MTG Reserved List Era · booster box ·Released Oct 8, 1996 ·MSRP $90.00
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Mirage Booster Box

Total return since MSRP, alpha vs S&P 500 Total Return, and grading economics.

Current spot price
$3,249.95
Last refresh Jul 2026
Total return since MSRP
+3511.1%
SPXTR +1646.8% · alpha +1864.3 pp
Annualized CAGR
12.81%
SPXTR 10.09%
29.8-year horizon
Weekly volume
Volume signal activates with TCGplayer/eBay integration

Mirage Booster Box vs S&P 500 (TR)

Both series indexed to 100 at the anchor date.
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  • Booster box
  • S&P 500 Total Return
Sealed prices are eBay asking-price floors, not sale comps. Each spot is the lowest credible active ask across current eBay listings, refreshed nightly; history accumulates from daily snapshots of that floor. Sale-based pricing arrives with eBay Marketplace Insights integration.

$1,000 invested at MSRP

If you'd bought boxes at MSRP and held to today.
Booster box
11.1 boxes
$36,111
+3511.1% · CAGR 12.81%
S&P 500 (TR)
10.00 units indexed
$17,468
+1646.8% · CAGR 10.09%
Alpha: + $18,643 (+1864.3 pp)

Box → Singles

Grading economics — coming soon.

Activates with the optimizer + pop data integration.

The Box → Singles panel ties this product back to the per-card grading optimizer: expected pull rates × probability of each grade × current PSA / CGC / BGS / SGC / TAG comps, netted against fees and shipping. The output is a verdict ("SEALED IS UNDERVALUED", "FAIR", "OVERVALUED") so a serious investor can compare a sealed box's spot price against its expected singles EV.

Activates the moment pop_reports rows land for the cards in this set.

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