Good news! You can finally trade cards with friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Bad news! It sucks. It feels even more limited and backwards than when it was originally teased, and fans are in full revolt over the long-anticipated feature’s completely bungled rollout.

The Pokémon Company probably sees the circuitousness of Pocket ’s trading system as a clever way to make the game stickier. But compared to other tactics like Pocket ’s regular events built around battling, it feels somewhat predatory and like something that doesn’t offer much value to players.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has received its long awaited trading update today and, despite players slamming the mechanic upon developer Creatures Inc. revealing how it would work last week, it's somehow launched to an even worse reception.

Prior to trading, make sure your Pokémon TCG Pocket app is updated to the latest version. Go to the Pokémon TCG Pocket store page on either the App Store on iOS devices or Google Play store on Android devices and update it. To trade, head over to the “Social Hub” tab and click on the unlocked “Trade” button.

Wondering how to trade your Pokemon cards in TCG Pocket? The Trading feature was added on January 29, 2025, and allows you to exchange cards with friends.

The creators of Pokémon TCG Pocket have issued a warning to all players not to tamper with game data or participate in real money trades, or risk getting their accounts banned. The crackdown comes right before card trading and a new Space-Time Smackdown set are added to the mobile hit.

Trade Stamina is a type of resource in Pokémon TCG Pocket that you need to exchange cards with other players. For reference, Polygon did a trade where we exchanged two three-diamond rarity Pokémon cards and it required one unit of Trade Stamina. There are two ways you can recover this stamina.

Pokémon card art is always fantastic, but my god, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’s latest line of full-art cards is particularly exceptional. The “Space-Time Smackdown” set will be released on the app on January 30,

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has launched its anticipated new trading update, but it has generated increased disappointment rather than satisfaction. The launch of the trading feature in the Pokemon TCG angered players beyond their initial disappointment from learning the update one week ago.