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Delphox XY Starter Set 10/39
In late 2013, three starter decks were released under the "Kalos Starter Set" banner as an introduction to Generation 6. Each deck was centered around a Starter Pokémon and contained unique cards. Although they aren't particularly strong, it's cool to see the first appearances of some of these Pokémon in Kalos.
Delphox stars in the "Fennekin Deck" alongside Fire and Darkness-type Pokémon, and it's one of the better cards from these decks. Fire Blast could one-shot most of the cards at the time for a very small drawback of discarding just one Energy. Only needing one Fire Energy means that it can play well alongside cards and Energy of other types.
This card obviously isn't very strong outside of a starter deck, but it's neat to see Delphox's first card. The 5ban graphics artwork was part of a trend in early XY of new Pokémon appearing in front of 3D-rendered backgrounds.