Pokemon TCG Pockethas shared details of the upcoming update to trading, introducing anticipated features like card wishlists on player profiles. Trading has long been one ofPokemon TCG Pocket’s biggest struggles, and the developer has been working to improve it since its introduction.
One of the main problems withtrading inPokemon TCG Pockethas been the lack of communication features. Players have had to rely on third-party apps or social media to request the cards they need or promote the ones they want to trade. Another issue has been the Trading Tokens, which limit how often players can trade and are fairly difficult to obtain.
Pokemon TCG Pocket’s upcoming update on July 29 will seemingly address most of the issues with the Trade feature. For one, it will replace Trade Tokens with Shinedust, acommon currency inPokemon TCG Pocket. It will also let players display three cards on their profiles to show which ones they’re missing.
Pokemon TCG Pocket’s Trading Update Details
Pokemon TCG Pockethas also revealed the exchange rates for Trade Tokens. Each Token can be converted into 10 Shinedust, with no limits. Essentially, for every 100 Tokens, players will receive 1,000 Shinedust. These figures had already been speculated due torecentPokemon TCG Pocketleaks, but players now have official confirmation on how the exchange will work. It’s also worth noting that Trade Tokens will be discontinued after the update.
1 Trade Token
1 Pack Hourglass (up to 60, one-time offer)
One notable detail aboutPokemon TCG Pocket’s upcoming patch is its unusually long downtime. The Trade feature will be temporarily disabled from July 24 to July 29, leaving fans without access to card trading for nearly five days. The developer hasn’t disclosed why the update will require such a long downtime.
Unfortunately, the update won’t change the types of cards players can trade. While many fans had hoped the game would allow trading ofhigh-rarityPokemon TCG Pocketcards, the list of tradable cards remains limited to diamond and one-star-rarity for now. And given how the developer handles the game’s gacha and microtransaction systems, it seems unlikely that two-star and higher rarity cards will be available for trade any time soon.
