L1: HeartGold Collection

Computed from this set's own recorded value series; windows are stated and nothing is modeled. Each return is the first recorded value inside its window against the last. We withhold it when the number of cards in the basket changed inside the window, when a single step moved more than 20%, or when the series cannot cover the window.

You can own 47 of the 57 priced cards in L1: HeartGold Collection for about $229. The median card is $5. The remaining $302 sits in just 10 chase cards, and one of them (Totodile (Mirror Holofoil), $60) is 11% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 43% and then a very short, very expensive tail.