Flair
Flair is a type of accessory that can be found in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. It is used to customise the display of cards in battle, either while in play or on entering the field.
There are two different types of flair:
- Battle flair is displayed in battle, when a card is put into play.
- Cosmetic flair is displayed while a card is in battle, included in a binder, or showcased on a display board.
In most circumstances, each card has four different flairs that can be purchased for it.
If a card has flair, it can only be traded for a card with flair.
Flair costs
A Series
Flair is usually purchased using card duplicates and Shinedust. A card's rarity will determine how many duplicates, and how much Shinedust, is needed to purchase each flair. For cards with any Diamond rarity, each flair only becomes available once the previous flair has been purchased for that card; for cards of any Star, Shiny, or Crown rarity, all flairs are available to purchase immediately, as are special exchanges for Special Shop Tickets. The only exception is Supporter cards with a 
rarity, which have no flairs available and can only be exchanged for Special Shop Tickets.
From the game's release to October 30, 2025, card duplicates were necessary to purchase flairs: 3 duplicates for cards with a 
rarity, 2 duplicates for cards with a rarity and one duplicate for cards with the remaining rarities and promotional cards. With the release of B Series, card duplicates are no longer necessary to obtain flairs.
For promotional cards, flairs must be purchased in order. The only exception is promotional cards of which only one copy is obtainable, which only require Shinedust in exchange for flairs, and their flairs can be obtained in any order. Promotional cards cannot be exchanged for Special Shop Tickets or Trade Tokens. The amount of Shinedust required to purchase flair for promotional cards varies, generally aligning with non-promotional counterparts:
| Promotional card description | Counterpart rarity |
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| No special designs |
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| Holofoil borders and illustrations |
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| Standard Pokémon ex cards |
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| Full art illustrated cards |
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| Full art Pokémon ex cards |
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| Cards featuring Shiny Pokémon | 
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| Cards featuring Shiny Pokémon ex |
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Duplicate cards can only be exchanged if the player will have at least two copies of the card remaining after making the exchange. The ability to exchange cards for Trade Tokens was added alongside the game's trading features on January 29, 2025. It was removed from the game with the discontinuation of Trade Tokens.
| Card rarity | Duplicates needed |
Flair #1 | Flair #2 | Flair #3 | Flair #4 | Trade Token exchange | Special Shop Ticket exchange |
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3 |  ×50
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×75
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×150
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×225
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— | — |
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2 | ×80
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×120
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×240
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×360
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— | — |
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1 | ×360
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×540
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×1,080
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×1,620
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1 duplicate for  ×25
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— |
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1 | ×720
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×1,080
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×2,160
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×3,240
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1 duplicate for ×125
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— |
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1 | ×500
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×750
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×1,500
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×2,250
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1 duplicate for ×100
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1 duplicate and ×500 for  ×1
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1 | ×1,800
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×2,700
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×5,400
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×8,100
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1 duplicate for ×300
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1 duplicate and ×1,800 for ×5
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1 | ×4,000
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×6,000
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×12,000
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×18,000
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1 duplicate for ×300
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1 duplicate and ×4,000 for ×12
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1 | ×1,250
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×1,900
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×3,800
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×5,700
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1 duplicate for ×250
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1 duplicate and ×1,250 for ×4
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1 | ×2,700
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×4,000
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×8,000
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×12,000
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1 duplicate for ×650
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1 duplicate and ×2,700 for ×8
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1 | ×20,000
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×30,000
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×60,000
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×90,000
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1 duplicate for ×1,500
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1 duplicate and ×20,000 for ×64
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B Series
From the Mega Rising expansion onwards, all flairs are available to purchase immediately in any order and all flairs cost the same amount of Shinedust, depending on the card's rarity. For cards of any Star, Shiny, or Crown rarity special exchanges for Special Shop Tickets are available as well. The only exception is Supporter cards with a rarity, which have no flairs available and can only be exchanged for Special Shop Tickets.
| Card rarity | Flair Price | Special Shop Ticket exchange |
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×50
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— |
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×100
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— |
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×500
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— |
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×1,000
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— |
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×750
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1 duplicate and ×500 for ×1
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×2,500
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1 duplicate and ×1,800 for ×5
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×6,000
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1 duplicate and ×4,000 for ×12
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×1,800
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1 duplicate and ×1,250 for ×4
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×4,000
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1 duplicate and ×2,700 for ×8
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×18,000
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1 duplicate and ×20,000 for ×64
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Starting with the Pulsing Aura expansion, a new type of flair for cards with the , and rarities was added. The flair is a gold frame for the card and can be obtained automatically if the player collects 10 of the same card. In order to obtain more gold frame flairs, 10 duplicates of a card must be consumed.
