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F2P Guide: How to Play Without Spending
★ Mega Rising (B1) introduces the Mega Evolutions!
☆ New Decks: Mega Blaziken ex | Mega Gyarados ex
Mega Altaria ex | Mega Absol ex | Greninja ex
★ Events: Wonder Pick | Anniversary Celebration
☆ Trading Board: A4b and B1 Available for Trading!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket) is a free-to-play mobile game with the option to purchase a monthly subscription and in-game currency. Check out our tips on how to play Pokemon TCG Pocket entirely for free, without spending any money, recommended F2P decks, and the differences between the F2P and premium versions of the game!
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How to Play Pokemon TCG Pocket Without Spending
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Restart for Better Cards
After starting the game, opening your first booster pack, and going through the tutorial, you'll be given enough Pack Hourglasses and missions rewarding Pack Hourglasses to open up several booster packs all at once.
This is the perfect opportunity to get good cards for free within your first dozen booster packs. If you don't like the cards you got after using up all your Pack Hourglasses, simply reset your account and do it all over again.
Make sure you don't link an account to your Pokemon TCG Pocket game yet until you have a card collection that you're happy with.
Reroll Guide: How to Reroll for the Best Start
Complete Missions for Rewards
Several different types of missions are available for you to complete, including missions related to filling out your Card Dex, collecting specific cards, and general gameplay. You can obtain Pack Hourglasses, Wonder Hourglasses, Shinedust, Emblem Tickets, and rental decks as rewards for completing missions.
Every day, daily missions will be available that reward you with Pack Hourglasses if you complete three of them. These are important to complete in order to get a regular supply of Pack Hourglasses, letting you open more packs.
Check Wonder Pick for Rare Cards
Using Wonder Pick gives you an opportunity to get more cards without having to open packs. Wonder Pick contains booster packs recently opened by other players, and you can get a random card from an available set by using Wonder Stamina.
It's best to save your Wonder Stamina for packs containing rare cards, which typically require more stamina, or a set with multiple cards that you don't have for better chances of getting a card that you want.
Each unit of Wonder Stamina regenerates after 12 hours, but you can also use Wonder Hourglasses to regenerate them. You can get a Wonder Hourglass for free every day through the daily gift.
How to Use the Wonder Pick Feature
Collect Shop Tickets
Shop Tickets can be exchanged in the shop for Houglasses, accessories, and certain item cards and support cards.
You can get more Shop Tickets from the daily gift, battle tasks, as thanks from Wonder Pick or battles, and from other players liking your showcased cards.
How to Get and Use Shop Tickets: Farming Guide
Claim Your Daily Gift
Every day, a free gift containing a Wonder Hourglass and a Shop Ticket can be claimed at the in-game shop. This free gift resets every day at 6 AM UTC.
Use Your Pack Points to Get Cards
You can craft cards by using the pack points that you earn each time you open a booster pack. This is a great option to have if you're just missing a card or two to round out a deck.
You can also take your time building up your pack points to be able to craft rarer cards. All cards that can be obtained from booster packs can also be crafted, including cards with a crown rarity, so no card is out of your grasp as a free-to-play trainer.
Pack Points Explained: How to Craft Rare Cards
Participate in Battles
Winning a solo battle against a deck for the first time rewards you with EXP, Pack Hourglasses, Shinedust, and Shop Tickets.
Battling other players in versus battles is a good way to earn EXP without having to open packs. You can also occasionally receive Shop Tickets as thanks from your opponents.
Change Your Language to Get Foreign Cards
If you want to make your collection more interesting, you can collect cards in different languages easily and for free! Simply change your language in the TCG Pocket app's settings before opening a booster pack.
This only affects the cards you obtain while your language is different. Other cards you've previously collected will remain in their original language, and changing your language back won't affect the foreign language cards you've obtained.
How to Get Other Language Cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket
Best F2P Decks to Build
Decks Without Expensive Cards
 Exeggutor ex Deck |
 Blaine Deck |
 Scolipede and Weezing Deck |
 Zapdos Deck
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These decks can be built using mainly common cards with only one or two rare cards thrown in.
The Exeggutor ex Deck is especially easily to build if you picked the Charizard starter pack, since it's guaranteed to give an Exeggutor ex as well as the foundational deck to help you build them. Charizard packs also let you pull Blaine which is used in the Blaine Deck, but it will also need cards from other sets like Mythical Island.
The Scolipede and Weezing Deck and the Zapdos Deck both make use of inexpensive non-ex cards which aren't so hard to pull.
Premium Pass and Regular Pass Differences
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There are only two things you're getting with a Premium Pass—an additional, separate pack stamina, allowing you to open 3 booster packs in a day, and access to premium missions, allowing you to receive more Pack Hourglasses, Wonder Hourglasses, and Shinedust as rewards.
These additional benefits can make a big difference to players who spend a lot of time on Pokemon TCG Pocket, but the Premium Pass isn't necessary to enjoy the game and build good decks.
All cards from available booster packs are accessible to both regular and premium players. Regular Pass players are just able to open less packs in a day, with only 2 packs available without using Pack Hourglasses, and less options to earn more Hourglasses.
Premium Pass Guide and Features
Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides
Gameplay Guides
Card and Pull Rate Guides
 Card Rarity Guide |
 Best and Rarest Pull Rates |
 Alternate Language Cards |
 God Pack Pull Rates |
 Bent Corner Packs: Is There a Way to Identify Rare Packs?
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 Six-Card Packs Explained |
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Premium Pass Guides
 Premium Pass Guide |
 Premium Missions and Rewards |
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