Buying Guide · 9 min
Red/Blue vs Green/Purple: which Trial Deck should you buy?
Compare both Palworld starter decks, then open the official TD01 and TD02 card pools, play patterns and beginner recommendations.
Choose the Red/Blue Trial Deck, TD01, if you want the clearer first-game plan: create Materials, use Structures, apply direct damage and support attacks with draw, rest effects and defensive Quick cards. Choose the Green/Purple Trial Deck, TD02, if you enjoy building Ingredients, protecting key cards with Taunt, attacking through Stealth, using removal and planning effects in the correct order. Neither deck is stronger simply because of its included parallel card; that card changes the treatment, not the underlying rules text. Both products are complete beginner decks with a fixed 50-card Main Deck, 10 Soul cards, a paper playmat and guide, counters, one BP01 booster pack and one parallel replacement card. One deck is enough for one player. For two friends, buying one of each exposes all four launch colors and more mechanics; buying matching decks creates a simpler, more symmetrical learning game. Pick by preferred play style, not launch-week collector price.
Primary source: Official Red / Blue Trial Deck ↗What comes in each Palworld Trial Deck?
- A fixed 50-card Main Deck and 10-card Soul Deck.
- A paper playmat and play guide.
- Life, Material and Ingredient counters.
- One Dawn of Palpagos BP01 booster pack.
- One parallel-rarity card replacing a card in the Main Deck.
See the launch Trial Decks up close
This independent first look shows the physical Trial Deck products before you choose one. Use the verified card-pool links below for exact card text and product facts.
Community videoBy Bob's JapanTrial Deck Dawn of Palpagos First LookSee the launch Trial Deck products, cards and included items in a hands-on preview.Watch on YouTube ↗Palworld starter deck lists: TD01 and TD02
Palworld calls its starter products Trial Decks. Each official card-pool page below lists all 24 unique Main Deck cards, with card numbers, effects and a beginner play sequence. The public product pages do not publish copy-by-copy quantities for the fixed 50-card deck, so these are verified card pools rather than reconstructed recipes.
Open the TD01 Red / Blue card list →
Open the TD02 Green / Purple card list →
Damage, Structures, card flow
Ingredients, Taunt, Stealth, removal
Stone Pit creates Materials and draws
Berry Plantation creates Ingredients and draws
Rest effects, Quick cards and Interrupt
Taunt bodies, life gain and Interrupt
Grizzbolt, Blazamut, Mammorest Cryst
Broncherry, Felbat, Astegon, Mammorest
Players who want a direct plan
Players who enjoy setup and sequencing
Why should a beginner choose Red / Blue?
TD01's Red cards make Materials and convert them into damage. Stone Pit and Weapon Workbench show the relationship clearly. Blue supports the plan with card draw, resting effects and defensive Quick cards. New players can usually see the next action without tracking as many conditional effects.
Who should choose Green / Purple?
TD02 uses Ingredients for Green power boosts and life gain while Purple changes combat with Stealth, removal and graveyard recovery. Cards such as Astegon can affect both players' Pals, so the order of actions matters more.
Which Trial Decks should two friends buy?
Buying one of each gives both players different mechanics and exposes the full four-color launch experience. If both players want the simplest learning match, two copies of the same Trial Deck create a more symmetrical game, but one of each is more useful for discovering personal preferences.
Do not choose by rarity alone
Both decks include a parallel replacement, but the treatment does not change the underlying rules text. Choose the play pattern you want to learn; the included booster pack is a bonus, not a complete upgrade plan.
Why one Trial Deck card may look different
Every Trial Deck includes one TSR or TSP parallel card in place of a card in the fixed 50-card Main Deck. The deck still contains 50 cards and remains ready to play. If you prefer to protect an expensive-looking parallel, you can play it in a sleeve or obtain the regular version of the same card for the deck; launch-day marketplace asking prices are not verified long-term values.
Open both Trial Deck guidesPage update
What changed
Includes direct TD01 and TD02 card-pool links plus an independent look at the physical Trial Deck products.
Update history
- Published
- Added verified starter deck list paths for both launch Trial Decks.
- Added an independent video showing the physical Trial Deck products.
Sources and evidence
Source links
Use the official links below for current rules, card text, products and dates. Independent or community links are included only when they add clearly identified examples.