A Reddit thread around Bastiodon’s arrival in Pokémon TCG Pocket caused quite a stir, with the post dubbing the metal-type Pokémon an “absolute unit” due to its Guarded Grill ability—which attracted over 6,400 upvotes and over 370 comments.

You can use as many Pokémon Tool cards as you want per turn, but you can only use one Tool card per Pokémon. So if you attach a Rocky Helmet on a certain Pokémon, you can’t stack another card, like another Rocky Helmet or a Lum Berry on top of it. Once your Pokémon loses HP and is sent to the discard pile, so too will the Tool card.

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.

There are a number of ways to build up Palkia ex in Pocket, but we found it worked best alongside Vaporeon, Manaphy, and a singular Articuno ex for easy Energy Token control and immense damage output. Building this deck may take newer players a little more time, as it features cards from every set and themed booster pack in the game so far.

When Pokémon TCG Pocket’s trading functionality was first teased last year, it sounded like it could become a solid way to keep players coming back to the game. Trading seemed

Pokémon card art is always fantastic, but my god, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’s latest line of full-art cards is particularly exceptional. The “Space-Time Smackdown” set will be released on the app on January 30,