2-Player Starter Set, Blackout, Brushfire, Overgrowth, Zap! Theme Decks

Blackout, Brushfire, Overgrowth, and Zap! are four Base Set theme decks. Each 60-card pre-constructed deck comes packaged with a holographic Chansey coin, a Base Set card checklist, a (then-current) Pokémon TCG rule book, and several glass damage counters. They were originally released in stores with Base Set on January 9th, 1999 for $9.99 each, but are now long out of print.

A month before Base Set and its theme decks were sold in stores, Wizards of the Coast released a special 2-Player Starter Set. Its purpose was to introduce players to the Pokémon TCG by teaching them how to play it.

2-Player Starter Set

This “2-Player Starter Set” contains two 30-card mini-decks that two players can use to battle each to learn how to play the TCG. As it was available in stores a month before Base Set was released in stores, it was the first commercially available TCG product in America and thus the first way to buy English Pokémon cards.

The package features a semi-exclusive 1st edition Base Set Machamp card. As the 2-Player Starter Kit’s first print run was released before Base Set, all of its cards were 1st edition; in later print runs, only Machamp carried the 1st edition stamp. Later in Base Set 2‘s 2-Player CD-Rom Starter Set, another 1st edition Base Set Machamp card was released, but with a noticeably different galaxy holofoil pattern. Thus, a collector may consider each to be unique cards if going by their holofoil. Machamp cannot be obtained out of any booster packs of Base Set, making the card semi-exclusive to the two aforementioned decks. An official unlimited version of Base Set Machamp was never released, though a demo deck given out to prototype Pokémon Leagues before the card game officially launched in America contained a demo Machamp card lacking a 1st edition stamp. Machamp was later reprinted in Legendary Collection as an unlimited card.

The package does not contain a Chansey coin like the regular Base Set theme decks, as it was probably made after this was first released. However, it does feature a starter game guide, which discusses how to play the card game using the two included mini-decks. Combined, the 30-card decks primarily focus on Fighting and Fire-type Pokémon. For more information on this product, jump to the top of this page.

~ 2-Player Starter Set ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
3x Fighting Diglett Base Set #47 Common
4x Fighting Machop Base Set #52 Common
2x Fighting Machoke Base Set #34 Uncommon
1x Fighting Machamp Base Set #8 Rare Holo
4x Fire Ponyta Base Set #60 Common
4x Fire Charmander Base Set #46 Common
2x Fire Charmeleon Base Set #24 Uncommon
1x Fire Growlithe Base Set #28 Uncommon
2x Colorless Rattata Base Set #61 Common
1x Colorless Dratini Base Set #26 Uncommon
2x Trainer Potion Base Set #94 Common
1x Trainer Energy Removal Base Set #92 Common
1x Trainer Pokédex Base Set #87 Uncommon
1x Trainer Bill Base Set #91 Common
1x Trainer Gust of Wind Base Set #93 Common
2x Trainer Switch Base Set #95 Common
1x Trainer Energy Retrieval Base Set #81 Uncommon
14x Basic Energy Fighting Energy Base Set #97
14x Basic Energy Fire Energy Base Set #98
2-Player Start Deck Theme Deck from Base Set
2-Player Start Deck Theme Deck (Back) from Base Set

Blackout Theme Deck

“Blackout” features a holographic Hitmonchan card and primarily focuses on Fighting and Water-type Pokémon. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Blackout ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
4x Fighting Machop Base Set #52 Common
2x Fighting Machoke Base Set #34 Uncommon
3x Fighting Sandshrew Base Set #62 Common
3x Fighting Onix Base Set #56 Common
1x Fighting Hitmonchan Base Set #7 Rare Holo
3x Water Staryu Base Set #65 Common
4x Water Squirtle Base Set #63 Common
2x Water Wartortle Base Set #42 Uncommon
2x Colorless Farfetch’d Base Set #27 Uncommon
4x Trainer Energy Removal Base Set #92 Common
1x Trainer Super Energy Removal Base Set #79 Rare
1x Trainer Gust of Wind Base Set #93 Common
1x Trainer PlusPower Base Set #84 Uncommon
1x Trainer Professor Oak Base Set #88 Uncommon
16x Basic Energy Fighting Energy Base Set #97
12x Basic Energy Water Energy Base Set #102
Blackout Theme Deck from Base Set

