Pokemon TCG Pocket players are expanding the game's battles

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Key Takeaways

  • The meta in the Pokémon trading card game Pocket is dominated by Mewtwo ex and Pikachu ex, prompting players to create alternative formats.
  • The NOEX format excludes 'ex' cards, increasing trust between players and refreshing gameplay.
  • New formats such as ONES, TRINERGY, and 2TAGE have emerged, providing a variety of play styles in Pokemon TCG Pocket.



For some people, the combat meta in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is getting a little stale. As confirmed through some pretty in-depth research, this format is dominated by Mewtwo ex, Pikachu ex and various Misty decks that often include Articuno ex and Starmie ex. If you try to deviate from this, with a few exceptions, you will probably lose.

A Pokemon TCG Pocket player holding a phone in front of a city featuring Greninja.

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This led to the game's massive community coming together to create a variety of rulesets for players to engage with. These rule sets often help keep the game fresh, with the exception of meta cards.


An alternate battle format for the Pokemon trading card game Pocket.

With the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's meta nearing completion, the NOEX format was born. Here, players can engage in private battles using decks made up of cards that don't have 'ex' in their names, allowing them to blow dry the big hitters.


It required a certain level of trust as there was nothing to stop players from bringing EX cards into battle, but aside from the odd troll, the format was an overwhelming success and a breath of fresh air.

This new competition began in a way that various other formats started appearing on the Pokemon TCG Pocket subreddit.

As shared by user Honest_Sky_5375, players can now participate in the following formats:

  • one – Decks cannot contain duplicate cards and must contain 20 cards with unique names.
  • Oncenox – Same as above. However, EXCard is excluded.
  • Trinergy – The deck must generate three different energy types and contain one Pokémon of each energy.
  • Binergy – Same as above, except using 2 energy types instead of 3.
  • 1Energy – Same as above, except using 1 energy type instead of 2 or 3.
  • basic – The deck can only run basic Pokemon, excluding EX cards.
  • 2TAGE – The deck can only run basic Pokemon without level 2 evolution.


After you've built a deck appropriate for the format, you can join it by selecting the Private Match option in the game's Battle tab and entering the bold code above.

Considering the taste for different types of battles, it will be interesting to see if the Pokemon TCG Pocket team adds the ability to include custom rulesets for battles.

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The fun of collecting Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cards with Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a game for iOS and Android devices released by Creatures Inc. and DeNA Co., Ltd., the original developers of Pokémon TCG. Experience it.

The game allows you to open 2 booster packs for free every day. Collect digital cards featuring nostalgic artwork as well as new cards available only in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.

Please look forward to new ‘realistic cards’ that will make you feel as if you have entered the world of card illustration.

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