Star Trek Shock Lands Price: LCARS & Surge Foil Values

Four official LCARS-frame Star Trek shock lands from Magic: The Gathering: Sacred Foundry, Watery Grave, Steam Vents and Breeding Pool, each with planet art and a Starfleet-computer frame — Image: Wizards of the Coast card images (Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek, TRK), via Scryfall

Searches for Sacred Foundry, Hallowed Fountain and Watery Grave rose sharply in Google Trends (US) over the past 7 days, listed as "Breakout" next to "mtg star trek". The reason is the set's 10 LCARS shock lands. On November 10, 2026, Scryfall's price feed shows the LCARS-frame non-foils at about $8 to $12, traditional foils at about $12 to $18, and the rare surge foils at about $38 to $100. On eBay, surge foils sold for $65 to $70 between November 8 and 9. Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek releases November 13, 2026.

Odds first, since they set the price: Wizards publishes a 7.7% non-foil, 8.9% foil and 4.6% surge foil chance per Collector Booster for the group of ten lands. Our full breakdown is in the Star Trek pull rates post. This post is the price side.

How much are Star Trek shock lands?

Each of the ten shock lands comes in three forms, per Scryfall's card data. Prices below are Scryfall's market figures on November 10, before the set is on shelves, so treat them as launch numbers.

Version	Collector numbers	Finish	Price range
Regular frame	#278 to #306	Non-foil	$4.91 to $7.56
LCARS frame (showcase)	#392 to #401	Non-foil	$8.15 to $12.02
LCARS frame (showcase)	#392 to #401	Traditional foil	$11.87 to $18.48
LCARS surge foil	#487 to #496	Surge foil	$38.48 to $99.95

The surge foils in this set, from lowest to highest on Scryfall: Hallowed Fountain $38.48, Godless Shrine $47.81, Temple Garden $47.93, Blood Crypt $50.03, Stomping Ground $52.37, Watery Grave $63.01, Steam Vents $66.11, Sacred Foundry $79.98, Overgrown Tomb $88.75 and Breeding Pool $99.95. The ten average about $63.

Card Kingdom lists lower retail numbers for the non-foils on the same day (for example Sacred Foundry $6.49 regular and $13.99 LCARS, Hallowed Fountain $5.99 and $13.99), so the spread between stores is a dollar or two on the cheap versions.

What Star Trek shock lands sold for on eBay

We checked eBay sold listings on November 10, 2026. The set only reached prerelease on November 6, so the sample is small:

Surge foil Sacred Foundry (#495): sold November 8 at $70.00 (a Best Offer listing, so the accepted price can differ).
Surge foil Breeding Pool (#496): sold November 9 at $68.00 and $65.00 in two listings.
Surge foil Stomping Ground: sold November 9 at $40.00 (Best Offer listing).
LCARS traditional foil Steam Vents (#398): sold November 6 at $8.99 (Best Offer accepted).
LCARS non-foil Overgrown Tomb (#399): sold November 8 at $8.97.
Regular-frame Breeding Pool: sold November 9 at $6.37; regular Stomping Ground (#299) sold November 7 at $5.99.

Two things stand out. Breeding Pool's surge foil is quoted at $99.95 on Scryfall but sold at $65 to $68, about a third lower. And the cheaper LCARS foils sold for less than Scryfall's $12 to $18 range. Quoted prices are not sold prices, and this early they move daily.

How rare are the Star Trek shock lands?

Wizards' collecting guide puts the 10 LCARS shock lands at rare, with these published rates per Collector Booster: 7.7% non-foil, 8.9% traditional foil, 4.6% surge foil. In a Play Booster, the rare slot has a 1.4% chance. Surge foils are Collector-only. The guide says the set is legal in all formats, so any of the ten can be played in Standard, Modern or Commander.

Wizards does not say whether each of the ten lands is equally likely. If they are (our assumption), a specific surge foil such as Breeding Pool is about 0.46% per Collector Booster, roughly one pack in 217.

Are Star Trek shock lands worth opening boxes for?

Using Wizards' odds and Scryfall's Nov 10 averages, the shock lands are worth roughly this per Collector Booster (retail $37.99, per Wizards):

Non-foil LCARS: 7.7% x about $10.04 = about $0.77
Traditional foil: 8.9% x about $14.91 = about $1.33
Surge foil: 4.6% x about $63.44 = about $2.92

That is about $5.02 of shock-land value per pack, and nearly 60% of it comes from the surge foils. It is not a full expected-value estimate, since the pack also holds other cards. It does show the lands alone do not cover a $37.99 pack, and the math only works if surge foil prices hold. See our Star Trek booster box and bundle prices and the stardates card prices for the rest of the set.

What a surge foil nets after eBay fees

eBay's published rate for Collectible Card Games is 13.25% of the sale plus $0.40 per order over $10, per its selling fees page, which we last read on November 9.

A $70 surge foil: fee about $9.68, leaving about $60.32 before shipping and supplies.
A $8.99 LCARS foil: fee about $1.59, leaving about $7.40, or 18% lost to fees before shipping.

Low-priced singles are close to break-even once postage and a sleeve are added. The surge foils are where the margin is.

Flip, hold or pass? Our take

This is analysis, not a promise or a forecast.

Flip: Surge foils pulled early and sold at the opening-week highs. Early prices on a new set carry launch demand, and these have already sold below Scryfall's quotes.
Hold: Nothing yet. The set is not on shelves until November 13, so there is no price history to say these hold value.
Pass: Buying Collector Boosters mainly for shock lands, and cheap LCARS non-foils at a $10 retail price, where fees and shipping eat a big share.

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