Pokémon TCG Pocket Confirms New Booster Packs, Trades, & More New Features Coming Soon

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players can expect to see more content for the game in the coming couple of months. The new game launched early in November, giving players a new way to collect Pokémon cards. While the app currently features online battles and ways to show off your collection to friends, it's still missing some key parts of the TCG experience, such as trading. Also, while datamines have suggested a timeline for future releases, The Pokémon Company had yet to provide any firm details on when players can expect more cards.

The Operations team recently provided updates via the official website on card trading and future booster pack releases. The developers confirmed that more booster packs would be added to by the end of 2024.

Additionally, the development team is planning to add a feature that allows "" to be traded starting in 2025. More cards will "" be eligible for trade in the future. Other new features are also in development but weren't detailed in the post. These features will be detailed closer to their release date.

The announcement that trading will be coming in early 2025 is huge news for fans. Trading is literally in the name of and the social features in-gmae currently include an inactive button that says trading will be coming soon. The major question is what cards will be eligible for trade; will limit the trading feature to common and uncommon cards, or will it limit trading to 's coolest Genetic Apex cards, such as rare gold star cards or better?

Collectors will want the ability to trade rare cards, but that also comes with some severe drawbacks. For instance, a secondary market will almost assuredly pop up with the addition of trading rare cards. The potential of people paying money for access to rare cards might be enough for the developers to pause and determine if there's a need to regulate these trades or prevent fans from making an unfair trade.

Personally, I've had weird luck with pulls. While I've collected doubles of several illustration rare cards, I've