4mo ago

Later this year, trade tokens will be removed; trading will instead consume shinedust

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Pokémon TCG Pocket Update To Remove Trade Tokens Following Player Feedback

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4mo ago

Later this year, trade tokens will be removed; trading will instead consume shinedust

www.nintendolife.com /news/2025/03/pokemon-tcg-pocket-update-to-remove-trade-tokens-following-player-feedback

10 comments

Good to know, also nice:
A feature will be added that allows you to share cards you’re interested in trading for via the in-game trading function.
- I just wish we could trade with non-friends.
  I don't want to friend every random person to increase my chances of a trade opportunity. Just let us auction off our cards and let people make offers.
- It all sounds good, but why is it going to take them so long to implement? I'm not even sure I'll still be playing this game next autumn.
  
  Maybe it's going to be added when the next power creep hits? I don't follow the TCG that closely but I know they have GX and mega evolution pokemon. Maybe the trading system is being changed to adjust for the added cost of those?
I used so much of it already flairing my cards. I kinda feel screwed over for using a mechanic that it was meant for and thinking "well what else am i going to use it for anyway?" Lol ffs
- On the plus side, shinedust is so easy to collect, so you'll rpobably have loads again soon. I also thought shinedust wouldn't have any other use, but I still couldn't be bothered flairing any cards
- Hopefully they give an exchange rate is some kind like 1 token turns into 10 dust or something
- Yeah not a great thing to do after launch. I burned plenty of EX cards for tokens to get some early trading done. I don't regret it because they were extra and I'll never use them for anything but some form of trading anyway, but it sucks to lose cards when you don't have to in future builds...
  People spending shinedust are in a similar situation. Maybe we'll get some kind of "sorry we suck" PR event to make up for it.

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