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HA05 Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion

Released 6 December 2011 · 121 cards · 24 packs per box

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Hidden Arsenal 5: Steelswarm Invasion - Booster Box [1st Edition]

Is a booster box of HA05 worth opening?

Box price$84.00TCGplayer market price
Expected value$65.15
If you sell the cards$38.28With a 5% fee and leaving out cards under $0.50
A typical box$37.92The median of 10,000 simulated boxes
You get your money back0.0%Almost never

On average, no: selling the cards from a HA05 box would get you $38.28, 46% of the $84.00 it costs. A typical box gives $37.92 and only 0.0% of boxes get your money back. If you're after a specific card, buying it as a single is usually cheaper.

How reliable the rates are: good (several sources that agree).

HA05 pull rates

How many cards of each rarity group come in a 24-pack box, how many packs it takes to pull one specific card of the group and how much the group adds to the box value.

RarityCardsPer boxOne specificAddsShare
Super Rare 40 96 (96–96) 1 in 10 packs $41.04 63%
Secrets 20 24 (24–24) 1 in 20 packs $24.11 37%

The cards that carry the box

What weighs most in the expected value: expensive cards that are hard to pull.

The most expensive HA05 cards

Their version and today's TCGplayer and Cardmarket price.

CardRarityTCGplayerCardmarket
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier H5SE-EN001Limited Edition Super Rare $18.75 —
Caam, Serenity of Gusto HA05-EN0411st Edition Secret Rare $2.75 €2.55
Gem-Armadillo HA05-EN0051st Edition Secret Rare $4.29 €2.00
Gem-Armadillo HA05-EN005Unlimited Secret Rare $3.39 €2.00
Gem-Knight Topaz HA05-EN0211st Edition Secret Rare $0.99 €1.68
Gem-Knight Topaz HA05-EN021Unlimited Secret Rare $0.50 €1.68
Vylon Epsilon HA05-EN0251st Edition Secret Rare $1.57 €1.32
Vylon Epsilon HA05-EN025Unlimited Secret Rare $2.10 €1.32
Gem-Knight Aquamarine HA05-EN0201st Edition Secret Rare $1.27 €1.12
Gem-Knight Aquamarine HA05-EN020Unlimited Secret Rare $0.78 €1.12
Gem-Knight Ruby HA05-EN0191st Edition Secret Rare $2.03 €0.92
Gem-Knight Ruby HA05-EN019Unlimited Secret Rare $1.00 €0.92

HA05 booster box price over the last year

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TCGplayer market price, in dollars.

Sealed product

Where the numbers come from

The expected value adds up, for each rarity group, the copies in a box times the average price of its cards (the English card, with its TCGplayer price or, if there isn't one, Cardmarket's converted). The simulation opens 10,000 boxes with the same rates.

Hidden Arsenal: each 5-card pack has 1 Secret Rare and 4 Super Rares (Konami).

Pull rate sources: web.archive.org (opens in a new tab) · web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)

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