How to Share Cards with Friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Trading in Pokémon TCG Pocket has always come with friction: both players give something up, and the trade stamina system meters how often you can do it. The Share feature, added with the game's anniversary update, removes both problems for everyday cards. Sharing is a gift, not an exchange — you pick a card, a friend receives it, and nothing comes back except goodwill.

The Rules Before You Start

• Only one-to-four-diamond cards can be shared — that is Common, Uncommon, Rare and Double Rare (◆ to ◆◆◆◆).
• Art Rare, Super Art Rare, Shiny, Super Shiny Rare, Immersive Rare and Crown Rare cards are excluded. The fancy pulls stay trade-only.
• One share per friend per day. Each friend has a 24-hour cooldown, but you can share with different friends on the same day.
• Receiving is passive. Shared cards land in the recipient's Gifts section, ready to claim.

How to Share a Card, Step by Step

1. Open Pokémon TCG Pocket and go to the Social Hub — the middle icon on the bottom bar.
2. Tap the Share button, which sits to the left of the Trade button.
3. Tap Share again at the bottom of the screen to open your friend list.
4. Press Share next to the friend you want to send to.
5. Your collection opens — pick the card, then confirm with Share and OK.

That is the whole ritual. The card leaves your collection immediately, so double-check you are sending a duplicate and not the copy your favourite deck is running.

Share Smarter: Use the Wishlist

Blind generosity is fine, but targeted generosity finishes collections. Every player can pin up to three wishlist cards on their profile — open your profile from above your level display and scroll down to find it. Before sharing, look at what your friends actually want; before hoping to receive, set your own wishlist and set it well. The important trap: wishlist slots spent on Art Rares or shinies are wasted slots, because those rarities can never arrive by Share. Fill all three slots with ◆◆◆ or ◆◆◆◆ cards you are genuinely missing, and friends checking your profile can help you directly.

Share also changes how you should think about duplicates. A fourth copy of a Double Rare used to be binder filler; now it is tomorrow's gift for whoever has it wishlisted. Between daily shares cycling through your regular friends and trading reserved for the high rarities, a playgroup can move a surprising amount of cardboard every week without anyone spending a thing.

The Detail Most Players Miss

Here is the part that makes Share stronger than it first looks: in TCG Pocket's rarity ladder, a great many Pokémon ex cards sit at four diamonds, which puts them inside the shareable range. This is not just a system for passing commons around — genuinely playable ex cards can move through it, as long as they are not the star-rarity or special-art versions. That is worth remembering when you set your wishlist: the regular ex print you need for a deck may be shareable even when its immersive-art twin is not.

Make It a Daily Habit

Sharing resets quietly every day and the cooldown is per friend, so a small routine pays off fast. Check your friends' wishlists once a day, send whatever you have spare, and clear your own Gifts so nothing sits unclaimed. Groups that do this consistently find their ◆◆◆ and ◆◆◆◆ gaps closing within weeks — the cards were always in the group's binders, just in the wrong ones.