Pokémon · Feb 2009 – Feb 2010 · 4 tracked products

Platinum Era

basket vs S&P 500 Total Return

Alpha vs S&P 500
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17-year horizon · since Feb 2009 · basket CAGR 33.0% vs SPXTR 14.8%
Benchmarked against S&P 500 Total Return (^SP500TR)
Giratina · Platinum · 2009

Giratina · Platinum · 2009

Total invested at retail
$288.00
Sum of MSRPs, one box per product as released
Basket value today
$39,132.02
+13487.5% since release
S&P 500 equivalent (DCA)
$3,093.82
+974.2% same dollars, same dates
Alpha vs S&P 500
+12513.3 pp
Basket CAGR 33.00% vs SPXTR 14.78%
17-year horizon

Cumulative portfolio value

Each dot marks a product's release date entering the basket.
$0$10,716$21,433$32,149$42,866 2009-032012-082016-012019-062022-112026-05 Rising Rivals: Booster Box Supreme Victors: Booster Box Arceus: Booster Box
  • Platinum Era basket
  • S&P 500 (TR) DCA equivalent
Historical sealed prices reflect PriceCharting median sold comps. Single high-comp transactions on thin markets can produce volatility — we publish the same data a serious investor would want to read.

Top cards in this era

Highest-comp cards across this era's sets.

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
Platinum Booster Box Platinum Booster Box Feb 2009 $72.00 $12,034.28 +16614.3% +1257.3% +15357.0 pp 34.6%
Rising Rivals Booster Box Rising Rivals Booster Box May 2009 $72.00 $8,994.99 +12393.0% +978.6% +11414.4 pp 32.9%
Supreme Victors Booster Box Supreme Victors Booster Box Aug 2009 $72.00 $13,999.97 +19344.4% +865.9% +18478.5 pp 37.1%
Arceus Booster Box Arceus Booster Box Nov 2009 $72.00 $4,102.78 +5598.3% +795.1% +4803.2 pp 27.8%
Historical sealed prices reflect PriceCharting median sold comps. Single high-comp transactions on thin markets can produce volatility — we publish the same data a serious investor would want to read.