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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the ADV era.
Salamence Constructed Starter Deck was released June 25, 2003.
Salamence Constructed Starter Deck has 20 cards.
Salamence Constructed Starter Deck is part of the ADV era.
Salamence, at $25.85, as of November 8, 2026.
Salamence and Latias ex are the headline cards of the Salamence Constructed Starter Deck, a Japanese Pokémon TCG deck product from the ADV era that was released on June 25, 2003. It holds 20 catalog printings, built around ready-to-play contents rather than booster pulls. Several Pokémon appear twice in the card list, with Bagon, Corphish, Numel and Shelgon each printed in two versions. The top of its card list runs Salamence, Latias ex, Shelgon and Camerupt, which points to a deck built around the Bagon evolution line with a few supporting types.
The Salamence Constructed Starter Deck is a fixed-contents deck product, so there is no pull ladder to climb and no secret cards above a printed count. The value sits in a few named cards. Salamence ranks first by card value, followed by Latias ex, Shelgon, Camerupt and Corphish. Value is heavily concentrated, with the top five cards holding 86 percent of the set's total card value, so the rest of the 20 printings contribute very little. The doubled printings of Numel and Bagon rank lower, at sixth through eighth.
As of October 2026, the Salamence Constructed Starter Deck ranks 5th by total card value among the 5 comparable ADV sets, and 67th across the 111 comparable sets in the Japanese Pokémon TCG. Its total value is about 0.6 times the era median, and its most valuable card ranks 4th among the era's single top cards. It followed Treecko Constructed Starter Deck, which holds less total value, and came before Aqua Deck Kit, which holds more. Eleven of its cards carried over to the English Dragon set, which arrived 4 months after this Japanese release.
Written from market data as of October 29, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setSalamence Constructed Starter Deck | Median of 5 deck productsADV median | Previous setTreecko Constructed Starter Deck | Next setAqua Deck Kit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jun 25, 2003 | — | Jan 31, 2003 | Oct 24, 2003 |
| Cards | 20 | 20 | 20 | 33 |
| Master set value | ≥ $61.55 | $112.92 | ≥ $52.24 | ≥ $111.66 |
| Most valuable card price | $25.85 | $29.95 | $29.99 | $29.95 |
| Priced cards | 10 of 20 | 11 | 6 of 20 | 25 of 33 |
Completing the Japanese Salamence Constructed Starter Deck means finding all 20 catalog printings, of which 10 are priced so far. Because the top five cards carry 86 percent of the set's total card value, the weight of a complete run sits with a handful of cards, led by Salamence and Latias ex. The remaining printings are lower-value cards that make up a small share of the set's value. The sealed line is a single deck product, which matches the set's identity as a ready-to-play starter built around the Bagon evolution family.
SalamenceSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 011 · 1st Edition$25.850.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
Latias exSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 012$17.25—N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
BagonSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 008 · 1st Edition$1.99—N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
CameruptSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 003 · Normal · Unlimited$3.000.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
CorphishSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 004 · 1st Edition$3.000.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
NumelSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 001 · Normal · Unlimited$2.29—N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
NumelSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 002 · Unlimited$2.000.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
CorphishSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 005 · 1st Edition$1.500.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
ShelgonSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 010 · 1st Edition$1.000.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
CrawdauntSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 006——N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
BagonSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 007——N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
TV ReporterSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 017——N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.
High Pressure SystemSalamence Constructed Starter Deck · 019——N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.