Trading allows you to exchange your cards with friends in Pokmon TCG Pocket with a few limitations.Trades will come at the cost of Trade Tokens and Trade Stamina, and will allow you to get your hands on cards youve been missing or cards that you want to hoard. There are a few rules to trading, so you cant trick other players into trading one of their full art cards for one of your twenty copies of Sizzlipede or send an entire binder over to another account.If youre new to trading, there is a lot of information to take in all at once with how trading works, generating trade tokens, all of the rules, and more. But, weve made it a little easier for you to understand by summarizing it all!Heres how trades work in Pokmon TCG Pocket and the rules behind trading.Update (March 14): The Pokmon Company announced upcoming changes to the trading system. Weve edited the article to reflect this.How to trade in Pokmon TCG PocketPrior to trading, make sure your Pokmon TCG Pocket app is updated to the latest version. Go to the Pokmon 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.Here is where youll find the trade menu along with your Trade Tokens and Trade Stamina at the top of the screen. From the trade menu, you can either initiate a trade or respond to a trade offer, but first, youll need to follow the trading rules.Upcoming Trade changesIn a trade update coming at the end of Autumn 2025, Trade Tokens will be discontinued and replaced with shinedust. Currently, shinedust is a currency earned after you open booster packs and can be used to obtain flairs, but developers Creatures Inc. and DeNA are looking to expand the currency to cover trading as well.Once the update is live, Trade Tokens can be converted to shinedust, and you should be able to trade more cards than before.Additionally, youll be able to share which cards theyre looking to trade for with the addition of a new in-game feature.Pokmon TCG Pocket trading rules and restrictionsThere are five official rules that you must follow in order to trade in Pokmon TCG Pocket:You need one Trade Stamina to trade. One trade stamina will regenerate every 24 hours, but you can reduce the time with Pok gold and Trade Hourglasses.Cards must be of the same rarity.Trading a card with flair must be matched with another card with flair.Promo cards and cards with a rarity of two golden stars or higher cannot be traded. Additionally, certain high-rarity cards and cards from certain expansions cannot be traded. To see the full list of tradable cards, check the Detailed trade list in your app, which can be found by clicking the ? icon beside your Trade Stamina.To trade rare cards (two diamonds) or higher, you need Trade Tokens. To get more, see our guide on how to get Trade Tokens.RarityTrade Tokens requiredCommon (one diamond)0Uncommon (two diamonds)0Rare (three diamonds)120Normal ex (four diamonds)500Full art (one star)400Although these werent stated in the in-game trade rules, heres some more information you should know:You can only have one trade at a time. Whether youve started or received a trade offer, you are not able to start another trade until the current trade has been completed. If you dont want your trades to be slowed down by trade offers, you can turn off all incoming trade offers by selecting the Settings button in the bottom right corner of the trade menu.You can trade cards no matter how many copies you have meaning you can trade cards that you only have one copy of.With these rules in mind, youre now free to initiate a trade or respond to a trade in Pokmon TCG Pocket!How to initiate a trade in Pokmon TCG PocketTo initiate a trade, follow the steps below:Select the Trade button and choose a friend to trade with.Choose a card to send in the trade.Wait for your friends response.Refresh your trade menu to find a Trade response received notification.Select the Trade button to view your friends trade offer, and either accept or reject the trade.If you accepted the trade, receive your new card from the completed trade. If you rejected the trade, start the process over!How to respond to a trade offer in Pokmon TCG PocketTo respond to a trade, follow the steps below:Go to your trade menu to find a trade offer from a friend.View the offered card and decide to either proceed with the trade or reject the offered card.If the card is to your liking, select a card of yours with the same rarity to trade and continue onto the next step. If not, reject the trade offer and wait for another offer.Wait for your friends response.Refresh your trade menu to find a Trade agreement reached notification.Select the Trade button to complete the trade and receive your new card.