Vintage 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 Vintage Era since Aug 1993 · +2,571 pp
vs
Pokémon · era B WOTC Era since Jan 1999 · +34,276 pp
Metric Vintage Era WOTC Era
Basket value $31,674 $710,909
Total return +5232.4% +35163.3%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR +2,571 pp +34,276 pp
Basket CAGR +13.0% +24.0%
S&P CAGR (same period) +10.7% +8.7%
Tracked products 7 14
Era starts Aug 1993 Jan 1999

Basket value over time

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