2-Player Starter Set (TCG)

2-Player Starter Set
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The 2-Player Starter Set is a special beginners deck and the first deck from the Base Set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

The 2-Player Starter Set includes 61 cards unlike the Theme Decks released alongside Base Set, which include 60. As the 2-Player Starter Set is designed to introduce players to the TCG, the cards are split into two 30-card decks: The First Deck, which focuses on Pokémon, and The Second Deck, which focuses on Pokémon. As the only Stage 2 Pokémon in the set, the additional Machamp card is included to bolster the deck. The 2-Player Starter Set also includes a starter rules sheet, rulebook (v.1), damage counters, and card list. The set does not include a coin, though none of the Pokémon found in the set require one for any of their attacks. The Machamp card can be used when you put the 2 half decks together. Remove 1 card you won't miss and make a full 60 card deck.

Deck list

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
3×	Diglett
4×	Machop
2×	Machoke
1×	Machamp
4×	Ponyta
4×	Charmander
2×	Charmeleon
1×	Growlithe
2×	Rattata
1×	Dratini
1×	Bill	T
1×	Energy Removal	T
1×	Energy Retrieval	T
1×	Gust of Wind	T
1×	Pokédex	T
2×	Potion	T
2×	Switch	T
14×	Fighting Energy	E	—
14×	Fire Energy	E	—

Trivia

The Machamp card is exclusive to the 2-Player Starter Set, and cannot be found in Base Set booster packs. This card was only printed commercially as a 1st Edition card, with the only non-1st Edition versions included in the Trainer Deck A. The first edition Machamp card included in the 2-Player Starter Set has a shadow behind the illustration unlike all other 1st edition cards. Only in the very first release of the 2-Player Starter Set does it not have a shadow.

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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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