Pokémon vs MTG

Two collectible TCG asset classes side-by-side. Aggregates roll up across the platform's tracked eras and sealed products, benchmarked against the S&P 500 Total Return. Card universe coverage from pokemontcg.io (Pokémon) and scryfall (MTG); no scraped data, no fabricated rates.

Game A Pokémon 10 eras tracked · 16,693 cards
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Game B Magic: The Gathering 5 eras tracked · 28,672 cards
Metric Pokémon MTG
Tracked cards Total card universe in the platform's index — not market cap. 16,693 28,672
Cards with priced raw market Coverage at the card-price level (pokemontcg.io / scryfall). 16,179 28,549
Tracked eras (with products) 10 of 10 5 of 7
Tracked sealed products 141 67
Sum of basket values today Sum across each era's tracked basket — not the game's total market cap. $1.34M $64,775
Sum of MSRP invested $12,816 $6,411
Avg basket CAGR across eras +32.7% +12.0%
Avg alpha vs S&P 500 across eras +10,808 pp +875 pp
Best-alpha era WOTC Era (+34,276 pp) Vintage Era (+2,571 pp)
Best-CAGR era Sun & Moon Era (+41.9%) Universes Beyond Era (+18.8%)

Index snapshots

Top cards by raw market price

Highest price_cents per game from the platform's card index.

Data quality & transparency

  • Pokémon coverage: 16,179 of 16,693 cards have a tracked raw market price (via pokemontcg.io's TCGplayer feed).
  • MTG coverage: 28,549 of 28,672 cards have a tracked raw market price (via scryfall's TCGplayer feed).
  • Pop reports: No verified PSA/CGC/BGS/SGC pop counts on either game. Plays surfaces use seed pop-velocity data labeled with BETA chips until a universal pop source lands.
  • S&P benchmark: Total Return series (^SP500TR) via Yahoo Finance, daily.