Trading is now available in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket) starting on January 29, 2025! Read on to learn more about trading features, how to trade, how to accept a trade, the cards that can be traded, and if trading is worth it.

Trading to Get Improvements

Trading Feature Updates Coming Autumn 2025

Trade Tokens will be replaced with Shinedust as trading currency by Autumn 2025 as announced by the Pokemon TCG Pocket Development Team.

Trade Tokens, which were previously required to trade cards of 3◇, 4◇, and 1☆ rarity, will be removed from the game. Players no longer need to exchange copies of their cards in order to obtain them.

This currency will be replaced by Shinedust, which players can exchange Trade Tokens for after the update. Since Shinedust is required to obtain Flairs, they may plan on increasing the amount offered.

Additional Updates in Development

The team also announced that they are developing a feature that allows the player to share the cards they are interested in trading for. Additionally, they are looking into how to accommodate cards which are currently unavailable for trading, including 2☆☆ and Promo Cards.

Trading Feature Updates Coming Autumn 2025!

Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Available for Trading

Space-Time Smackdown	Feature Cards
Dialga Pack
Palkia Pack

Trading is now available for the Space-Time Smackdown (A2) expansion.

Previously, trading was only limited to the Genetic Apex and Mythical Island booster packs, but it was stated by the Pokemon Team that they would continue to expand the trading function by expansion.

When Is The Next Expansion Set To Release?

Trade System Release Date

Trading Released January 29, 2025

Trading is now available in Pokemon TCG Pocket! Cards of 1◇ to 1☆ rarity from the Genetic Apex, Mythical Island, and Space-Time Smackdown sets can be traded with your friends.

How to Trade Cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket

How to Send a Trade Offer

	Step-by-Step Guide
1	Go to the Social Hub and tap on Trade.
2	To start a trade, tap on Trade and select a friend from your friend list.
3	Choose a card you want to send to your chosen friend as your trade offer. You will be shown the Trade Stamina and Trade Token cost. If you’re okay with the card and cost, tap on OK to offer the card to your friend.
4	Wait for them to respond to your offer. You will get a notification on the Trade screen once they either decline or accept your trade offer.
5	If they accept, you can see the card they offered in return by tapping on View. To accept the offered card, tap on Trade. You will then be prompted to swipe up to send your card to your trade partner. Once the trade is finished, you should be able to see the card traded to you in your cards list.

How to Accept a Trade Offer

	Step-by-Step Guide
1	Go to the Social Hub and tap on Trade.
2	Any trade offers you have should show up here. Tap on View to see the card your friend is offering. You can tap on Trade Info for more information on the offered card.
3	If you’re happy with the card, tap on Trade. If you don’t like the card being offered, select Decline.
4	If you accept the trade offer, all of your cards that can be exchanged will be shown to you. Choose one to send to your friend.
5	You will be asked to confirm your selection. Tap on OK until the trade offer is finalized.
6	Wait for your trade partner to respond. A notification will pop up on the Trade screen once a trade agreement has been reached. If they accept your offer, you will be prompted to swipe up to send your card to your friend. You should then be able to see the card traded to you in your cards list.

Trade from the Social Hub

You can trade with other players by visiting the Social Hub tab and tapping the Trade button. At the time of launch, it appears that trading can only be done between friends.

Social Hub and Multiplayer Features

Required Trade Tokens for Each Rarity

Rarity	Tokens
	0
	0
	120
	500
	400

Trading common 1◇ and 2◇ cards do not cost Trade Tokens, but trading rarer cards requires them. The cards requiring the most amount of tokens are the 4◇ ex Cards, which require 500 Trade Tokens each from both parties involved in the trade. Trade Tokens can be obtained by exchanging rare cards.

How to Get Trade Tokens

Trade Stamina Required

In order to trade a card, you will need Trade Stamina, which limits how many cards you can trade in a day.

The Trade Stamina cooldown takes 12 hours for each unit, similar to Wonder Stamina, Pack Stamina, and Event Stamina. This means that you should be able to trade up to 7 times in a day with a 5-stamina gauge.

