Black & White Era
basket vs S&P 500 Total Return
Alpha vs S&P 500
0
Reshiram · Black & White · 2011
Total invested at retail
$900.00
Sum of MSRPs, one box per product as released
Basket value today
$79,069.50
+8685.5% since release
S&P 500 equivalent (DCA)
$5,808.24
+545.4% same dollars, same dates
Alpha vs S&P 500
+8140.1 pp
Basket CAGR 35.67% vs SPXTR 13.55%
15-year horizon
Cumulative portfolio value
Each dot marks a product's release date entering the basket.- Black & White Era basket
- S&P 500 (TR) DCA equivalent
Top cards in this era
Highest-comp cards across this era's sets.
Charizard
Plasma Storm · #136
$1,075
Ultra Ball
Plasma Freeze · #122
$667
Black Kyurem-EX
Boundaries Crossed · #145
$597
Rayquaza
Dragons Exalted · #128
$550
Gardevoir
Dark Explorers · #109
$544
Deoxys-EX
Plasma Freeze · #111
$518
Palkia-EX
Plasma Blast · #100
$515
White Kyurem-EX
Boundaries Crossed · #146
$510
Box-by-box performance
Sorted by release. Click any row for the full vs-S&P 500 comparison.| Product | Released | MSRP | Spot | Return | SPXTR | Alpha | CAGR | 12-mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Black & White Booster Box | Apr 2011 | $90.00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Emerging Powers Booster Box | Aug 2011 | $90.00 | $4,300.00 | +4677.8% | +677.0% | +4000.8 pp | 30.1% | |
 Noble Victories Booster Box | Nov 2011 | $90.00 | $5,006.21 | +5462.5% | +655.0% | +4807.4 pp | 32.0% | |
 Next Destinies Booster Box | Feb 2012 | $90.00 | $7,953.00 | +8736.7% | +585.7% | +8151.0 pp | 37.0% | |
 Dark Explorers Booster Box | May 2012 | $90.00 | $6,372.73 | +6980.8% | +610.8% | +6370.1 pp | 35.6% | |
 Dragons Exalted Booster Box | Aug 2012 | $90.00 | $11,999.99 | +13233.3% | +558.5% | +12674.9 pp | 42.9% | |
 Boundaries Crossed Booster Box | Nov 2012 | $90.00 | $5,870.63 | +6422.9% | +550.2% | +5872.8 pp | 36.3% | |
 Plasma Storm Booster Box | Feb 2013 | $90.00 | $15,540.31 | +17167.0% | +504.4% | +16662.7 pp | 47.6% | |
 Plasma Freeze Booster Box | May 2013 | $90.00 | $5,822.46 | +6369.4% | +458.4% | +5911.0 pp | 37.9% | |
 Plasma Blast Booster Box | Aug 2013 | $90.00 | $4,424.99 | +4816.7% | +454.7% | +4361.9 pp | 35.8% | |
 Legendary Treasures Booster Box | Nov 2013 | $90.00 | $11,779.18 | +12988.0% | +399.0% | +12589.0 pp | 47.8% |