“ex Starter Deck Generations” Releasing in November Featuring 18 New Pokemon ex!

Like last year, a new set of “ex Starter Decks” will be releasing in Japan for 2024!

This year they will be called ex Starter Decks: Generations. They will feature 18 new Pokemon ex across nine different decks.

Each deck will feature a Legendary Pokemon ex from each of the nine generations paired with a Pokemon ex from its generation. For Generation I, Pikachu will represent the Legendary Pokemon.

The decks will release on November 22nd for 850 yen each and will feature:

  • Pikachu ex & Snorlax ex
  • Lugia ex & Tyranitar ex
  • Kyogre ex & Blaziken ex
  • Dialga ex & Lucario ex
  • Reshiram ex & Amoongus ex
  • Xerneas ex & Noivern ex
  • Tapu Koko ex & Mimikyu ex
  • Zacian ex & Alcremie ex
  • Koraidon ex & Paldean Clodsire ex

An “ex Starter Deck: Generations Special Battle Set” will also release on the same date. It will cost 4,650 yen. It will come with the Gen I, II, XIII, and IX decks bundled together in one package. It will also include four promo cards.

The Pokemon ex from last year’s ex Starter Decks were dumped into our Obsidian Flames set. Since these decks are releasing in November, we probably won’t see them until an English 2025 set.

As usual all of this is preliminary information and subject to change.

"For Generation I, Pikachu will represent the Legendary Pokemon."
can mewtwo please catch a break this generation
 
DIALGA EX!!! Please be a good card, for dear god. so that I can pair it with Melmetal when the VStar rotates out!
 
I really hope these aren't average filler ex cards that will be in a set for no apparent reason. Hopefully some will be decently playable.
Unlikely. Virtually none of the ex cards on the japanese starter decks has any meta relevance, and even on casual play they're not that good.

The only reasonable ones were Decidueye, Miraidon, and maybe Dragonite (although Greninja got some usage bump with the release of the Fighting Tera ex in Japan), the rest are bulk/pack filler power levels. Expect something within this range for the new ones.
 
maybe those will be "Deluxe Battle Deck" levels of power since it seems to have multiple EXs in a deck. So maybe one or two of them will be ok.