Both parties involved in the trade will have their Trade Stamina consumed when trading. If a trade offer gets declined, any consumed stamina will be returned.

All Currencies Explained

Same Rarity Cards Must Be Selected

Wigglytuff ex ◇◇◇◇

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Machamp ex ◇◇◇◇

In order to trade a card, you and your trade partner must select cards of the same rarity. That means if you want an ex card, you will have to trade another ex card in return. You cannot trade a common 1◇ card for any rare card.

2-Day Time Limit

You can trade with other players even if they aren’t online at the same time. However, there is a time limit to trade requests. You must accept a trade request within two days before it will be automatically canceled.

Trades Can Be Canceled Before They Expire

You can also cancel trade offers you’ve made at any time before the 2-day limit is over by tapping on Terminate Trade. This can be done as long as your trade partner hasn’t accepted the trade offer yet.

You cannot have multiple trades ongoing at the same time, so you may want to cancel a pending trade if you need to make a more urgent one.

Send Thanks for the Trade

After trading cards, you can send Thanks to your trade partner. This will reward them with a Shop Ticket as long as they haven’t reached their daily limit for Thanks rewards.

How to Get and Use Shop Tickets: Farming Guide

Find Trade Partners on the Trading Board

If you want to find other players to trade with, check out our Trading Board! You can post your friend code, requested card, and offered card to see if other players can help you out.

You can also go to our Friend ID Codes Sharing Board if you want to add more friends to TCG Pocket without wanting to trade.

Trading Board

Join the Game8 Pokemon Discord!

Find more trainers to trade with by joining our Pokemon Discord server! This is your one-stop shop to find everything Pokemon-related.

Add friends, share your rare cards, take part in battles, and check out channels for other Pokemon games in the Game8 Discord!

Game8 Pokemon TCG Pocket Discord

Cards That Can Be Traded

Space-Time Smackdown, Mythical Island, Genetic Apex Cards

Expansions Available for Trade
Genetic Apex (A1) Mythical Island (A1a) Space-Time Smackdown

As of now, tradable cards are only limited to cards in the Genetic Apex (A1), Mythical Island (A1a), and the Space-Time Smackdown expansion packs.

Promo cards are not tradable. However, they plan on increasing the pool of tradable cards on future updates.

Promo Cards Cannot Be Traded

Promo Cards such as those that can be purchased from the Shop or cards from Wonder Pick events and Drop events cannot be traded.

The list of tradable cards is expected to expand in future updates, so hope is not entirely lost for those who have missed out on limited-time event cards!

Pokemon TCG Pocket Promo Card List

Rare Cards Cannot Be Traded

As the trading feature is new to the game, rare cards 2☆ and above will not be available for trade. However, the list of cards that can be traded is expected to expand in the future.

Tradable Cards Rarity Limitation

Tradable Cards Rarity

Only 1-4 Diamonds to 1 star cards can be traded, meaning a 4 diamond ex Pokemon card can only be traded to another ex Pokemon card with the same rarity. 2-3 star to crown rarity cards are currently not tradable.

Card Rarity Guide

Cards With Flairs

Cards with Flairs applied to them can be traded but only for other cards of the same rarity with Flairs.

How to Get Flair: All Flair Animations and Effects

Check Detailed Trade List

To view the available cards for trade in-game, tap on the question mark (?) icon on the Trade screen, beside the Trade Stamina gauge. Select Detailed Trade List to see which rarities from the available expansions are currently available for trade.

Best Cards to Trade

The best cards to trade in TCG Pocket are cards that can help you complete your Card Dex, cards required for missions, and cards that can be useful in competitive decks.

Valuable cards such as ex Cards are also good options for trading. However, they consume a lot of Trade Tokens, which may not be worth it in most cases.

Best Cards Tier List

Is Trading Worth It?

Only for Completing Common Cards

At the moment, trading is best used to fill in the 1◇ and 2◇ gaps in your Card Dex.

Although you can trade 4◇ ex cards, it requires so many Trade Tokens that you may have to sacrifice several of your other rare cards in order to obtain one ex card. This makes the trading feature not quite as worth it when it comes to collecting rare cards or creating strong decks.

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