March of the Machine: The Aftermath Bundle

Total return since MSRP, alpha vs S&P 500 Total Return, and grading economics.

Current spot price

$56.93

Last refresh May 2026

Total return since MSRP

+26.5%

SPXTR +80.0% · alpha -53.4 pp

Annualized CAGR

8.22%

SPXTR 21.82%

3.0-year horizon

Weekly volume

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Volume signal activates with TCGplayer/eBay integration

March of the Machine: The Aftermath Bundle vs S&P 500 (TR)

Both series indexed to 100 at the anchor date.

Booster box
S&P 500 Total Return

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.

$1,000 invested at MSRP

If you'd bought boxes at MSRP and held to today.

Booster box

22.2 boxes

$1,265

+26.5% · CAGR 8.22%

S&P 500 (TR)

10.00 units indexed

$1,800

+80.0% · CAGR 21.82%

Alpha: $-534 (-53.4 pp)

Box → Singles

Grading economics — coming soon.

Activates with the optimizer + pop data integration.

The Box → Singles panel ties this product back to the per-card grading optimizer: expected pull rates × probability of each grade × current PSA / CGC / BGS / SGC / TAG comps, netted against fees and shipping. The output is a verdict ("SEALED IS UNDERVALUED", "FAIR", "OVERVALUED") so a serious investor can compare a sealed box's spot price against its expected singles EV.

Activates the moment pop_reports rows land for the cards in this set.

Disclosures

Returns shown ignore storage / insurance / liquidity friction (~1-2% per year).
Spot prices come from PriceCharting median sold comps (booster box) and TCGplayer (some products); see methodology.
The S&P 500 Total Return series (^SP500TR) is provided monthly via Yahoo Finance, with FRED's daily price-only series used elsewhere on the site.
Past performance is not indicative of future results.