It all started with Project Booster Fun, and all of it boils down to the following quote:

How do we make opening booster packs more exciting? Put more cool and beautiful versions of cards in them.

Mark Rosewater

The Collector Booster Boxes of Throne of Eldraine introduced the following:

• Extended Art Rares and Mythics
• Showcase Cards
• Borderless Planeswalkers

These boxes were initially sold for $400 but quickly fell to the $200-300 range shortly thereafter once people figured out they were not that limited. Right now they are getting sold for $260-320 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Theros Beyond Death

Theros Beyond Death upped the Collector Booster Box game by adding two Foil Showcase Lands to every Collector Booster Pack, next to the already existing Extended Art, Showcase and Borderless Planeswalker cards.

These boxes were initially sold at $220. Right now they are getting sold for $205-225 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

These boxes were initially sold at $200. Right now they are getting sold for $220-260 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Core Set 2021

Core Set 2021 was kind of a step backwards, no Commander cards nor exclusive card series showed up in this set. It did keep the Foil Showcase Land however.

These boxes were initially sold at $200-210, which people at the time found pretty steep for a core set. Right now they are getting sold for $210-225 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Zendikar Rising

Zendikar Rising again builds upon the previous set, but now Collector Booster Boxes do feature Foil Expedition cards one in every six Collector Booster Packs, and it is the only place to find them!

These cards actually have their own set symbol and belong to the Zendikar Expeditions set. The card aesthetics have also been improved by adding varnished elements to the card frame. Check out some of the Expeditions below!

WotC also doubled up on Project Booster Fun by introducing Set Boosters, and I’m sure most of their product development time went into that.

These boxes were initially sold at around $210. Right now they are getting sold for $230-250 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Commander Legends

Foil-Etched cards are a brand new addition to Collector Booster Boxes, starting with Commander Legends! Pictures don’t do their beauty justice, it is best to simply check out the video below.

It is also worth noting that Foil Basic Lands cannot be found in these boxes, but this is simply because the regular main set does not have any either.

These boxes were initially sold at $240. Right now they are getting sold for $450-500 on eBay! Click here to check out their current prices!

Kaldheim

The image above shows Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider in its Showcase and Phyrexian treatments.

These boxes may have had an initial price of $200-210, but they quickly fell down to $170 and sometimes even lower. Right now they are getting sold for $135-150 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Strixhaven: School of Mages combines the newest additions from the latest sets. We now have a Mystical Archive subset featuring some of the most iconic instants and sorceries, and some of them come in a Foil-Etched version too! This time around there are no Foil Basic Lands.

And as an extra the Mystical Archive cards have a chance to come in a special Japanese alternative art version, of which you can find images below.

These boxes had an initial price of around $200. Right now they are getting sold for $200-250 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Modern Horizons 2

Modern Horizons 2 builds upon the following:

• Even more Foil Etched cards
• Retro frame cards as in Time Spiral Remastered
• Sketch cards as alternate art version

To be honest, it is getting a bit hard to understand what you can all expect in Collector Booster Boxes, but I figure they put in about all of their variants for a non-Standard set like Modern Horizons 2. The idea is that more shiny cards means the product sells better, after all.

These boxes had an initial price of about $350. Right now they are getting sold for $340-420 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms does not really offer anything new and exciting, it actually does not even offer Foil Etched cards. Maybe you’ll like the showcase versions if you are a D&D enthusiast.

These boxes seemingly had an initial price of $240, but quickly dropped below $200. Right now they are getting sold for $115-140 on eBay. Click here for their current prices.

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt neither offers anything new. WotC gave this set so little thought that I had to find the Collector Booster Box contents on WotC’s WPN website, which is intended for retailers only.

Unsurprisingly it does not offer anything new over Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, which already was mediocre.

These boxes may have had an initial price $200, but quickly dropped below. Right now they are getting sold for $120-135 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Innistrad: Crimson Vow is probably where WotC realized that it was not collectors who were buying boxes from the previous few sets, but rather flippers. The market was in a weird state anyway with COVID-19 being a massive factor as well as the relief bills.

Special card series made their return in this Collector Booster Box, this time in the form of the Dracula card series, one of which you see pictured above. For the rest these boxes build upon the previous few sets.

These boxes had an initial price of around $200. Right now they are getting sold for $120-150 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is where WotC went full-out again on possible variants! It also marked the return of Foil-Etched cards.

And that’s not all, they did something huge with Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, and I can’t really explain it better than Max McCall did in the linked post.

“There are four colors of neon ink that Hidetsugu appears in: blue, green, red, and yellow. You can open neon ink blue, green, and red Hidetsugu exclusively in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Collector Boosters. There are about half as many neon green cards as neon blue cards, and about a quarter as many neon red cards as neon green cards.”

And as if that was not enough, this set also marked the return of Phyrexian frame cards.

These boxes had an initial price of as low as $190. Right now they are getting sold for $190-215 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Streets of New Capenna

Streets of New Capenna looks similar to the sets before Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, but there are still some things worth mentioning.

