Trainer Token
Trainer Tokens are a form of virtual currency available on the Pokémon.com website and in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. They are received as rewards. There is no means of purchasing them with real currency. Once earned, Trainer Tokens may be used to purchase virtual items (typically outfits) for the user's website/TCGO Trainer Avatar. User Trainer Avatars are utilized on Pokémon.com, the Pokémon Trading Card Game forums, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. In the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, Trainer Tokens may also be used to purchases virtual copies of 5-card Booster packs, Theme decks, and various Gameplay items. Trainer Tokens earned in one location are subsequently available on the other location, though both Pokémon.com and the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online have different idiosyncrasies about updating a user's token total in the other location.
Trainer Token Tabulation Idiosyncrasies
The Pokémon Trading Card Game Online updates the player's Trainer Token total at each login and as new tokens are earned in the game. Pokémon.com updates the user's Trainer Token total at login the first time after at the start of each day (based on GMT or Greenwich Mean Time, regardless of which time zone user is located) and as new tokens are earned on the website.
Pokémon.com
Pokémon Trainer Club Account
In order to earn Trainer Tokens, a website visitor must create an Pokémon Trainer Club Account. This user name and password are the same for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Earning Trainer Tokens
Trainer Tokens are earned in one of three ways: reading news articles, earning a Stamp, and successfully playing browser-based games.
- Reading news articles on Pokémon.com earn 1 Trainer Token per article. Not all articles earn Trainer Tokens. It is not known at this time how to tell which articles do or do not earn tokens.
- Earning a new Stamp also earns the user 6 Trainer Tokens.
- Successfully playing browser-based games earn 1, 3, or 5 Trainer Tokens depending on the game and whether the user has successfully played the game for the first time or successfully reached a higher success threshold on subsequent tries. Each individual game defines what is a successful game differently, which are explained on Pokémon.com online games.
Using Trainer Tokens
Trainer Tokens may be spent on various items, typically clothing items, for a user's Pokémon.com Trainer Avatar. The cost ranges from 5 to 100 tokens depending on the item, with 50 to 100 being the most typical range for individual items in a set.
Trainer Avatar clothing items available for purchase at Pokémon.com are typically not available for purchase on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Items added in one are not always available in the other. The Trainer Avatar on Pokémon.com adopts changes made at TCGO the next time that user logs back in to the Pokémon.com, and visa versa.
Pokémon Trading Card Game Online
Pokémon Trainer Club Account
In order to earn Trainer Tokens, a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online player must create an Pokémon Trainer Club Account. This user name and password are the same for the Pokémon.com.
Earning Trainer Tokens
There are a four means of earning Trainer Tokens in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online:
- By successfully beating computer-controlled Trainer characters using Theme decks in the Trainer Challenge (1, 3, or 10 Trainer Tokens);
- By successfully completing Ranked Battle matches in Versus Mode (1 or 3 Trainer Tokens);
- By earning a spin on the Bonus Wheel at the end of Ranked Battle and Tournament matches (1 to 5 or 25 Trainer Tokens), and
- As a Daily Login Bonus (typically 15 Trainer Tokens).
Using Trainer Tokens
Trainer Tokens may be used in the in-game Shop to purchase non-tradable 5-card Booster packs (95 Trainer Tokens) and Theme decks (500 Trainer Tokens) both from Standard format expansions of the game, as well as Trainer Avatar and Gameplay items (prices vary).
Trainer Avatar clothing items available for purchase in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online are not typically available for purchase on Pokémon.com. Items added in one are not always available in the other. The Trainer Avatar in the TCGO adopts changes made by a player on Pokémon.com the next time that player logs back in to the TCGO, and visa versa.
