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A Theme Deck, also known as a Preconstructed Deck, is a playing deck of Pokémon Trading Card Game cards sold pre-packaged. Most Theme Decks are designed with a specific strategy (such as hoarding Energy) or theme (such as Electric/Psychic) in mind.

In Japan, there were only a handful of Theme or even full decks, most were made to introduce players to the game. It was only with the release of the ADV Expansions and beyond that decks were assigned with an Expansion set. These are not Theme Decks however, they are Half Decks (all releases are listed in that category rather than this).

The majority of Expansions in the TCG have two or four Theme Decks affiliated with the set. Notable exceptions to this are Neo Revelation, which has no Theme Decks and EX Crystal Guardians, which has three.

The Preconstructed Theme Decks tend to focus on cards from the set it is released in conjunction with, while Special Theme Decks may use cards from several recent sets, or contain unique cards.

English Releases

None

Neo Destiny

Light
Dark

Legendary Collection

Turmoil
Lava

Jessie
James

Special Theme Decks

EX Master Trainer Decks

World Championships 2004

World Championships 2005

Japanese Releases

Preconstructed Decks

Base Set

Pocket Monsters Trading Card Game Deck

Neo Starter Set

Special Decks

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 A '''Theme Deck''', also known as a '''Preconstructed Deck''', is a playing deck of [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] cards sold pre-packaged.  Most Theme Decks are designed with a specific strategy (such as hoarding Energy) or theme (such as Electric/Psychic) in mind.
+In Japan, there were only a handful of Theme or even full decks, most were made to introduce players to the game. It was only with the release of the ADV Expansions and beyond that decks were assigned with an Expansion set. These are not Theme Decks however, they are [[Half Deck]]s (all releases are listed in that category rather than this).
 The majority of Expansions in the TCG have two or four Theme Decks affiliated with the set. Notable exceptions to this are [[Neo Revelation (TCG)|Neo Revelation]], which has no Theme Decks and [[EX Crystal Guardians (TCG)|EX Crystal Guardians]], which has three.
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 ===[[Neo Genesis (TCG)|Neo 1]]===
 * [[Neo Starter Set (TCG)|Neo Starter Set]]
+==Special Decks==
+* [[Video Introduction Set (TCG)|Video Introduction Set]]
+* [[Quick Starter Gift Set (TCG)|Quick Starter Gift Set]]
+* [[Neo Introduction Set (TCG)|Neo Introduction Set]]
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