Vintage Era
basket vs S&P 500 Total Return
Alpha vs S&P 500
0
Iconic chase Black Lotus
Black Lotus · Limited Edition Alpha · 1993
Total invested at retail
$594.00
Sum of MSRPs, one box per product as released
Basket value today
$31,674.26
+5232.4% since release
S&P 500 equivalent (DCA)
$16,402.26
+2661.3% same dollars, same dates
Alpha vs S&P 500
+2571.0 pp
Basket CAGR 12.98% vs SPXTR 10.72%
33-year horizon
Cumulative portfolio value
Each dot marks a product's release date entering the basket.- Vintage Era basket
- S&P 500 (TR) DCA equivalent
Top cards in this era
Highest-comp cards across this era's sets.
Timetwister
Unlimited Edition · #85
$5,142
Mox Sapphire
Unlimited Edition · #266
$3,900
Mox Emerald
Unlimited Edition · #262
$3,670
Time Walk
Unlimited Edition · #84
$3,200
Mox Pearl
Unlimited Edition · #264
$2,500
Volcanic Island
Unlimited Edition · #287
$1,299
Underground Sea
Unlimited Edition · #286
$1,209
Tundra
Unlimited Edition · #285
$950
Basket composition
Where Vintage Era's $31,674 basket value sits today.- Antiquities Booster Box $15,088 48%
- Limited Edition Beta Booster Box $12,000 38%
- The Dark Booster Box $2,571 8%
- Arabian Nights Booster Box $749.00 2%
- Homelands Booster Box $474.94 1%
- Other tracked products 2 additional sealed items $791.94 3%
Concentration shows where the era's investment risk sits. A heavy weighting in 1–2 products means single-card outcomes drive the basket more than diversification.
Compare to other eras
Quick peer reads against same-game neighbors plus a cross-game peer.- Vintage Era alpha +2571.0 ppReserved List Era alpha +1955.6 ppCAGR delta +0.6 pp
Vintage Era leads by 615 pp of alpha over Reserved List Era.
See full Vintage Era vs Reserved List Era → - Vintage Era alpha +2571.0 ppStandard Acceleration Era alpha -112.9 ppCAGR delta +4.0 pp
Vintage Era leads by 2684 pp of alpha over Standard Acceleration Era.
See full Vintage Era vs Standard Acceleration Era → - MTG Single-Set EraVintage Era alpha +2571.0 ppSingle-Set Era alpha -75.4 ppCAGR delta +6.2 pp
Vintage Era leads by 2646 pp of alpha over Single-Set Era.
See full Vintage Era vs Single-Set Era → - Pokémon WOTC EraVintage Era alpha +2571.0 ppWOTC Era alpha +34276.2 ppCAGR delta -11.0 pp
WOTC Era leads by 31705 pp of alpha — Vintage Era trails on this peer read.
See full Vintage Era vs WOTC Era →
Sealed products in Vintage Era
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Limited Edition Alpha Booster Box | Aug 1993 | $144.00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Limited Edition Beta Booster Box | Oct 1993 | $144.00 | $12,000.00 | +8233.3% | +2746.8% | +5486.6 pp | 14.5% | |
 Unlimited Edition Booster Box | Dec 1993 | $90.00 | $321.16 | +256.8% | +2739.8% | -2483.0 pp | 4.0% | |
 Arabian Nights Booster Box | Dec 1993 | $72.00 | $749.00 | +940.3% | +2739.8% | -1799.6 pp | 7.5% | |
 Antiquities Booster Box | Mar 1994 | $72.00 | $15,087.50 | +20854.9% | +2851.8% | +18003.1 pp | 18.1% | |
 Revised Edition Booster Box | Apr 1994 | $90.00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Legends Booster Box | Jun 1994 | $90.00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 The Dark Booster Box | Aug 1994 | $72.00 | $2,570.88 | +3470.7% | +2633.8% | +836.8 pp | 11.9% | |
 Fallen Empires Booster Box | Nov 1994 | $72.00 | $470.78 | +553.9% | +2744.4% | -2190.5 pp | 6.1% | |
 Ice Age Booster Box | Jun 1995 | $90.00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Homelands Booster Box | Oct 1995 | $72.00 | $474.94 | +559.6% | +2067.7% | -1508.0 pp | 6.4% |