The Thunderstorm (or Tempest) Theme Deck is a special deck included in the Thunderstorm (or Tempest) Gift Box of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Like other Theme Decks, Tempest/Thunderstorm also includes a rulebook, damage counters, and a card list. As it was part of a larger Thunderstorm/Tempest Gift Box, several other items also accompany it, including a metal Pikachu coin, a play mat, three booster packs, a felt deck bag, a deck tuning tip sheet, and the Pokémon Play It! Version 2 CD-ROM. The extra items included were the same for both versions.
Notable differences between Thunderstorm and Tempest
Below are the differences between the Tempest and the Thunderstorm deck:
In North America, both the Gift Box and Theme Deck were known as Thunderstorm. Outside North America, they were known as Tempest.
Second, there was a slight difference in the included cards (see Deck lists). The Thunderstorm theme deck predominantly focuses on and , while the Tempest Theme Deck leans more on Flying Pokémon of the type.
Third, the Tempest Theme Deck did not include cards from the Team Rocket and Gym Heroes expansions, while Thunderstorm did have a few.
Fourth and final, in the North American (both Thunderstorm and Tempest) Theme Deck releases, all cards are from the Base Set. However, in the European version, all Pokémon, Trainer and Energy cards are listed as coming from the Base Set, but all Base Set-based cards are instead from Base Set 2.
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