The Trading system inPokemon TCG Pocketlets you exchange cards with other players on your friends list. There are a few restrictions in place to prevent players from abusing this system, but trading is still very helpful if you want to complete your collection or get a duplicate of a card for a new deck.

At first, trading can seem a bit complicated due to these restrictions, but that’s where we can help. Below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about trading, including which cards you can trade and how to get the currencies you need to do so.

Two players trading a Bulbasaur and Magikarp in Pokemon Pocket.

How To Trade

To start trading, go to the Social Hub menu, then tap on Trade. Here, you’ll see your current Trade Tokens, Trade Stamina, a button that says Trade, and any active trade requests. Tap on the Trade button, and your friends list will open. Here, select the person you want to trade with.

Next, you’ll need tochoose the card you want to trade to your friend. Once you confirm your trade, it willsend an invitationto trade that card. Then, your friend will open up the invitation and choose the card they want to trade in exchange.

Trading a Celebi ex in for Trade Tokens or Flair in Pokemon Pocket.

Now, you will be able to see the card they offered you, and you can accept the trade. If both players agree to the offer, the trade will go through, and you will receive their card and they will receive your card.

Trading Restrictions

There are a few restrictions to keep in mind before trading.

How To Get Trade Tokens

If you want to trade cards of3-Diamond or higher rarity, you will need tospend Trade Tokens. The main method for acquiring these is toconvert duplicates of cards in your collection, but you can also get them throughtime-limited events or missions.

To do this, open up your collection and select the card you want to convert, then select theObtain Itemsoption. Here, select the Trade Tokens option to convert the card into Trade Tokens.

25

125

100

300

3-star

Crown

1,500

And here’s thenumber of Trade Tokens you need to complete a tradeof a given card rarity.

120

500

1-Star

400

The system can be a little confusing, so let’s use an example. Say you want to trade a Charizard ex for your friend’s Mewtwo ex. First, you’ll both need to acquire500 Trade Tokensby whatever means, whether that’s byconverting four other ex cards, or a variety of 3-Diamond cards, 4-Diamond cards, 1-Star cards, and so on.

Once you both have enough Trade Tokens, you can initiate the trade to receive each other’s card. In effect, this means you’ll beconverting five ex cards to receive the one ex card you want, so long as you have a friend who wants to do the same.

you may only convert cards in your collection that you havemore thantwo copies of. However, this restrictiondoes not apply to trading the card itself; you can trade your last copy of a card, as long as you have the Trade Tokens to do so.