List of flairs
Battle flairs
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Big Rings Flair: Blue -
Big Rings Flair: Pink -
Big Rings Flair: Purple -
Big Rings Flair: Yellow-green -
Big Rings Flair: Yellow -
Bright Stars Flair: Light blue (added April 30, 2025) -
Bright Stars Flair: Pink (added April 30, 2025) -
Bubbles Flair: Light blue -
Bubbles Flair: Pink -
Bubbles Flair: Yellow -
Bursts Flair: Orange -
Bursts Flair: Purple -
Circles Flair: Light blue -
Circles Flair: Pink (added January 30, 2025) -
Circles Flair: Purple -
Circles Flair: Yellow -
Clovers Flair (added December 17, 2024) -
Digital Squares Flair: Light blue (added January 30, 2025) -
Digital Squares Flair: Yellow-green (added March 27, 2025) -
Digital Squares Flair: Orange (added January 30, 2025) -
Digital Squares Flair: Purple (added January 30, 2025) -
Eevee Silhouettes Flair (added October 30, 2025) -
Feathers Flair: Gray -
Feathers Flair: Orange -
Feathers Flair: White -
Flames Flair: Green (added March 27, 2025) -
Flames Flair: Light blue (added January 30, 2025) -
Flames Flair: Orange -
Flash of Lightning Flair: Light blue (added January 28, 2026) -
Flash of Lightning Flair: Yellow (added January 28, 2026) -
Flowers Flair: Light blue -
Flowers Flair: Orange -
Flowers Flair: Pink -
Flowers Flair: Purple -
Foliage Flair -
Glowing Ring Flair: Yellow (added April 30, 2025) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Light blue (added April 30, 2025) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Yellow-green (added April 30, 2025) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Purple (added April 30, 2025) -
Heart Bubbles Flair: Light blue (added October 30, 2025) -
Heart Bubbles Flair: Pink (added October 30, 2025) -
Heart Outlines Flair: Light blue -
Heart Outlines Flair: Pink -
Heart Outlines Flair: Red -
Ink Splatters Flair: Light blue (added April 28, 2026) -
Ink Splatters Flair: Purple (added April 28, 2026) -
Ink Splatters Flair: Red (added April 28, 2026) -
Ink Splatters Flair: Yellow (added April 28, 2026) -
Ink Splatters Flair: Yellow-green (added April 28, 2026) -
Lightning Surge Flair: Green (added December 17, 2024) -
Lightning Surge Flair: Light blue -
Lightning Surge Flair: Yellow -
Linked Sparkles Flair (added February 28, 2025) -
Mega Evolution Flair (added October 30, 2025) -
Mini Triangles Flair: Blue -
Mini Triangles Flair: Gray -
Mini Triangles Flair: Green (added December 17, 2024) -
Mini Triangles Flair: Purple -
Music Notes Flair: Pink -
Paper Streamers Flair: Blue (added January 28, 2026) -
Paper Streamers Flair: Orange (added January 28, 2026) -
Paper Streamers Flair: Purple (added January 28, 2026) -
Paper Streamers Flair: Red (added January 28, 2026) -
Petals Flair: Red -
Petals Flair: White -
Pikachu Silhouettes Flair -
Poké Ball Flair -
Puffs Flair: Gray -
Puffs Flair: White -
Rounded Squares Flair: Blue (added December 17, 2024) -
Rounded Squares Flair: Brown (added December 17, 2024) -
Rounded Squares Flair: Purple (added December 17, 2024) -
Rounded Squares Flair: Red (added February 28, 2025) -
Shining Star Dust Flair: Gold (added October 30, 2025) -
Shining Star Dust Flair: Light blue (added October 30, 2025) -
Shining Star Dust Flair: Purple (added October 30, 2025) -
Shiny Sparkles Flair (added March 27, 2025) -
Special Shiny Sparkles Flair (added March 27, 2025) -
Small Hearts Flair: Blue -
Small Hearts Flair: Orange -
Small Hearts Flair: Pink -
Small Hexagons Flair: Brown -
Small Hexagons Flair: Gray -
Small Hexagons Flair: Light blue -
Small Hexagons Flair: Purple -
Small Rocks Flair: Brown -
Small Stars Flair: Gray -
Small Stars Flair: Pink (added March 27, 2025) -
Small Stars Flair: Purple -
Small Stars Flair: Yellow -
Snowflakes Flair -
Special Ultra Beast Flair (added May 29, 2025) -
Spinning Rings Flair: Brown (added October 30, 2025) -
Spinning Rings Flair: Light blue (added October 30, 2025) -
Spinning Rings Flair: Purple (added October 30, 2025) -
Spinning Rings Flair: Yellow (added October 30, 2025) -
Star Outlines Flair: Light blue -
Star Outlines Flair: Purple -
Star Outlines Flair: Yellow -
Sunshine Sparkles Flair: Light blue (added April 30, 2025) -
Sunshine Sparkles Flair: Yellow (added April 30, 2025) -
Sunshine Sparkles Flair: Purple (added April 30, 2025) -
Sword Flash Flair: Green (added January 30, 2025) -
