Shadowless Theme Decks or not? need help

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I have 14 base set theme decks and I can’t tell if they are shadowless or not.

I went through a lot of videos on youtube and forum posts. (smpratt and TheCharizardAuthority) and here are the noticeable features of the decks

Brush fire deck X3

-Brushout text in Green

-clear strip wrapping. no logos or anything

-“Theme deck & Put the power in your hand with the Pokemon trading card game” Text is in Blue.

  • On the back says “10 damage counters”

  • The photo on the back shows a 1st edition shadowless Charmeloen in front of a grass and fire energy. Chansey coin on top, and blue and yellow damage counters on the top(4, 2 yellow, 2 blue)

-The copy right reads " 1995,1996,1998 and 1999 Nintendo, Creatures GAMEFREAK C 1999 Wizards of the Coast)

  • the surprise your opponents…" text is in white and everything else from “just like in the bestselling…” is in yellow

-ISBN 1-57530-799-5

Blackout Deck x 3

-clear strip wrapping, no logos

-Blackout text in Brown

-“theme deck” in black

“Put the power in your hand …” in brown"

“just like in the bestselling…” text on the back is in dark blue

-“leave your rivals in the dark…” text in white

-“10 damage counters”

-copyright reads " " 1995,1996,1998 and 1999 Nintendo, Creatures GAMEFREAK C 1999 Wizards of the Coast)"

-first edition shadowless Onix is in front of Fighting and water energy. Chansey coin, along with 4 damage counters blue and yellow.

ISBN 1-57530-799-5

Overgrowth x5

-clear strip wrapping, no logos

-overgrowth text in turquoise

-theme deck idark blue text

-Put the power in your hand… is in dark blue

-just like in the best selling… is in dark blue

take over the game … is in white

“10 damage counters”

-first edition shadowless ivysaur in front of grass and water energy, chansey coin, and 4 damage counters, blue and yellow

copyright reads " 1995,1996,1998 and 1999 Nintendo, Creatures GAMEFREAK C 1999 Wizards of the Coast)"

ISBN-157530-799-5

Zap deck x1

-clear strip wrapping, no logos

-“theme deck” in black

“put the power…” in black

-1st edition shadowless pikachu in front of thunder and physic energy. chanssey coin. and 4 damage counters

just like in the best selling … text in white

-10 damage counters" in white

-know your opponents … in yellow

copyright read " 1995,1996,1998 and 1999 Nintendo, Creatures GAMEFREAK C 1999 Wizards of the Coast)"

ISBN= 1-57530-799-5

2 player starter set x2

-clear strip wrapping, no logos

-trading card game (has 3 pokemon card logo top right )

-2-player starter set

-1st edition shadowless machamp on back

-10 damage counters written in white

first edition holographic machamp card in each box written in yellow

-grass,fire,water,electric,psychic, fighting energies along with pokemon card logo in the background. and 5 damage counters 3 yellow 2 blue in bottom left and bottom right corners

copyright reads " 1995,1996,1998 and 1999 Nintendo, Creatures GAMEFREAK C 1999 Wizards of the Coast)"

ISBN=1-57530-798-7

are there any other signs that these are shadow less without opening them?

any help will be appreciated

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A thread on this topic was created just a few days ago.

www.elitefourum.com/t/wotc-shadowless-base-set-theme-decks/16320/1

Short answer - There is no known way to guarantee that a theme deck is shadowless (unless it has a gold strip around the top).

However, you can tell if a 2 player starter set is shadowless by following this guide.

www.elitefourum.com/t/english-base-set-2-player-starter-deck-guide/14698/1

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thanks. The guide helped a lot!. was able to verify that both 2 players i have are shadowless

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I believe only the theme decks with the golden strip are shadowless.

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Correct, I am not at all sure what decks for the original base set are shadowless or not, but for the big 4 decks, the gold strip is the only definable factor.

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Uhm…no. Not true. I just don’t want a newbie to happen apon this conversation and think that’s true. A giant majority of shadowless themes did not have the gold strip.

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Haha very unvalid statement, only the theme decks with the gold strip are 100% shadowless. There have been what 4 or 5 trial runs where people have built this giant list of quantifiable factors and then someone opens one of those decks and boom shadowless. Everything but the gold strip to my knowledge has been debunked.