Lava and Turmoil Theme Decks

Lava and Turmoil are two Legendary Collection theme decks. Both 61-card pre-constructed decks come packaged with a metal Pikachu coin, a random reverse-holo Legendary Collection card, a Legendary Collection card checklist, a (then-current) Pokémon TCG rule book, a Poison marker, a generic marker, and several cardboard damage counters. They were originally released in stores with Legendary Collection on May 24th, 2002 for $9.99 each, but are now long out of print.

Both decks were the first to not feature a specific holographic Pokémon card. Instead of the usual rare holo and rare included in previous theme decks, they now contain three rares and one reverse holo card, a trend that continued until Skyridge. The reverse holo is a random bonus card, so each deck comes with 61 cards instead of the normal 60.

The decks were also the first to feature “theme deck variants,” or cards that are of different rarities than their original set appearances. Charizard, Dark Raichu, and Dark Blastoise are printed in the theme decks as non-holos when their set numbers mark them as the original holographic cards. This did not occur again until EX Ruby and Sapphire‘s theme decks when Nintendo took over the TCG.

Lava Theme Deck

“Lava” primarily focuses on Fire and Fighting-type Pokémon and features a non-holo Charizard theme deck variant card. It contains one random reverse-holographic card from Legendary Collection for a total of 61 cards. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Lava ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
4x Fire Charmander Legendary Collection #70 Common
3x Fire Charmeleon Legendary Collection #37 Uncommon
1x Fire Charizard Legendary Collection #3 Rare
3x Fire Ponyta Legendary Collection #87 Common
1x Fire Rapidash Legendary Collection #60 Uncommon
3x Fighting Sandshrew Legendary Collection #91 Common
1x Fighting Sandslash Legendary Collection #62 Uncommon
3x Fighting Mankey Legendary Collection #81 Common
1x Fighting Primeape Legendary Collection #59 Uncommon
2x Fighting Onix Legendary Collection #84 Common
2x Colorless Rattata Legendary Collection #89 Common
1x Trainer Pokémon Trader Legendary Collection #103 Rare
3x Trainer Bill Legendary Collection #108 Common
3x Trainer Potion Legendary Collection #110 Common
2x Trainer Energy Retrieval Legendary Collection #107 Uncommon
3x Special Energy Full Heal Energy Legendary Collection #100 Uncommon
14x Basic Energy Fire Energy Neo Genesis #107
10x Basic Energy Fighting Energy Neo Genesis #106
Lava Theme Deck from Legendary Collection
Lava Theme Deck (Back) from Legendary Collection

Turmoil Theme Deck

“Turmoil” primarily focuses on Lightning and Water-type Pokémon and features both a non-holographic Dark Raichu and Dark Blastoise theme deck variant card. It contains one random reverse-holographic card from Legendary Collection for a total of 61 cards. For more information on this deck, jump to the top of this page.

~ Turmoil ~
Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity
3x Lightning Pikachu Legendary Collection #86 Common
1x Lightning Dark Raichu Legendary Collection #7 Rare
3x Lightning Magnemite Legendary Collection #80 Common
1x Lightning Magneton Legendary Collection #28 Rare
4x Colorless Dratini Legendary Collection #72 Common
2x Colorless Dark Dragonair Legendary Collection #38 Uncommon
4x Water Squirtle Legendary Collection #95 Common
3x Water Dark Wartortle Legendary Collection #39 Uncommon
1x Water Dark Blastoise Legendary Collection #4 Rare
2x Water Tentacool Legendary Collection #96 Common
3x Trainer Bill Legendary Collection #108 Common
3x Trainer Potion Legendary Collection #110 Common
2x Trainer Challenge! Legendary Collection #106 Uncommon
2x Trainer Energy Retrieval Legendary Collection #107 Uncommon
2x Trainer The Boss’s Way Legendary Collection #105 Uncommon
12x Basic Energy Lightning Energy Neo Genesis #109
12x Basic Energy Water Energy Neo Genesis #111
Turmoil Theme Deck from Legendary Collection
Turmoil Theme Deck (Back) from Legendary Collection

Pikachu Coin

“Lava” and “Turmoil” both come with a metal, silver Pikachu coin. The coin was included in all E-series theme decks as well, and thus was not exclusive to the two theme decks above.

Pikachu Coin - Legendary Collection Theme Decks