Unique replaces Elite one time in five.collation.slots.foil-replacement.outcomes.foil-elite.probability: 3/68 (0.04411764705882353) - Alpha print-run proxy combines a one-in-four foil event with a 3/17 conditional Elite foil share.collation.slots.foil-replacement.outcomes.foil-exceptional.probability: 6/68 (0.08823529411764706) - Alpha print-run proxy combines a one-in-four foil event with a 6/17 conditional Exceptional foil share.collation.slots.foil-replacement.outcomes.foil-ordinary.probability: 7/68 (0.10294117647058823) - Alpha print-run proxy combines a one-in-four foil event with a 7/17 conditional Ordinary foil share.collation.slots.foil-replacement.outcomes.foil-unique.probability: 1/68 (0.014705882352941176) - Alpha print-run proxy combines a one-in-four foil event with a 1/17 conditional Unique foil share.collation.slots.foil-replacement.outcomes.standard-ordinary.probability: 51/68 (0.75) - The retained nonfoil Ordinary outcome is the complement of the four Alpha proxy foil branches.
- Similarities
- The recipient product documents the same 15-card Ordinary/Exceptional/Elite-or-Unique backbone as Alpha.
- Known differences
- Set size, display count, exact card pool, and printing are recipient-specific; only the seven declared probabilities are copied.
- Unsupported correlations
- No pack, display, box, or case correlation or guarantee is supported. Foil rarity and the nonfoil Elite/Unique slot are modeled independently.
- Model assumptions
- Cards have one equal positive weight within each exact recipient slot, rarity, treatment, and finish pool. Curios and Curio replacement events are absent entirely; no zero-EV occupied outcome is retained.
- Review triggers
- Durable recipient-specific Unique, foil, sheet-weight, or correlation evidence replaces or withdraws these values. A changed product recipe, market printing, or material price-coverage failure requires re-review.
Local price snapshots
Pricing
Historical Low-price review: these figures describe the printing pool and observation date used for the original review. They do not establish current price availability or completeness of a later corrected model. Current selected-source coverage is shown separately after loading.
TCGplayer Low is the default singles price for the first calculation and remains selected until changed. Resetting the price source returns to TCGplayer Low.
- Row coverage (historical review)
- 99.3%
- Modeled mass coverage (historical review)
- 100.0%
- Coverage observed
- July 26, 2026
- Low-price source
- Available Via Tcgcsv
No catalog-level price fallbacks are recorded. Runtime gaps are disclosed below when data loads.
TCGplayer Low coverage will be checked against the loaded local price snapshot.
Generated model and price snapshot dates load with this calculator.
No-chase model
Chase Exclusions
Unlisted chase families are absent from the reviewed product universe and removed from the model entirely. No chase branch or probability is invented, and no zero-EV occupied outcome, replacement draw, or renormalization is introduced.
- Curio
Basis: Curios are absent/unlisted in the exact publisher Booster identity universe; no Curio card, branch, rate, or occupied outcome exists in this model.
Product snapshot
Modeled Product Structure
- Cards per pack
- 15
- Packs per booster display
- 36
- Draw order
- Complete draw, then filters
All modeled slots are resolved before pool toggles or Sift score the opened product. This ordering prevents replacement draws from inflating EV.
Pack & Booster Display EV
| Metric | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack EV (gross) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Booster Display EV × 36 packs (gross) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Seller fees | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Net after fees | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Profit after purchase | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Break-even price (Mid) | $0.00 | ||
Purchase EV & Estimated ROI
| Metric | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross EV | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Total fees | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Net after fees | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Profit after expenses | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Modeled ROI vs entered cost | -- | -- | -- |
booster displays: 0 · Price/booster display: $0.00 · Total cost: $0.00
How is estimated ROI calculated? It equals modeled profit divided by the entered product cost. Modeled profit subtracts that product cost, selected seller fees, and any entered order or shipping costs from the modeled resale value. It is not a guaranteed return; pull variance, market price changes, taxes, and other unmodeled selling costs can change actual resale results.
Expected contribution
Card Value Breakdown
| Name | Set | Card # | Rarity | Treatment | Value | Seller fees | Products / copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected cards/booster display after toggles and Sift | 0.00 | ||||||
| All modeled game-card rows | 0.00 | ||||||
| Gap to modeled card total | 0.00 | ||||||
The simulator draws the full physical product first, then applies disabled pools and optional Sift. Filtered outcomes occupy their actual slots and are never backfilled.