Pokémon TCG Pocket expands tradable cards and adds share feature

The team behind Pokémon TCG Pocket announced a slate of gameplay changes ahead of the mobile game's first anniversary in late October, expanding trading options, adding a new sharing mechanic and altering card-selection tools to make completing collections easier for players. Developers said the updates will arrive around the one-year mark but did not give a firm release date.

Under the planned changes, more card rarities will become tradable. Players will be able to trade two-star rarity cards and shiny one-star and shiny two-star cards, and cards from the most recent booster packs will be eligible for trade. Developers showed an example of a two-star Pikachu carrying a trade cost of 25,000 Shinedust, indicating that the Shinedust required for these higher-rarity trades will be substantially higher than for currently tradable cards. Certain top-tier cards, including three-star Immersive cards, crownmarked golden cards and promotional cards, will remain excluded from trading.

The update will also introduce a Share feature that lets players give a single card to a friend each day. The shared card may be up to four-diamond rarity, and recipients can select one card per day from...