Pokémon · Aug 2007 – Jan 2009 · 5 tracked products

Diamond & Pearl Era

basket vs S&P 500 Total Return

Alpha vs S&P 500

19-year horizon · since Aug 2007 · basket CAGR 29.5% vs SPXTR 12.1%

Benchmarked against S&P 500 Total Return (^SP500TR)

Empoleon · Diamond & Pearl · 2007

Total invested at retail

$360.00

Sum of MSRPs, one box per product as released

Basket value today

$43,147.01

+11885.3% since release

S&P 500 equivalent (DCA)

$2,954.48

+720.7% same dollars, same dates

Alpha vs S&P 500

+11164.6 pp

Basket CAGR 29.52% vs SPXTR 12.05%

19-year horizon

Cumulative portfolio value

Each dot marks a product's release date entering the basket.

Diamond & Pearl 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.

Charizard Stormfront · #103 $669

Glaceon LV.X Majestic Dawn #98 card image

Glaceon LV.X Majestic Dawn · #98 $500

Dialga LV.X Great Encounters #105 card image

Dialga LV.X Great Encounters · #105 $250

Mewtwo LV.X Legends Awakened #144 card image

Mewtwo LV.X Legends Awakened · #144 $248

Leafeon LV.X Majestic Dawn #99 card image

Leafeon LV.X Majestic Dawn · #99 $195

Charmander Stormfront · #101 $179

Mew Secret Wonders · #15 $156

Charizard Secret Wonders · #3 $148

Basket composition

Where Diamond & Pearl Era's $43,147 basket value sits today.

Stormfront Booster Box $12,576 29%
Secret Wonders Booster Box $12,500 29%
Legends Awakened Booster Box $7,339 17%
Majestic Dawn Booster Box $5,900 14%
Great Encounters Booster Box $4,832 11%

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.

Pokémon EX Era

Diamond & Pearl Era alpha +11164.6 pp

EX Era alpha +28498.4 pp

CAGR delta -0.1 pp

EX Era leads by 17334 pp of alpha — Diamond & Pearl Era trails on this peer read.
See full Diamond & Pearl Era vs EX Era →
Pokémon Platinum Era

Diamond & Pearl Era alpha +11164.6 pp

Platinum Era alpha +12513.3 pp

CAGR delta -3.5 pp

Platinum Era leads by 1349 pp of alpha — Diamond & Pearl Era trails on this peer read.
See full Diamond & Pearl Era vs Platinum Era →
Pokémon WOTC Era

Diamond & Pearl Era alpha +11164.6 pp

WOTC Era alpha +34276.2 pp

CAGR delta +5.6 pp

WOTC Era leads by 23112 pp of alpha — Diamond & Pearl Era trails on this peer read.
See full Diamond & Pearl Era vs WOTC Era →
MTG Vintage Era

Diamond & Pearl Era alpha +11164.6 pp

Vintage Era alpha +2571.0 pp

CAGR delta +16.5 pp

Diamond & Pearl Era leads by 8594 pp of alpha over Vintage Era.
See full Diamond & Pearl Era vs Vintage Era →

Sealed products in Diamond & Pearl 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
Secret Wonders Booster Box	Nov 2007	$72.00	$12,500.00	+17261.1%	+594.8%	+16666.3 pp	32.1%
Great Encounters Booster Box	Feb 2008	$72.00	$4,832.37	+6611.6%	+669.3%	+5942.3 pp	25.9%
Majestic Dawn Booster Box	May 2008	$72.00	$5,900.00	+8094.4%	+627.3%	+7467.1 pp	27.7%
Legends Awakened Booster Box	Aug 2008	$72.00	$7,338.79	+10092.8%	+689.6%	+9403.1 pp	29.8%
Stormfront Booster Box	Nov 2008	$72.00	$12,575.85	+17366.5%	+1022.4%	+16344.1 pp	34.3%