If you’re as Pokémon TCG Pocket -pilled as I am, you’re desperate for new cards to collect and new events to battle through. Fortunately, it sounds like players won’t have to wait too much longer for either one, at least according to the latest datamined leaks coming out of the mobile card game.

An upcoming Pokemon TCG Pocket PvP event will feature one the toughest challenges we’ve ever seen in the game, and players should be worried.

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Opening up card packs is the progenitor of loot boxes, so we can all recognize that occasionally icky feeling while playing Pokémon TCG Pocket. Keeping track of all the game’s numerous currencies certainly doesn’t help in that regard either.

The Pokemon TCG Pocket Venusaur event is right around the corner and it features two extremely powerful cards that can counter the best decks.

In Pokemon TCG Pocket, Pack Points are a card-crafting currency. You earn them passively by engaging with the game’s main card-acquisition features. These points can then be spent in an exclusive shop to purchase any non-promotional card you want—even ultra-rare ones like the Crown Rarity Pokemon.

Increasing your level is the only way to earn free Poké Gold in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Upon level up, you get rewarded with one or two pieces of Poké Gold, depending on your level. Accounts in Pokémon TCG Pocket currently max out at Level 50, with a maximum of 60 Poké Gold available.

Pokemon TCG Pocket came out last month, and if you've been dutifully collecting cards since then, your Genetic Apex deck is probably starting to fill out nicely. With 286 digital cards to collect in total - 226 cards in the main set with an additional 60 secret rares - there is no shortage of cards to collect and show off to your friends.

Gardevoir, with its Psy Shadow ability, is indeed one of the most powerful cards in the Pokemon TCG Pocket meta. Its ability allows for the attachment of a Psychic Energy from the Energy Zone to the Psychic Pokemon in the Active Spot, providing efficient energy acceleration.

Marowak ex has been rising through the Pokémon TCG Pocket rankings as of late to counteract the biggest meta decks from Genetic Apex.

Shinedust may not be a scarce currency in Pokemon TCG Pocket, but you can still optimize your gameplay to earn more of it; heres how.