Battle Master Decks (TCG)

The Battle Master Decks (Japanese: バトルマスターデッキ Battle Master Deck) are a collection of two Standard Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. They are released in Japanese on May 17, 2024.

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Information

Following the release of the Japanese Transformation Mask expansion, two 60-card pre-constructed decks were released, featuring two of the most popular Deck archetypes in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Standard formats of the TCG, namely Charizard ex and Chien-Pao ex.

The Battle Master Decks include:

Battle Master Deck Terastal Charizard ex (Japanese: バトルマスターデッキ テラスタル リザードンex Battle Master Deck Terastal Lizardon ex)

Battle Master Deck Chien-Pao ex (Japanese: バトルマスターデッキ パオジアンex Battle Master Deck Paojian ex)

These decks include new prints of Charizard and Chien-Pao with unique artworks, as well as reprints of various popular Pokémon cards, Trainer cards, and Basic Energy cards. Each set comes packaged with a sheet containing 44 damage counters and 2 Special Condition markers, a VSTAR marker, 64 card sleeves, a player's guide, a coin, and a one-player paper playmat.

Deck lists

Battle Master Deck Terastal Charizard ex
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
001/021		Charmander		4×
002/021		Charmeleon		2×
003/021		Radiant Charizard		1×
004/021		Moltres		1×
005/021		Entei		1×
006/021		Charizard		3×
007/021		Bidoof		2×
008/021		Bibarel		2×
009/021		Arceus		2×
010/021		Arceus		1×
011/021		Super Rod	I	1×
012/021		Nest Ball	I	4×
013/021		Ultra Ball	I	4×
014/021		Rare Candy	I	3×
015/021		Switch	I	2×
016/021		Cynthia's Ambition	Su	2×
017/021		Iono	Su	4×
018/021		Professor's Research [Professor Sada]	Su	4×
019/021		Boss's Orders [Ghetsis]	Su	2×
020/021		Artazon	St	2×
021/021		Double Turbo Energy	E	1×
FIR	—	Basic Fire Energy	E	12×

Battle Master Deck Chien-Pao ex
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
001/019		Origin Forme Palkia		2×
002/019		Origin Forme Palkia		1×
003/019		Radiant Greninja		1×
004/019		Frigibax		3×
005/019		Arctibax		1×
006/019		Baxcalibur		3×
007/019		Chien-Pao		3×
008/019		Bidoof		2×
009/019		Bibarel		2×
010/019		Superior Energy Retrieval	I	4×
011/019		Nest Ball	I	4×
012/019		Ultra Ball	I	4×
013/019		Rare Candy	I	3×
014/019		Switch	I	1×
015/019		Irida	Su	4×
016/019		Iono	Su	4×
017/019		Professor's Research [Professor Turo]	Su	2×
018/019		Boss's Orders [Ghetsis]	Su	2×
019/019		Beach Court	St	2×
WAT	—	Basic Water Energy	E	12×

Product images

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External links

• Official website (Japanese)

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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