Brilliant Thunder (TCG)

Brilliant Thunder
Box art Expansion Flashfire Release date May 7, 2014 Types used Major cards {{{cards}}} Coin

The Brilliant Thunder Theme Deck from the Flashfire expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game predominantly focuses on Fire-type and Lightning-type Pokémon. Each Theme Deck is packaged with a 60-card deck, damage counters, a custom coin, a rulesheet, a card list, a deckbox, a two-player mat, and a TCGO code card.

Blurb

Lightning strikes and fires rage when you bring the Brilliant Thunder theme deck to battle! Harness the might of Pidgeot's Strong Gust to deliver booming blows to your foes. Bring your opponents to their knees as you buffet them with the thunderous strike force of Lopunny and Heliolisk! Fuel the ferocious flames with Fiery Torch and, as the sky begins to fall on your adversaries, deliver the final word with Snorlax's Sleepy Press! As the smoke clears, will you leave your opponents thunderstruck?

Deck list

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
1×	Heliolisk
1×	Heliolisk
3×	Helioptile
2×	Luxio
2×	Shinx
2×	Fletchinder
2×	Fletchling
2×	Torkoal
2×	Rapidash
2×	Ponyta
1×	Pidgeot
2×	Pidgeotto
4×	Pidgey
1×	Lopunny
2×	Buneary
1×	Snorlax
1×	Evosoda	I
2×	Fiery Torch	I
2×	Pokémon Center Lady	Su
2×	Pokémon Fan Club	Su
2×	Professor's Letter	I
1×	Blacksmith	Su
1×	Roller Skates	I
1×	Startling Megaphone	I
9×	Lightning Energy	E	—
9×	Fire Energy	E	—

Trivia

• The Cracked Ice Holofoil version of Heliolisk is exclusive to this deck.

In other languages

Language Title French Tonnerre Brillant German Grelles Gewitter Italian Saetta Ardente Brazilian Portuguese Trovão Reluzente Russian Сияющий Гром Siyayushchiy Grom Spanish Trueno Brillante

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