Draft:Trade (TCG Pocket)
Trade (Japanese: トレード trade) is a feature in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket that allows players to exchange cards from their collection with registered friends via the Social Hub. It was added to the game with the update to version 1.1.0 on January 29, 2025.
A player can only have one active trade offer at a time; if the player is in a trade, they cannot send or receive trade offers.
Trade stamina
In order to carry out a trade, each trade partner must consume one trade stamina (Japanese: トレードパワー trade power). Players can usually have a maximum of five trade stamina at once; when players have fewer than five, it will recover over time, at a rate of one trade stamina every 24 hours. Players can consume items to speed up the process: one Trade Hourglass (Japanese: トレード砂時計 Trade Hourglass) will recover one hour, while one Poké gold will recover four hours; and by consuming items, players can temporarily extend their trade stamina and be able to hold up to eight at once.
One trade stamina is required to offer up a card for trade; if the trade is cancelled, or not completed within 48 hours, the stamina will be returned.
Trading consumes Shinedust, depending on the card's rarity. It used to consume Trade Tokens until July 30, 2025.
and : Free- : 1200 units of Shinedust or 120 Trade Tokens
- : 5000 units of Shinedust or 500 Trade Tokens
: 4000 units of Shinedust or 400 Trade Tokens- Cards of other rarities cannot be traded. This also includes promo cards.
The traded cards must have the same rarity. If a card has flair, it can only be traded for a card with flair. Cards from the most recent expansion cannot be traded until the next one is released.
To trade a card, the player chooses a tradable card from their collection and sends a trade offer for that card. A 48-hour timer starts. During that time, the card is removed from the My Cards section of the app, and the other partner may send a card to be traded. Once both parties accept the trade, the cards are sent over. If no trade agreement is reached once the timer runs out, the cards and items are returned.
The player can block receiving trade offers in the settings. Even if they are blocking, they can still send offers themselves. The game also keeps a history of the last 30 trades conducted by the player over the past 90 days.
