Vintage Era vs Black & White Era

Two TCG eras stacked. Both indexed against the S&P 500 Total Return over each era's matched horizon. Real basket data from era pages; chart data from sealed product history aggregates.

MTG · era A Vintage Era since Aug 1993 · +6,711 pp
vs
Pokémon · era B Black & White Era since Apr 2011 · +38,167 pp
Metric Vintage Era Black & White Era
Basket value $6,800 $244,294
Total return +9344.4% +38676.8%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR +6,711 pp +38,167 pp
Basket CAGR +15.3% +51.2%
S&P CAGR (same period) +10.9% +13.4%
Tracked products 1 7
Era starts Aug 1993 Apr 2011

Basket value over time

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