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 · +2,571 pp
vs
Pokémon · era B Black & White Era since Apr 2011 · +8,140 pp
Metric Vintage Era Black & White Era
Basket value $31,674 $79,070
Total return +5232.4% +8685.5%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR +2,571 pp +8,140 pp
Basket CAGR +13.0% +35.7%
S&P CAGR (same period) +10.7% +13.6%
Tracked products 7 10
Era starts Aug 1993 Apr 2011

Basket value over time

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