Pokémon TCG Pocket: How To Get & Use Rental Decks

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When you first start playing building a deck of cards can seem daunting if you are unaware of the mechanics of the standard trading card game. Thankfully, early on in you can use rental decks, which are all set up and ready for you to use. There are a lot of essential tips for beginners, but one is to make the most of rental decks.

One of the significant changes from the traditional is the size of the decks. Within there is a much smaller 20-card limit. This makes gameplay faster but also increases the importance of setting up the deck right. Here, rental decks greatly assist players, especially those new to

Currently,there are 12 rental decks for players to unlock, each with their own set-up of 20 cards. These are based on a specific Pokémon type, with some also based on trainers from the series. While they can't be used in online battles against other players, they can be used in solo matches against the AI, which get progressively more complex as you go. Due to this, rental decks are vital for players at the start of their journey.

Each rental deck can only be used 10 times in battle.

Each of the 12 rental decks has a highlighted special card, which is either the rarest Pokémon in the deck or a support card from a trainer. You must first add the highlighted card to your collection to unlock the rental deck. Such as addingthe special Pikachu ex card will unlock the corresponding rental deck. These special cards can be found by opening packs, in 's wonder picks, or by selecting a specific card in the pack points exchange.

It can be worth trying to unlock the rental decks as quickly as possible when starting out, as they provide ready-made decks containing stacked powerful cards. Once you have unlocked them when selecting your deck before starting a solo battle, you need to choose the rental deck tab, and any that you have unlocked will appear.

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