One of those things is the Gilded Foil treatment as pictured above. It is said to be even nicer than the already known Foil-Etched cards. The other one is the Phyrexian variant of Urabrask, Heretic Praetor pictured below.

These boxes had an initial price of $215. Right now they are getting sold for $120-135 on eBay. Click here for their current prices.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate does not really offer anything new over Commander Legends when talking about the Collector Booster Box contents. It does solidify the Foil-Etched treatment to be used as default from now on though, an example can be found below.

These boxes had an initial price of as high as $350. Right now they are getting sold for $140-155 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Double Masters 2022

Double Masters 2022 builds a lot on the previous Collector Booster Boxes. Foil-Etched cards are probably the standard for the biggest hits overall by now. Every few sets WotC also adds something even cooler, this time around they added Textured Foil Borderless cards!

These boxes had an initial price of about $270, but it should be kept in mind that there are only four packs inside, instead of the usual twelve. Right now they are getting sold for $200-230 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Dominaria United

Dominaria United is the next Standard set in which WotC tried something big. And by big I mean that they included original Legends cards in 3% of the Collector Booster Packs! Some of the possible Lost Legends hits are pictured below.

Phyrexian frame cards also make another return.

These boxes seem to have had an initial price of $220. Right now they are getting sold for $150-160 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Unfinity

Unfinity is the fourth completely new Un- set from Magic the Gathering and is designed to be drafted. It follows Unglued in 1998, Unhinged in 2004 and Unstable in 2017.

Collector Booster Boxes of this set are not quite comparable to previous Standard and Modern sets. They are however the only boxes in which you can find Galaxy Foil cards, shown in the previous image.

Each box also contains one Traditional Foil Borderless Shock Land as a Box Topper. And that’s not all! These Borderless Shock Lands will also show up in Collector Booster Packs, 1 in 25 packs for their Traditional Foil variant and 1 in 25 packs for their Galaxy Foil variant.

These boxes had an initial price of $190. Right now they are getting sold for $150-175 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

The Brothers’ War

The Brothers’ War is the first set that features serialized cards, and they can only be found in Collector Boosters. Numbered cards have already been huge for a while in the sports and entertainment card market, so it was only a matter of time until WotC would have their go at them.

The pictures above show the schematic form cards, with the middle card being serialized. The serialized variant can be found in less than 1% of Collector Booster packs.

These Collector Booster Boxes offer even more with Transformers series cards! The Shattered Glass variants pictured above can be found in 12% of boosters. Foil variants can be found in less than 1% of boosters, making them really valuable!

These boxes seemingly had an initial price of about $240. Right now they are getting sold for $200-250 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Dominaria Remastered

Dominaria Remastered honestly does not offer a lot of exciting cards on the Collector Booster Box front, it is all about Retro Frame cards and Borderless cards. The only bonus of the Collector Boosters is that the majority of the cards come as Traditional Foils.

These boxes seemed to have an initial price of $200-240, though it depends a lot on where and when you placed your pre-order. Right now they are getting sold for $220-240 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One

Phyrexia: All Will Be One is characterized by the cards having absolutely astonishing art. The Collector Booster Boxes don’t introduce many new features, but the Ichor, Manga and Step-and-Compleat Foil treatments are absolutely gorgeous as seen below.

Another special treatment can be found in the form of Borderless Concept Praetors, you can find their images below. Any of them can be found in under 2% of Collector Boosters. Also included is the Borderless Manga variant of Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, which can be found less than 1% of the time.

These boxes had an initial price of as high as $300, but dropped quickly after. Right now they are getting sold for $200-210 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

March of the Machine

March of the Machine is a set that builds on the best parts of the previous sets. Notable features include:

• Halo Foils, a new foil type
• Multiverse Legends cards, a reprint set
• Serialized Multiverse Legends cards
  • Double rainbow foil
  • Serialized to /500
• Serialized Praetors
  • Double rainbow foil
  • Serialized to /500
  • New art

Of course Foil-Etched, Borderless and Extended Art cards also make a return. Serialized cards can be found in less than 1% of packs.

These boxes had an initial price of about $200. Right now they are getting sold for $200-205 on eBay. Click here to view their current prices.

March of the Machine: The Aftermath

Not much is known about March of the Machine: The Aftermath yet, it is expected to release on May 12, 2023. Click here to view the current Collector Booster Box prices.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is the first major Universes Beyond set released. Collector Booster Boxes have a heavy focus on serialized cards among other features.

They offer serialized versions of Sol Ring for Elves, Dwarves and Humans. It is also the first time serialized cards can be found in a non-foil treatment.

And most importantly, it also offers a very special The One Ring with its own unique artwork! There only exists one of this The One Ring, making it a true one of one.

Other than that one can also find Surge Foils and Borderless Scene cards in this set. More information will surely become available closer to its release, which is expected to be on June 23, 2023.

Click here to view the current Collector Booster Box prices.

Commander Masters

Commander Masters has also already been announced, it introduces new Frame Break Borderless and Profile Borderless treatments as seen below. Foil-Etched cards are also present.

Currently there is only limited information available, more information will surely become available closer to release, which is scheduled to be on August 4, 2023.

Click here to view the current Collector Booster Box prices.

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