Please follow the guidelines specified in the Bulbapedia manual of style.

Pokémon-e Starter Deck (TCG)

From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.

Jump to: navigation, search

The Pokémon-e Starter Deck (Japanese: スターターパック Starter Pack) complements the e-Card 1 Expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game and was released in Japan only. The deck contains a random assortment of cards from a set exclusive to the deck itself (detailed in the first checklist) and a random selection from the first 32 cards in the main set (detailed in the second checklist).

Cards Exclusive to the Deck

No. Card Name Type Rarity
1 Bulbasaur Grass --
2 Bulbasaur Grass --
3 Ivysaur Grass --
4 Venusaur Grass --
5 Chikorita Grass --
6 Chikorita Grass --
7 Bayleef Grass --
8 Meganium Grass --
9 Charmander Fire --
10 Charmander Fire --
11 Charmeleon Fire --
12 Charizard Fire --
13 Cyndaquil Fire --
14 Cyndaquil Fire --
15 Quilava Fire --
16 Typhlosion Fire --
17 Squirtle Water --
18 Squirtle Water --
19 Wartortle Water --
20 Blastoise Water --
21 Totodile Water --
22 Totodile Water --
23 Croconaw Water --
24 Feraligatr Water --
25 Potion T --
26 Full Heal T --
27 Switch T --
28 Energy Search T --
29 Moo-Moo Milk T --
-- Grass Energy E --
-- Fire Energy E --
-- Water Energy E --
-- Lightning Energy E --
-- Psychic Energy E --
-- Fighting Energy E --


The deck is constructed in this manner: -

  • 4 Pokémon cards:
    • 1 starter Evolution set (e.g. 2 Bulbasaur, 1 Ivysaur, 1 Venusaur)
  • 5 Trainer cards
  • 8 random cards from the first 32 of the main set (see below)
  • 13 Energy cards:
    • 1 Energy card to match the starter Evolution set (e.g. Grass Energy)
    • 2 Grass Energy
    • 2 Fire Energy
    • 2 Water Energy
    • 2 Lightning Energy
    • 2 Psychic Energy
    • 2 Fighting Energy
  • These cards are fixed, and therefore have no rarity symbols.
  • In the English release, these cards were combined with the main set to form the English set.

Cards from the Main Set

No. Card Name Type Rarity
1 Koffing Grass Common
2 Hoppip Grass Common
3 Caterpie Grass Common
4 Ekans Grass Common
5 Oddish Grass Common
6 Vulpix Fire Common
7 Ponyta Fire Common
8 Poliwag Water Common
9 Shellder Water Common
10 Krabby Water Common
11 Goldeen Water Common
12 Magikarp Water Common
13 Marill Water Common
14 Qwilfish Water Common
15 Corsola Water Common
16 Pikachu Lightning Common
17 Mareep Lightning Common
18 Abra Psychic Common
19 Gastly Psychic Common
20 Diglett Fighting Common
21 Machop Fighting Common
22 Geodude Fighting Common
23 Cubone Fighting Common
24 Larvitar Fighting Common
25 Pidgey Colorless Common
26 Rattata Colorless Common
27 Spearow Colorless Common
28 Clefairy Colorless Common
29 Meowth Colorless Common
30 Tauros Colorless Common
31 Dratini Colorless Common
32 Houndour   Common


  • These cards are all found in the main set, and therefore have rarity symbols.
  • The trend of random assortment has been used in Japan with every first Expansion in a new Generation, with the exception of Generation III where the idea was used in Half Decks in the sixth Expansion.

The Pokémon-e Starter Deck also includes a rulebook, damage counters, status counters and a custom coin (Blissey).


Japanese TCG Theme Decks
Booster Pack Starter Deck
Gym 1 Nivi City GymHanada City Gym
Kuchiba City GymTamamushi City Gym
Gym 2 Yamabuki City GymGuren Town Gym
Neo 1 Neo Starter Deck
e-Card 1 Pokémon-e Starter Deck
The Furthest Ends of Offense and Defense Tyranitar ex δGardevoir ex δ
Space-Time Creation Random Construction Starter Deck
Advent of Arceus Arceus LV.X Deck: Grass & Fire
Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic
HeartGold & SoulSilver Collection Random Basic Pack
Personal tools
In other languages