Preconstructed deck

A preconstructed deck or starter deck is a pre-assembled deck of cards for a collectible card game that is meant to be playable by a new player straight out of the box. The only White Wolf-related CCG to receive any starter decks was Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, which saw starter decks released for several of the game's White Wolf-published card sets.

Starter decks were published for the sets Sabbat War, Final Nights, Camarilla Edition, Anarchs, Black Hand, Kindred Most Wanted, Legacies of Blood, Third Edition, Lords of the Night, Keepers of Tradition, and Heirs of the Blood. The Bloodlines, Gehenna, Nights of Reckoning, Sword of Caine, Twilight Rebellion and Ebony Kingdom expansions didn't receive any starter decks.

A preconstructed deck is not to be confused with a factory set, which is a pre-assembled set of cards that isn't meant to be playable as-is. Two factory sets were published for V:TES: 10th Anniversary and Blood Shadowed Court, both of which reprinted a fixed selection of out-of-print crypt cards.

List of starter decks
For a listing of cards in each preconstructed starter deck, see the page for the relevant card set.


 * Sabbat War (2000): Brujah antitribu, Lasombra, Tzimisce, Ventrue antitribu
 * Final Nights (2001): Assamite, Follower of Set, Giovanni, Ravnos
 * Camarilla Edition (2002): Brujah, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, Ventrue
 * Anarchs (2003): Barons, Gangrel, Gangs
 * Black Hand (2003): Malkavian antitribu, Nosferatu antitribu, Toreador antitribu, Tremere antitribu
 * Kindred Most Wanted (2005): Alastors, Anathema, Baali, Gangrel antitribu
 * Legacies of Blood (2005): Akunanse, Guruhi, Ishtarri, Osebo
 * Third Edition (2006): Brujah antitribu, Malkavian antitribu,, Tremere antitribu, Tzimisce
 * Lords of the Night (2007): Assamite, Follower of Set, Giovanni, Ravnos
 * Keepers of Tradition (2008): Brujah, Malkavian, Toreador, Ventrue
 * Heirs of the Blood (2010): Lasombra/Kiasyd, Nosferatu/Samedi, Tremere/Gargoyle, Ventrue antitribu/Salubri antitribu