Good news! You can finally trade cards with friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Bad news! It sucks. It feels even more limited and backwards than when it was originally teased, and fans are in full revolt over the long-anticipated feature’s completely bungled rollout.

Trade Stamina is a type of resource in Pokémon TCG Pocket that you need to exchange cards with other players. For reference, Polygon did a trade where we exchanged two three-diamond rarity Pokémon cards and it required one unit of Trade Stamina. There are two ways you can recover this stamina.

In this Pokemon TCG Pocket Trading Guide, we'll go over how to trade your pokemon, detailing how the process works.

Pokemon TCG Pocket is a free-to-play mobile version of the popular card-collecting phenomenon, allowing players to open two packs daily for free. Of course, you can head into the shop and spend real-world money to open as many cards as you want,

Prior to trading, make sure your Pokémon TCG Pocket app is updated to the latest version. Go to the Pokémon TCG Pocket store page on either the App Store on iOS devices or Google Play store on Android devices and update it. To trade, head over to the “Social Hub” tab and click on the unlocked “Trade” button.

Wondering how to trade your Pokemon cards in TCG Pocket? The Trading feature was added on January 29, 2025, and allows you to exchange cards with friends.

Pokémon TCG Pocket has finally added trading, the most requested feature among fans since the game launched. The long-awaited trading feature, as the name suggests, allows players to trade cards with their friends,