A preconstructed 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. A starter deck is a deck of cards for a CCG that is meant to get a new player into the game. While most starter decks published since the late 1990s have been preconstructed, the contents of the earliest starter decks were mostly or entirely randomized, and as such they may not necessarily be effective or even playable as-is.