All Status Effects Explained

Pokemon cards can be afflicted with status effects in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket). Read on for a list of status effects and how to cure them, all Pokemon that can inflict status effects, and other secondary battle effects!

List of Status Effects

Status Effects in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Status	Effect
Poison	Take 10 damage for every turn
Sleep	Pokemon cannot attack or retreat Every turn, the player must do a coin toss. If it lands on Heads, the pokemon wakes up.
Paralysis	Pokemon cannot attack or retreat Paralysis will be cured after 1 turn

Other Pokemon TCG Status Effects

There Are No Pokemon Who Inflict Burn and Confusion

There are currently no pokemon who can cause burn or confusion in Pokemon TCG Pocket. However, the in-game guide has explanations for these conditions so it is highly likely they will be added in future updates.

All Pokemon TCG Pocket Rule Differences

Status Effects and How to Cure

What Are Status Effects?

Status effects are special conditions that can hinder a pokemon's performance both during and after their turn. Status effects can affect a pokemon in multiple ways: they could lose extra HP, prevent pokemon moves, or keep them from retreating.

How Do Retreat Costs Work?

Status Effect Activate at the End of the Turn

At the end of a turn, all pokemon with status effects will be checked by the game. During a check, pokemon will either lose HP or do a coin toss depending on their status effect. This will happen for every turn until the status effect is cured.

Status Effects Also Activate at the End of Your Opponent's Turn

Pokemon checks also occur at the end of your opponent's turn. In other words, your pokemon's status effects can activate outside of your turn.

As an example, if your pokemon has the poison effect, they will take 10 damage not only during your turn, but also your opponent's turn so you would want to cure your status effects as quickly as possible!

Battle System Explained

Status Effect Order

If your pokemon has been afflicted with multiple status effects, they will always be checked in the order above.

How to Cure Status Effects

Evolve your pokemon Return pokemon to Bench (only for Poison) Do a Coin Toss (only for Sleep) Wait for the turn to end (only for Paralysis) Use Koga to switch out pokemon. (only for Weezing and Muk)

There are 4 main strategies you can use to cure status effects: you could evolve pokemon, retreat them to bench, land heads on a coin toss, or wait for the turn end.

In special circumstances where you have a Muk or Weezing on the active spot, you can use the supporter card Koga to force retreat through Sleep or Paralysis.

List of Supporter Cards

List of Pokemon That Inflict Status Effects

Pokemon That Inflict Poison

Weezing	Muk	Grimer
Nidoking	Tentacruel	Venomoth

Pokemon That Inflict Sleep

Frosmoth	Wigglytuff ex	Vileplume
Hypno

Pokemon That Inflict Paralysis

Pincurchin

Eelektross

Articuno

Other Secondary Effects in Pokemon TCG Pocket

All Pokemon Cards with Abilities

Retreat Lock

Some pokemon cards prevent the opposing pokemon from retreating or until the pokemon inflicting the ability is defeated or returns to bench.

List of Cards that Lock Retreating

Arbok

Move Lock

There are pokemon cards which can use moves that prevent a pokemon from attacking for 1 turn. If certain conditions are met, they might prevent the opposing pokemon from attacking indefinitely.

List of Cards that Lock Attacking

Omastar

Vulpix

Energy Removal

Certain pokemon cards can also discard a random energy from their opponent's pokemon.

List of Cards that Remove Energy

Gyarados	Mawile	Persian
Dodrio

Damage Modification

A number of cards can adjust the damage they inflict or receive from opposing pokemon. They can either reduce or increase the damage dealt from attacks or the damage they can absorb. This can come in the form of Attack Effects, Abilities or Trainer Cards.

List of Cards that Modify Damage

Pokemon with Damage Modifying Abilities
Cloyster	Melmetal
Pokemon with Damage Modifying Attacks
Mr. Mime	Dugtrio	Cubone
Supporter Cards
Giovanni	Blaine

Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides

Battle Guides

Battle Guides

Status Effect Guides

All Status Effects Explained
Poison	Sleep	Paralysis