In my first article, I mentioned the app called Pokémon TCG Pocket, which is a good way to collect without needing to worry about storing cards, not having to worry about scalpers, and not having to spend money just to get them. It’s a great way to try collecting cards without needing to go anywhere. Which is something I really like. 

It’s also easier to master set in the app more than the physical cards. Although I have a physical card collection, I don’t master set. In the app, I do. That’s because it’s easier because they automatically put the cards in the correct number and it tells you if the card is new or not. 

Although it is easier, it is still stressful. In the most recent pack, I did three wonder picks in order to get it. I wasn’t getting it in the packs either. 

There is a really good feature for illustration rare cards. (called IR’s in the Pokémon community) when you get one, they make a cool animation when you get one. T

he same happens for the EX-cards, and the secret illustration rare cards and the immersion rare cards. 

The reason is because they are really hard to get in a pack. In fact, the one card I was needing was a Mega Slowbro EX, which I got in a wonder pick. They also have secret illustration rare cards, (called SIR’s in the Pokémon community) which still gives you the experience of the physical cards, but a lot cooler. The only illustration rare cards that actually have the scenery in them is the immersion rare cards. When you get one, it actually brings you in the card and shows you the scenery in the card. 

You can also battle with people, battle with computers to get pack hourglasses and shop tokens. 

Which reminds me that I haven’t talked about that yet. In the app, there are three types of hourglasses, Pack hourglasses, wonder pick hourglasses, and trade hourglasses. 

You can get the pack and wonder pick hourglasses in the shop as well. You buy them with the shop tokens, which you can get some with getting your daily complimentary item set, although it only gives you one, it still helps. 

You can also obtain those by battling computers, completing tasks, and when someone thanks you for the wonder pick or sharing you a card that they needed. The sharing feature was a new thing that came out when the game hit a year. Its great because instead of trading, you can see what cards someone needs and if you have it, you can share it. This also provides a more community-based app, because if someone needs a card for their physical set, someone can either trade that card for another card, or they can just tell someone to keep it. 

The hourglasses are not the only way you can get packs. If you wait a while, you can get a free one. The max you can get is two. 

What I am about to tell you is a great thing, but its also difficult and also makes getting new cards difficult as well. If you get 120 hourglasses, you can get ten packs. 

Which is amazing and cool, but when it’s a new pack, you will get a lot of new cards. This makes it a lot harder to get new cards in the future. 

Especially if the set is a short set. I love getting ten packs, but when you only need rare cards, the new cards you get is basically zero, so you have to rely on sharing or getting them in a wonder pick. 

They also have something called pack points, which if you get enough points, you can get one of the cards that you need. But every set has its own pack points. So, if you have 500 pack points in one sett and 500 in another, you can’t get a card that’s worth 1000 pack points. It has to be from the same pack. 

There is a lot more you can learn about the app. There is a lot to learn about the app. I just can’t put it in a one page article. 

But I have provided the basics of the app so you can research more about it if you want. It’s a really fun game and the battling is also really easy as well. In the app, you also get to level up and get trophies and badges. 

You can get those badges by completing certain event tasks or getting the specific pack tokens from getting a certain amount of cards.