Brushfire Theme Deck

“Brushfire” features a holographic Ninetales card and primarily focuses on Fire and Grass-type Pokémon. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Brushfire ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
4x Fire Charmander Base Set #46 Common
2x Fire Charmeleon Base Set #24 Uncommon
2x Fire Growlithe Base Set #28 Uncommon
1x Fire Arcanine Base Set #23 Uncommon
2x Fire Vulpix Base Set #68 Common
1x Fire Ninetales Base Set #12 Rare Holo
4x Grass Nidoran ♂ Base Set #55 Common
4x Grass Weedle Base Set #69 Common
2x Grass Tangela Base Set #66 Common
1x Trainer PlusPower Base Set #84 Uncommon
3x Trainer Potion Base Set #94 Common
1x Trainer Gust of Wind Base Set #93 Common
1x Trainer Switch Base Set #95 Common
1x Trainer Energy Removal Base Set #92 Common
2x Trainer Energy Retrieval Base Set #81 Uncommon
1x Trainer Lass Base Set #75 Rare
18x Basic Energy Fire Energy Base Set #98
10x Basic Energy Grass Energy Base Set #99
Brushfire Theme Deck from Base Set
Brushfire Theme Deck (Back) from Base Set

Overgrowth Theme Deck

“Overgrowth” features a holographic Gyarados card and primarily focuses on Water and Grass-type Pokémon. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Overgrowth ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
4x Grass Weedle Base Set #69 Common
2x Grass Kakuna Base Set #33 Uncommon
1x Grass Beedrill Base Set #17 Rare
4x Grass Bulbasaur Base Set #44 Common
2x Grass Ivysaur Base Set #30 Uncommon
2x Water Magikarp Base Set #35 Uncommon
1x Water Gyarados Base Set #6 Rare Holo
4x Water Staryu Base Set #65 Common
3x Water Starmie Base Set #64 Common
2x Trainer Super Potion Base Set #90 Uncommon
2x Trainer Switch Base Set #95 Common
2x Trainer Gust of Wind Base Set #93 Common
2x Trainer Bill Base Set #91 Common
1x Trainer Potion Base Set #94 Common
16x Basic Energy Grass Energy Base Set #99
12x Basic Energy Water Energy Base Set #102
Overgrowth Theme Deck from Base Set
Overgrowth Theme Deck (Back) from Base Set

Zap! Theme Deck

“Zap!” features a holographic Mewtwo card and primarily focuses on Lightning and Psychic-type Pokémon. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Zap! ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
3x Psychic Abra Base Set #43 Common
1x Psychic Kadabra Base Set #32 Uncommon
3x Psychic Gastly Base Set #50 Common
2x Psychic Haunter Base Set #29 Common
2x Psychic Jynx Base Set #31 Uncommon
2x Psychic Drowzee Base Set #49 Common
1x Psychic Mewtwo Base Set #10 Rare Holo
3x Lightning Magnemite Base Set #53 Common
4x Lightning Pikachu Base Set #58 Common
2x Trainer Bill Base Set #91 Common
2x Trainer Gust of Wind Base Set #93 Common
2x Trainer Switch Base Set #95 Common
1x Trainer Super Potion Base Set #90 Uncommon
1x Trainer Potion Base Set #94 Common
1x Trainer Defender Base Set #80 Uncommon
1x Trainer Professor Oak Base Set #88 Uncommon
1x Trainer Computer Search Base Set #71 Rare
16x Basic Energy Psychic Energy Base Set #101
12x Basic Energy Lightning Energy Base Set #100
Zap! Theme Deck from Base Set

Chansey Coin

“Blackout,” “Brushfire,” “Overgrowth,” and “Zap!” each come with a silver, holographic Chansey coin that cannot be found in any other Pokémon TCG product. The “2-Player Starter Set” does not come with one.

Chansey Coin - Base Set Theme Decks