Vintage Era vs Sword & Shield 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 Sword & Shield Era since Feb 2020 · +190 pp
Metric Vintage Era Sword & Shield Era
Basket value $6,800 $7,927
Total return +9344.4% +288.8%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR +6,711 pp +190 pp
Basket CAGR +15.3% +24.5%
S&P CAGR (same period) +10.9% +11.7%
Tracked products 1 21
Era starts Aug 1993 Feb 2020

Basket value over time

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