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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the XY era.
Kalos Starter Set was released November 8, 2013.
Kalos Starter Set has 39 cards.
Kalos Starter Set is part of the XY era.
Snorlax, at $64.88, as of October 22, 2026.
Kalos Starter Set sits at the very start of the XY era as a deck product, released on November 8, 2013 under the set code KSS. It carries 39 cards, built around the Kalos starters Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie lines, and leans on Colorless, Fire, Grass and Water Pokémon. Furfrou is the one name printed twice, and the headline cards by value are Snorlax, Miltank, Bidoof and Skitty alongside the starter evolutions Greninja and Chesnaught. As a starter-deck release, it reads more like a ready-to-play entry point for new players than a booster-driven chase set.
Kalos Starter Set has no secret cards above its printed count, so the chase here is simply the 39 cards on the card list. Snorlax is the most valuable card, followed by Miltank, Bidoof and Skitty, with Greninja close behind. Illustrators include Naoki Saito on Snorlax and Akira Komayama on Miltank, while 5ban Graphics accounts for 22 of the cards. Value is heavily concentrated: the top five cards hold 76 percent of the set's total card value, so the most valuable cards here are a short list of former deck staples rather than a deep pull ladder.
As of October 2026, Kalos Starter Set holds the highest total card value of the 9 comparable XY sets, about 2.9 times the era median, and ranks 2nd across the whole game among 22 comparable sets. Its top card, Snorlax, ranks 2nd among the era's single most valuable cards, and trading activity also ranks 2nd in the era. At 39 printed cards it runs larger than the era median of 30. It followed BW trainer Kit (Zoroark), which holds less total value, and came before XY trainer Kit (Noivern), which also holds less. Its cards first appeared in the Japanese XY Beginning Set, released November 8, 2013.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setKalos Starter Set | Median of 9 deck productsXY median | Previous setBW trainer Kit (Zoroark) | Next setXY trainer Kit (Noivern) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Nov 8, 2013 | — | Sep 1, 2011 | Mar 12, 2014 |
| Printed cards | 39 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Master set value | $130.19 | $42.55 | $21.28 | $24.02 |
| Most valuable card price | $64.88 | $8.77 | $4.50 | $5.22 |
| Priced cards | 39 of 39 | 30 | 30 of 30 | 30 of 30 |
Completing Kalos Starter Set means tracking down all 39 printings, and every one of them is priced. Because the top five cards carry 76 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of a complete run is driven by a handful of cards, while the rest are inexpensive filler from the decks. The sealed line comprises 6 products, all of them decks, which fits a set that was sold as ready-to-play starter product rather than boosters.