The Thunderstorm Gift Box was released in 2000 and features the Thunderstorm theme deck; the deck itself contains a holographic Fossil Zapdos card. The Zapdos is printed on galaxy holofoil paper like holo cards from sets released at the time, distinguishing it from the original Fossil Zapdos that used the old starry holofoil paper. The Thunderstorm theme deck primarily focuses on Lightning and Water-type Pokémon.

Included in the package aside from the theme deck are three random booster packs from Jungle to Gym Heroes, a metal Pikachu coin, a blue felt bag, cardboard damage counters, a rulebook, a card checklist, and a tip sheet that discusses how to improve the Thunderstorm deck. The metal Pikachu coin would later be re-released in the Legendary Collection, Expedition, Aquapolis, and Skyridge theme decks. The package also includes an instructional CD, “Pokemon TCG – Play It! Version 2,” which features an electronic deck builder, a virtual card album to track your collection, and seven 60-card decks that you can use to battle the game’s computer-generated player named Julie. The CD is an updated version of the one included in Base Set 2‘s 2-Player CD-ROM Starter Set.

~ Thunderstorm ~ Quantity Card Name Set No. Rarity 4x Pikachu #60 1x Raichu #29 1x Zapdos #15 1x Electabuzz #24 1x Lt. Surge’s Voltorb #84 2x Magnemite #79 1x Misty’s Poliwag #87 2x Psyduck #53 1x Psyduck #65 1x Golduck #35 1x Doduo #72 1x Farfetch’d #40 2x Spearow #62 1x Fearow #36 2x Bill #118 2x Energy Retrieval #110 2x Energy Search #59 1x Misty’s Wrath #114 1x Defender #109 1x Potion #122 1x Poké Ball #64 1x Professor Oak #116 1x Full Heal Energy #81 1x Potion Energy #82 2x Double Colorless Energy #124 16x Water Energy #130 — 8x Lightning Energy #128 —