A sealed Pokémon card box (+1,750%) beat every crypto except Solana, outperforming Dogecoin (+919%), Bitcoin (+141%), and Ethereum (+133%). Dogecoin timing made a $100,000 difference: January 2021 buyers have $101,920, while May 2021 peak buyers have just $1,454. A higher entry price worked against the graded buyer, creating a 222-percentage-point return gap in favor of the simpler approach. The +1,750% return is calculated per unit from the $143.64 retail entry price. Moonbreon Raw Entry Price: Two data points were identified for the August 2021 entry price: $175 per card and $220 per card.