Standard Acceleration Era vs Vintage 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 Standard Acceleration Era since Oct 2014 · −113 pp
vs
MTG · era B Vintage Era since Aug 1993 · +2,571 pp
Metric Standard Acceleration Era Vintage Era
Basket value $3,685 $31,674
Total return +134.0% +5232.4%
Alpha vs S&P 500 TR −113 pp +2,571 pp
Basket CAGR +9.0% +13.0%
S&P CAGR (same period) +13.4% +10.7%
Tracked products 15 7
Era starts Oct 2014 Aug 1993

Basket value over time

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