Good news! You can finally trade cards with friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Bad news! It sucks. It feels even more limited and backwards than when it was originally teased, and fans are in full revolt over the long-anticipated feature’s completely bungled rollout.

Pokemon TCG Pocket launches its long-awaited trading system, but fans are expressing frustration over its implementation.

A new update to Pokémon TCG Pocket has added the ability for players to trade cards, but the mechanics of the system

Wondering how to trade your Pokemon cards in TCG Pocket? The Trading feature was added on January 29, 2025, and allows you to exchange cards with friends.

Prior to trading, make sure your Pokémon TCG Pocket app is updated to the latest version. Go to the Pokémon TCG Pocket store page on either the App Store on iOS devices or Google Play store on Android devices and update it. To trade, head over to the “Social Hub” tab and click on the unlocked “Trade” button.

Pokemon TCG Pocket has finally gotten some trading capabilities, but it's already been dumped on like a ton of

Players are disgusted and hate how Pokemon TCG Pocket's trading works and are planing to quit the game for good.

Trade Stamina is a type of resource in Pokémon TCG Pocket that you need to exchange cards with other players. For reference, Polygon did a trade where we exchanged two three-diamond rarity Pokémon cards and it required one unit of Trade Stamina. There are two ways you can recover this stamina.

The Pokemon TCG Pocket subreddit is full of leaks right now, and while everyone seems pretty happy about the new cards, everyone is furious at the Pokemon TCG trading system, which doesn't let you trade the best Pokemon TCG Pocket cards.

Recent leaks have shown off new Pokemon, trainers, tools, and more coming to Pokemon TCG Pocket in the Space-Time Smackdown booster pack.