Reserved List Era vs WOTC 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 Reserved List Era since Jun 1996 · +1,956 pp
vs
Pokémon · era B WOTC Era since Jan 1999 · +34,276 pp
Metric Reserved List Era WOTC Era
Basket value $23,063 $710,909
Total return +3185.3% +35163.3%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR +1,956 pp +34,276 pp
Basket CAGR +12.4% +24.0%
S&P CAGR (same period) +9.0% +8.7%
Tracked products 8 14
Era starts Jun 1996 Jan 1999

Basket value over time

    Top performers