The Pokémon trading card game “Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket” (PTCG Pocket for short) announced today (17th) to explain the operation method of the upcoming “exchange” function, which is scheduled to be updated in January. In addition, the next appearance The expansion pack is also scheduled to be added within January. “Please look forward to the day when you can meet new Pokémon.”
“PTCG Pocket” currently has four expansion card packs that can be extracted. The original “Strongest Gene” Mewtwo, Charizard, and Pikachu have a base of 226 cards, and the “Phantom Island” that debuted in mid-December last year has a base of 68 cards. Since you can draw two packs a day and the official generously gives away time-shortening hourglasses, many people have collected ordinary card illustrations so far.
However, the chance of obtaining the 2-star ⭐︎~Crown rare cards with special card drawings and shiny effects is very low. Sometimes you are lucky enough to draw duplicate rare cards. Since the launch of the game, players have been looking forward to being played by them. The day has come when the officially sealed “exchange” function is officially released.
“PTCG Pocket” announced “Future Update Plan” on January 17th. First of all, thank you for enjoying the fun of opening card packs every day and collecting cards, and then explained the details of the exchange function:
- Cards can be exchanged with players who are “friends of each other”
- Cards of the same rarity can be exchanged
- After the exchange function is launched, some cards included in “The Strongest Gene” and “Fantasy Island” will be exchanged. Expansion packs that can be exchanged will also be added in the future.
- Exchangeable cards are limited to ♢1~♢4 and ⭐︎1 rarities.
- Props need to be consumed when exchanging
Although cards above ⭐︎2 are not included in the exchange objects, it may be due to consideration of balance damage, or someone may open a small account to use rare cards. In any case, it is a good thing that the official is willing to take the first step.
In addition, it was officially confirmed that the much-anticipated second set of complete expansion card packs (referred to as A2) will also be launched in January.
According to foreign media reports, the exact launch date of A2 is January 29th. There will be four new card packs, about 230 new illustrations (including SR), and the second generation Pokémon of “Pokémon Gold/Silver”. Lord. More information will be officially announced at the end of the month.
Hello! Here is a statement from the #PokemonTCGPocket Team highlighting the details of the upcoming trade feature and new content coming to the game.
The team plans to diligently assess how trading will impact the player experience and the game once it is available. pic.twitter.com/SVBRxIN6sP
— Pokémon TCG Pocket (@PokemonTCGP) January 16, 2025