Mega Rising now available in TCG Pocket—First Anniversary brings QoL updates, new shop items, Anniversary Celebration Missions, & PROMO Reissue events

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is celebrating its first anniversary on October 30th, also commemorating the launch of the first expansion of the "B Series", Mega Rising, which is now available in-game. To celebrate, various events are being held as part of the First Anniversary Celebration Campaign. This includes a new update which brings various quality-of-life improvements to existing features, many new features, a set of First Anniversary Celebration special missions, new items in the in-game shop, PROMO Reissue Events, and many other gifts.

Mega Rising now available​

Mega Rising, the first expansion of the game's "B series", is now available in-game, with players being able to open three new booster packs for this set: Mega Blaziken, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Altaria. This expansion introduces Mega Evolution Pokémon ex into the game, which are a more powerful but risky variant of Pokémon ex worth 3 points when Knocked Out. Together, these three booster packs add 226 regular + 105 secret cards (for a total of 331 cards) to the game.

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First Anniversary Update​

The first anniversary update adds many new features to the app, as well as making improvements to various existing features:

• Share feature: Players can now gift - rarity cards to friends. Once card can be received per day via this feature.
• Trade eligibility: Players can now trade cards with , Shiny 1, and Shiny 2 rarities, in addition to the , , , , and rarities. Additionally, cards from the most recent expansion will be tradeable.
• Wonder Pick: The number of copies of a card currently owned will now be displayed on each card on the Wonder Pick screen. Additionally, cards from the most recent expansion that have not been registered in the card dex yet will appear more often.
• Obtaining Flair: From B series, players will automatically obtain certain flair once they collect 10 copies of the same - rarity card. Duplicates of the card will no longer need to be consumed for obtaining flair, with additional flair being able to be exchanged as usual using only Shinedust.
• Daily Missions: Wonder hourglasses will be added as a progress reward, with new missions also being added.
• Decks: Number of buildable decks has been increased from 20 to 25.
• Player level: Maximum player has been changed from 50 to 60.
• Favorite Booster pack: Players can now favorite a booster pack to make it show up whenever the app is started up, instead of the most recently released booster pack.

Check out the anniversary video that looks back on the expansions, cards, and fun everyone has had with Pokémon TCG Pocket since its release in 2024.

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The complete notes for the anniversary update can be read below.

First Anniversary Update Notice
In the first anniversary update, we added new features and made revisions to existing features as described below:

Share feature

• You can give ◆-◆◆◆◆ rarity cards to friends.
• You can receive a card through the share feature once per day.
• For more details, please check Tips.

Expanded trade eligibility

• From B1 onward, you will be able to trade cards from even the most recent expansion.
• The number of tradable rarities will be increased. ◆, ◆◆, ◆◆◆, ◆◆◆◆, ★, ★★, Shiny 1, and Shiny 2 rarities will be eligible for trading.

Updates to the wonder pick feature

• Cards from the most recent expansion that are not registered in your card dex will appear more often.
• The number of cards you currently own will now be displayed on each card.

Obtaining Flair Automatically

• From B Series onward, you can automatically obtain certain flair if you collect 10 of the same ◆, ◆◆, ◆◆◆, or ◆◆◆◆ rarity card.
• If you would like to obtain even more flair, you can do so as usual in Obtain Items.
• From B Series onward, cards will no longer need to be consumed to obtain flair available via exchanges in Obtain Items, and you can now obtain flair by consuming only shinedust.
• In a future update, we plan to make it possible to automatically obtain certain flair for A Series cards as well.

Daily missions update

• Wonder hourglasses will be added as a progress reward.
• Also, new missions will be added, allowing you to more easily obtain rewards.

Other updates

• The number of decks you can build has been increased from 20 to 25.
• The maximum player level has been changed from 50 to 60.
• Revisions were made to the Home screen's UI. You can now favorite a booster pack by tapping the favorite icon to the top-right of any booster pack. You can also now see your favorited booster pack by swiping to the left on the Home screen.
• A Favorite button has been added to the pack selection screen.
• Some revisions to the card dex screen's UI.
• Fixed the display margins for the illustration of Lillipup [◆] (included in Extradimensional Crisis).
• Minor revisions to some features; text and design adjustments.

About adjustments to events
Event periods and certain event details were adjusted in accordance with the details of this update.

Coming soon

• Mega Rising: Mega Blaziken, Mega Rising: Mega Gyarados, and Mega Rising: Mega Altaria booster packs to be released
  For more information, please see the news on this booster pack.
• More themed collections
  Themed collections for Mega Rising will be added.
• More step-up battles

⚠ Attention

• Availability periods and details are subject to change without warning.
• For the availability period, please see the screen of the corresponding feature or event.
• An error may occur when an update to the game goes live while players are on the standby screen before a battle. If you encounter this error, please try restarting the app.

