Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket now available for download worldwide from the App Store and Google Play

First announced during Pokémon Presents on Pokémon Day this year, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket app is now available for download worldwide on both the App Store for iOS and iPadOS, and Google Play for Android. Full coverage of the game's contents can be found on Bulbapedia.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket features app-exclusive card sets from which players can collect digital Pokémon cards, which may feature either new artwork or illustrations previously used in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Even where artwork has been reused, the cards themselves are entirely original, with different attacks and/or types to the original physical cards. The app also introduces immersive cards which allow players to experience the world inside the card's illustration. Cards in the app are based largely on the card template from the physical Sun & Moon Series, though with some slight differences blending in aspects from the more recent Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet series. Two booster packs can be opened for free each day, with more available via in-game purchases.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket will also allow players to use the cards they've collected in a new quick battle system which features a streamlined version of the Pokémon TCG rules.
To achieve simpler rules, this game abandons certain Pokémon TCG concepts and introduces new ones:

• Decks are made of 20 cards and no more than two cards with the same name can be included in a deck.
• At the start of the game, each player draws five cards. The player that goes first can't draw or attach an Energy, but can use Supporter cards.
• Each player may have up to ten cards in their hand, as opposed to having an unlimited hand size.
• Energy cards are replaced by an "Energy Zone" which generates one Energy each turn to attach to a Pokémon.
• Prize cards are replaced by points; the winner is the first player to get three points.
  • A player unable to draw a card at the start of their turn no longer loses the game.
• Pokémon cards have no Resistance, and have a Weakness modifier of +20 instead of the usual ×2.

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The app supports Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese languages. It was developed by The Pokémon Company in partnership with Creatures Inc., who are responsible for design and planning of the Pokémon Trading Card Game; and DeNA Co. Ltd., developers of Pokémon Masters EX.

Marking the launch of this app, a special Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket YouTube Shorts effect will be rolling out in November, evoking the pack opening experience in the app.