ex Starter Sets (TCG)

This article is about the original ex Starter Sets products released in 2023. For the 2026 release, see ex Starter Sets 2026 (TCG).

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The ex Starter Sets (Japanese: スターターセットex Starter Set ex) are a collection of three Standard Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game released in Japan on January 20, 2023, in Taiwan and Hong Kong on February 3, 2023, in Thailand on February 24, 2023, in South Korea on February 28, 2023, and in Indonesia on March 3, 2023. Together with Scarlet ex and Violet ex, they are the first card releases of the Scarlet & Violet Era.

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Information

Following the worldwide release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, three 60-card pre-constructed starter sets were released focusing on the Paldean first partner Pokémon.

These sets include:

ex Starter Set Sprigatito & Lucario ex (Japanese: スターターセットex ニャオハ＆ルカリオex)

ex Starter Set Fuecoco & Ampharos ex (Japanese: スターターセットex ホゲータ＆デンリュウex)

ex Starter Set Quaxly & Mimikyu ex (Japanese: スターターセットex クワッス＆ミミッキュex)

Each starter set premiers one Pokémon ex for each of the secondary types featured in the deck. The decks include a number of basic Trainer cards to start out the new Generation of the Trading Card Game, plus basic Energy cards. Each set comes packaged with a sheet containing 44 damage counters and 2 status markers, a player's guide, a coin, and a two-player playmat. In Indonesia and Thailand, the ex Starter Sets were released as Starter Deck ex which differ from the ex Starter Set releases in that they do not include a promotional card pack, coin and playmat.

Deck lists

ex Starter Set Sprigatito & Lucario ex
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
001/023		Shroomish		2×
002/023		Breloom		2×
003/023		Tropius		1×
004/023		Sprigatito		3×
005/023		Floragato		2×
006/023		Meowscarada		2×
007/023		Tarountula		1×
008/023		Riolu		2×
009/023		Lucario		1×
010/023		Stonjourner		1×
011/023		Lechonk		1×
012/023		Energy Switch	I	1×
013/023		Energy Search	I	1×
014/023		Potion	I	1×
015/023		Nest Ball	I	3×
016/023		Ultra Ball	I	3×
017/023		Pokégear 3.0	I	2×
018/023		Switch	I	2×
019/023		Pokémon Catcher	I	2×
020/023		Judge	Su	1×
021/023		Youngster	Su	3×
022/023		Nemona	Su	4×
023/023		Professor's Research [Professor Sada]	Su	3×
—	—	Basic Grass Energy	E	8×
—	—	Basic Fighting Energy	E	8×

ex Starter Set Fuecoco & Ampharos ex
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
001/021		Growlithe		1×
002/021		Fuecoco		3×
003/021		Crocalor		2×
004/021		Skeledirge		2×
005/021		Mareep		3×
006/021		Flaaffy		2×
007/021		Ampharos		1×
008/021		Rotom		1×
009/021		Lechonk		1×
010/021		Flamigo		2×
011/021		Energy Search	I	1×
012/021		Nest Ball	I	3×
013/021		Ultra Ball	I	3×
014/021		Rare Candy	I	2×
015/021		Pokégear 3.0	I	2×
016/021		Switch	I	2×
017/021		Jacq	Su	2×
018/021		Judge	Su	1×
019/021		Youngster	Su	3×
020/021		Nemona	Su	4×
021/021		Professor's Research [Professor Turo]	Su	3×
—	—	Basic Fire Energy	E	8×
—	—	Basic Lightning Energy	E	8×

ex Starter Set Quaxly & Mimikyu ex
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
001/023		Alomomola		2×
002/023		Quaxly		3×
003/023		Quaxwell		2×
004/023		Quaquaval		2×
005/023		Dedenne		1×
006/023		Mimikyu		1×
007/023		Flittle		1×
008/023		Zangoose		1×
009/023		Lechonk		1×
010/023		Cyclizar		1×
011/023		Energy Retrieval	I	1×
012/023		Energy Search	I	1×
013/023		Crushing Hammer	I	2×
014/023		Nest Ball	I	3×
015/023		Ultra Ball	I	3×
016/023		Pokégear 3.0	I	2×
017/023		Switch	I	2×
018/023		Pokémon Catcher	I	2×
019/023		Vitality Band	PT	2×
020/023		Judge	Su	1×
021/023		Youngster	Su	3×
022/023		Nemona	Su	4×
023/023		Professor's Research [Professor Sada]	Su	3×
—	—	Basic Water Energy	E	8×
—	—	Basic Psychic Energy	E	8×

Product images

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In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	起始組合ex 新葉喵&路卡利歐 ex 起始組合ex 呆火鱷&電龍 ex 起始組合ex 潤水鴨&謎擬Ｑ ex
	Mandarin	起始組合ex 新葉喵&路卡利歐 ex 起始組合ex 呆火鱷&電龍 ex 起始組合ex 潤水鴨&謎擬Ｑ ex
Indonesian		Starter Deck ex Sprigatito & Lucario ex Starter Deck ex Fuecoco & Ampharos ex Starter Deck ex Quaxly & Mimikyu ex
Korean		스타터 세트 ex 「나오하&루카리오 ex」 스타터 세트 ex 「뜨아거&전룡 ex」 스타터 세트 ex 「꾸왁스&따라큐 ex」
Thai		Starter Deck ex เนียวฮะ & ลูคาริโอ ex Starter Deck ex โฮเกเตอร์ & เด็นริว ex Starter Deck ex แคว็กซ์ & มิมิคคิว ex

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