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Pokémon TCGPocket

The Trading Card Game in your pocket: two booster packs a day, brand-new artwork and five-minute battles. Guides, rules, decks, expansions and rarities: everything you need to play well and complete your binders.

  • 📱 iOS & Android
  • 🆓 Free
  • 📚 18 guides
  • 🎴 22 expansions
Right now

Pocket news

Mid to late October

Ranked Matches Season B4b SP

Bonus points for win streaks, up to 10 wins in a row, and no points lost on a defeat.

Mid to late October

Mega Garchomp ex Drop Event

Special solo battles to win Series B promo packs, Vol. 13.

Second half of October

Wonder Pick: Charmander and Drampa

Promo cards in Wonder Picks, and a Shop Ticket to exchange for a promo card.

Late October

Community Decks

Browse decks published by other players and rebuild them with your own cards. Rental decks become usable without limits.

From October

Dual-type Pokémon

Their cards have two colors and target two Weaknesses at once. First example: Mega Mewtwo X ex, Psychic and Fighting.

The guides

All of TCG Pocket, section by section

From your first booster packs to Master Ball rank: our guides cover the rules, deck building, collecting and competition.

Deluxe Pack: Mega Booster Pack
New expansion · B4b

The best of Series B in a single pack: 429 cards, brand-new artwork and every ♦♦♦♦ card.

  • 429 cards
  • 70 Pokémon-ex
  • September 30, 2026
The Deluxe Pack: Mega guide →
The rules

How to play Pokémon TCG Pocket?

Pocket keeps the basics of the classic TCG, at an accelerated pace. If you already know the physical cards, here is what changes.

Classic TCGTCG Pocket
Deck size60 cards20 cards
Copies of a card4 maximum2 maximum
EnergyEnergy cards, one per turn from your handEnergy Zone: one Energy generated each turn, no Energy cards
Starting hand7 cards (mulligan if no Basic Pokémon)5 cards, with a Basic Pokémon guaranteed
Bench5 Pokémon3 Pokémon
WeaknessDouble damage+20 damage
To winTake 6 Prize cardsScore 3 points
Knocked Out Pokémon ex2 Prize cards2 points
Knocked Out Mega Pokémon ex3 Prize cards3 points
  1. 1One Energy from the Energy ZoneEach turn, the Energy Zone generates one Energy from the types chosen for your deck: attach it to one of your Pokémon.
  2. 2Play, evolve, use your TrainersBasic Pokémon on the Bench, evolutions, as many Items as you like and only one Supporter per turn.
  3. 3Attack and score pointsAn attack ends your turn. A knocked-out Pokémon earns 1 point, a Pokémon ex 2 points, a Mega Pokémon ex 3 points: the first to 3 points wins.

The complete rules → Build your deck

Want to switch to physical cards?Our TCG Academy teaches you to play the classic TCG in 10 illustrated lessons, from Beginner to Champion level.
Two years of Pocket

The game's timeline

  1. October 2024Worldwide launch on iOS and Android, with the Genetic Apex booster.
  2. January 2025Space-Time Smackdown, Pokémon Tool cards and the arrival of trading between friends.
  3. February 2025100 million downloads, celebrated with the Triumphant Light booster.
  4. March 2025Shiny Pokémon arrive with Shining Revelry, and ranked matches open.
  5. July 2025Shinedust replaces Trade Tokens: trading gets simpler.
  6. Late 2025The Deluxe Pack: ex closes Series A, then Series B and its Mega Pokémon ex kick off with Mega Rising.
  7. May 2026Paradox Drive introduces Ancient and Future cards.
  8. Autumn 2026The Deluxe Pack: Mega closes Series B, ahead of the arrival of dual-type Pokémon.