Sword Flash Flair: Light blue (added January 30, 2025) -
Sword Flash Flair: Orange (added January 30, 2025) -
Sword Flash Flair: Purple (added January 30, 2025) -
Sword Flash Flair: Yellow (added January 30, 2025) -
Tiny Twinkles Flair: Blue -
Tiny Twinkles Flair: Pink -
Tiny Twinkles Flair: Purple -
Tiny Twinkles Flair: Yellow-green -
Tiny Twinkles Flair: Yellow -
Ultra Beast Flair (added May 29, 2025)
Cosmetic flairs
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Big Hearts Flair: Pink (added May 29, 2025) -
Big Stars Flair: Yellow (added December 17, 2024) -
Bubbles Flair: Light blue -
Bubbles Flair: Pink -
Bursts Flair: Blue -
Bursts Flair: Orange -
Bursts Flair: Purple -
Decorated Stars Flair: Light blue (added June 30, 2026) -
Decorated Stars Flair: Pink (added June 30, 2026) -
Decorated Stars Flair: Yellow green (added June 30, 2026) -
Decorated Stars Flair: Yellow (added June 30, 2026) -
Diamonds Flair: Orange -
Digital Squares Flair: Light blue (added October 30, 2025) -
Digital Squares Flair: Purple (added October 30, 2025) -
Digital Squares Flair: Yellow green (added October 30, 2025) -
Colorless Energy Flair -
Darkness Energy Flair -
Dragon Energy Flair -
Fighting Energy Flair -
Fire Energy Flair -
Grass Energy Flair -
Lightning Energy Flair -
Metal Energy Flair -
Psychic Energy Flair -
Water Energy Flair -
Feathers Flair: Gray -
Feathers Flair: Orange -
Feathers Flair: White -
Flame Trail Flair: Orange -
Flowers Flair: Light blue (added June 30, 2026) -
Flowers Flair: Pink (added June 30, 2026) -
Flowers Flair: Purple (added June 30, 2026) -
Flowers Flair: Yellow (added June 30, 2026) -
Fluffy Clouds Flair: Pink (added June 30, 2026) -
Fluffy Clouds Flair: White (added June 30, 2026) -
Foliage Flair (added January 28, 2026) -
Gale Flair: Yellow-green -
Glowing Ring Flair: Light blue (added January 28, 2026) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Purple (added January 28, 2026) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Yellow (added January 28, 2026) -
Glowing Ring Flair: Yellow-green (added January 28, 2026) -
Heart Outlines Flair: Pink -
Lightning Surge Flair: Light blue -
Lightning Surge Flair: Yellow -
Linked Sparkles Flair (added February 28, 2025) -
Mega Evolution Flair (added October 30, 2025) -
Mini Triangles Flair: Blue -
Mini Triangles Flair: Gray -
Music Notes Flair: Pink -
Petals Flair: Red -
Poké Ball Flair -
Ripples Flair: Light blue -
Ripples Flair: Navy blue -
Ripples Flair: Purple -
Shooting Stars Flair: Light blue (added April 28, 2026) -
Shooting Stars Flair: Purple (added April 28, 2026) -
Shooting Stars Flair: Yellow (added April 28, 2026) -
Shooting Stars Flair: Yellow-green (added April 28, 2026) -
Small Hearts Flair: Blue -
Small Hearts Flair: Pink -
Small Stars Flair: Yellow -
Snowflakes Flair (added January 30, 2025) -
Sparkles Flair: Gold -
Star Outlines Flair: Purple -
Star Outlines Flair: Yellow -
Twinkles Flair: Blue -
Twinkles Flair: Gold -
Twinkles Flair: Purple -
Ultra Beast Flair (added May 29, 2025)
Limited-time flair availability
During Mass Outbreak events, existing flairs are made available to obtain for specific cards for a limited amount of time. These flairs are not normally available for these cards outside of these events.
The following flairs have so far been made available in this manner:
Related articles
| Expansions | A Series: | Promo-A • Genetic Apex • Mythical Island • Space-Time Smackdown • Triumphant Light • Shining Revelry • Celestial Guardians • Extradimensional Crisis • Eevee Grove • Wisdom of Sea and Sky • Secluded Springs • Deluxe Pack: ex |
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| B Series: | Promo-B • Mega Rising • Crimson Blaze • Fantastical Parade • Paldean Wonders • Mega Shine • Pulsing Aura • Paradox Drive • Everyday Wonders • Ruler of the Skies | |
| Events | Drop event • Emblem event • Wonder pick event • Mass Outbreak event | |
| Features | Achievements • Battles • Flair • Immersive cards • Missions • Player level • Pokémon ex • Shop • Wonder Pick | |
| Currency | Hourglasses • Pack points • Poké Gold • Shinedust • Shop Tickets • Trade Tokens | |
| Lists | Cards (Item • Supporter • Fossil • Pokémon Tool • Stadium) • Decks (archetypes) • Solo battles • Staff | |
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