We hope you continue to enjoy Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.

First Anniversary Celebration Campaign​

A variety of special in-game bonuses and events are now available as part of the First Anniversary Celebration Campaign.

Special gifts
All players who log into the game before December 17th, at 5:59am (UTC) / December 16th, at 9:59pm (PST) can claim one each of Mega Blaziken, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Altaria booster packs from Mega Rising.

First Anniversary Celebration Special Missions Part 1
A selection of Special Missions are currently available, running through to December 17th, at 5:59am (UTC) / December 16th, at 9:59pm (PST). These missions, which require players to complete basic tasks such as logging in, winning battles, wonder picking, using pack stamina to open booster packs, and trading will grant players a variety of minor rewards such as Pack Hourglasses and Shop Tickets on completion.

Players can also obtain the following rewards by meeting the following milestones:

• Log in (Day 1): First Anniversary Celebration (emblem)
• Complete 3 missions - Mega Evolution Pokémon (backdrop)
• Complete 5 missions - Mega Evolution Pokémon (cover)
• Complete 10 missions - Mega Absol (Pokémon coin)
• Complete 15 missions - Mega Evolution Pokémon (card sleeve)
• Complete 20 missions - Mega Evolution Pokémon (playmat)

Twitch Drop Rewards
Players who watch at least 20 minutes of TCG Pocket on a participating channel before November 26th at 5:58am (UTC) / November 25th at 9:58pm (PST) can claim 12× Pack Hourglasses and 12× Wonder Pick Hourglasses via the Twitch Rewards Program.

PROMO Reissue Event 2025​

Two PROMO Reissue events are being held to allow players to obtain Promo-A series cards they may have missed over the past year. Both events will be held from to October 30th at 6:00 am (UTC) / October 29th at 11:00 pm (PDT) to November 9th at 5:59 am (UTC) / November 8 at 9:59 pm (PST).

Promo Reissue Drop Event
Players can obtain Promo Pack A Series Vol. 1-6 and 8-13 by winning event battles. These battles will consist of Advanced Battles from past Drop Events, with a promo pack from that event as a guaranteed reward for winning that battle. Players can also complete missions to get event shop tickets that can be exchanged for specific promo cards from the event Shop.

Promo Reissue Wonder Pick Event
Promo-A series cards that appeared in Wonder Pick events will appear in Wonder Pick again, with Chansey Picks being more likely to appear than usual. Players can also complete missions to get event shop tickets that can be exchanged for specific promo cards from the event Shop.

New Shop Lineup​

The in-game shop has received an update alongside the release of Mega Rising, adding a whole new Special Set, new deals on Poké Gold, and new items and bundles based on Mega Altaria.

Special Set 02

• Special Set 02 (Pokémon coin) - 12× Special Shop Tickets
• Special Set 02 (card sleeve) - 12× Special Shop Tickets
• Special Set 02 (playmat) - 26× Special Shop Tickets
• Special Set 02 (backdrop) - 7× Special Shop Tickets
• Special Set 02 (cover) - 7× Special Shop Tickets

Poké Gold Deals

• First Anniversary Celebration: Poké Gold (paid) ×5 Deal
  • Contents: Poké Gold (paid) ×5
  • Bonuses: Poké Gold (non-paid) ×7
• First Anniversary Celebration: Poké Gold (paid) ×15 Deal
  • Contents: Poké Gold (paid) ×15
  • Bonuses: Poké Gold (non-paid) ×15
• First Anniversary Celebration: Poké Gold (paid) ×50 Deal
  • Contents: Poké Gold (paid) ×50
  • Bonuses: Poké Gold (non-paid) ×22

Poké Gold + Bonuses

• Poké Gold (paid) ×115 + Accessories (Mega Altaria)
  • Contents:
    • Poké Gold (paid) ×115
  • Bonuses:
    • Mega Altaria (Pokémon coin) ×1
    • Mega Altaria (playmat) ×1
    • Mega Altaria (card sleev) ×1
    • Mega Altaria (backdrop) ×1
    • Mega Altaria (cover) ×1
    • Poké Gold (non-paid) ×5

Upcoming Events​

• Ranked Match Season B1 — late November
• B1 Emblem event — early November
• Drop event featuring Mega Pidgeot ex — mid-November
• Wonder Pick event featuring Torchic and Psyduck — late November
• Wonder Pick event featuring Eevee and Drifblim — early December