While trading is still a few months out, though, the Pokémon TCG Pocket team did say Wednesday that it plans to add new booster packs “by the end of the year,” but did not specify a date. Other “new features” are in development, too, which the company plans to announce more in the future.

Our guide to the best Pokémon TCG Pocket decks has lists and explanations for all the best competitive options in the current metagame.

The gacha game, based on the world’s biggest media franchise, could do the Pokémon Company irreparable reputational harm

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket was released on Oct. 30, and already the game’s second in-game event is live. The event — which appeared on the author’s app around 1 a.m. EST Tuesday and which runs through Nov. 17 — allows collectors to add a powerful Lapras ex and a handful of other new cards to their digital binders.

It’s midnight. The room is pitch black. I gingerly creep into bed so as not to disturb the amorphous blob of children that may be residing somewhere near its center. I’m sleep-deprived but unable to turn my brain off.

Pokémon TCG Pocket is about to get even more content, with The Pokémon Company confirming plans for new packs, updates, and the slow rollout of trading.

There have been many Pokmon mobile games offering card-based gameplay over the years, and one of the latest is Pokmon TCG Pocket, a game a few of our writers and editors have been obsessed with since its release at the end of October.

Players are now focused on battling in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket post-launch. A player achieved the game's maximum damage of 990 in a single turn. The game seems to have a hard cap on damage a Pokemon can receive,