{"id":35849,"date":"2025-07-25T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35849\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:16:08","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pocket-lands-much-needed-trading-update-a-new-expansion-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35849\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket Lands Much-Needed Trading Update & A New Expansion Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surprisingly, there was no Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/a> announcement to be found in this week’s Pok\u00e9mon Presents<\/a>, but an update reveal wasn’t far behind.<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today lifted the lid on the new ‘Wisdom of Sea and Sky’ expansion, which sees Johto’s very own Lugia and Ho-Oh take centre stage in a Gen 2-focused set. The above trailer gives us a closer look at the two legendary ex cards, a handful of full arts and shinies, and, of course, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. All of this will be arriving in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket app on 30th July.<\/p>\n

While we’re very excited to see the new set in action (it’s a good year to be a Totodile fan), the biggest announcement for us was the reveal that the in-game trading feature will be getting a facelift on the same day.<\/p>\n

From 30th July, you’ll be able to make a wishlist of cards you’d like to trade for via the My Cards screen, so other players can see what you’re after and make you an offer. You’ll be able to select up to 20 cards for your wishlist, and pin three of them to your profile for all to see.<\/p>\n

As promised, Trade Tokens will also become a thing of the past, replaced by the much easier-to-obtain Shinedust (which you get as standard with any repeat card pulls) for three-diamond, four-diamond, and one-star rarity trades. You’ll be able to cash in your pre-existing Trade Tokens in the in-game shop for Pack Hourglasses or Shinedust.<\/p>\n

After months of hardly touching the woefully consumable-based trade system, we might finally start to fill in the blanks in our collection.<\/p>\n

Are you pleased to finally see the trade update come into effect? What are your thoughts on the next expansion? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also
\n\tPok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket: Tier List & Best Decks<\/a>Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket Review<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Eevee Evolutions Ranked – How To Get Sylveon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Jolteon And Flareon<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Special Evolutions \u2013 How To Get Pangoro, Sylveon, Glaceon, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sirfetch\u2019d, Galarian Cofagrigus And More<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Mega Evolutions List – How Get Mega Energy<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield: Pok\u00e9dex Galar Region<\/a>Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO \u2013 The Rarest Pok\u00e9mon Including Wild, Shiny, Mythical And Regional Catches<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/p>\n

Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube828k Surprisingly, there was no Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[165,3,5260,29431,74],"class_list":["post-35849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-tcg","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}