Pokemon TCG Online

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  • Summary: Have fun learning and mastering the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online! Practice against the computer or go head to head with your friends or other players from around the world. Unlock cards and decks as you play to build up your collection and make truly unique decks. Your decks and cardHave fun learning and mastering the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online! Practice against the computer or go head to head with your friends or other players from around the world. Unlock cards and decks as you play to build up your collection and make truly unique decks. Your decks and card collection are stored as a part of your Pokemon Trainer Club account, allowing you to switch between iPad and desktop with ease.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. 148Apps
    Oct 13, 2014
    100
    Pokémon TCG is a collectible card game done perfectly for mobile.
  2. Pocket Gamer UK
    Oct 2, 2014
    90
    The Pokémon TCG is a truly engrossing card battler. This digital version is generous with content and feels great, but technical hitches hold it back from greatness.
  3. IGN Italia
    Oct 6, 2014
    85
    This is a great card game: quick, deep and extremely fun. And there are Pokémons too. A lot of them. Gotta battle ’em all.
  4. Modojo
    Oct 1, 2014
    80
    This is a quick, simple, and clean way to enjoy a fantastic card game on the go, and while it may be a far cry from the Game Boy Color version released so many years ago, it's a great start and an option that you'll want to choose if you want to reignite your love for the game or simply get started with it -- and besides, it's free!
  5. Gamezebo
    Oct 6, 2014
    70
    There are plenty of rewards for those who dive in, but I still think Pokémon TCG Online’s entry to the iPad could have been smoother.
  6. IGN
    Oct 20, 2014
    60
    The only strength of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online is that it recreates a great real-world trading card game, but it does it in such a half-hearted, slapdash way that I would much rather be playing the real thing.
  7. Arcade Sushi
    Oct 6, 2014
    50
    If you want to play Pokemon on the go, play the real games, play the card games, or play a game you’ve made up in your head, but do yourself a favor and don’t bother with this free-to-play pile of Trubbish.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 7 out of 16
  1. Velsu
    Oct 25, 2015
    10
    Awesome and addicting game. In the next patch there will be major overhaul for UI and graphics which will make the game even better.
    Good    Awesome and addicting game. In the next patch there will be major overhaul for UI and graphics which will make the game even better.
    Good balance, many players, plenty of cards. And most important - You CAN trade with other people so getting cards to Your collection is easy.    … Expand
  2. smuniz83
    Aug 12, 2016
    9
    If you like playing pokemon cards then you'll love pokemon tcg online. It's pretty much the card game but online. Plain and simple. Of courseIf you like playing pokemon cards then you'll love pokemon tcg online. It's pretty much the card game but online. Plain and simple. Of course because it's online it has a tiny bit more regulations but it's only to help keep the game balance. The only bad thing would be it's matchmaking. Matchmaking pairs you up with anybody so if your new to the game you might end up playing a long time player who will have better cards.

    Other than that the game is great and completely free which is what makes the game so much better. There's a single player where you play against the AI and can earn booster packs or play against real people and earn rewards there as well. You earn coins in the game that you can use in the shop to buy booster packs and theme decks. They have event which act like mini tournaments giving you a chance to win even more rewards.

    The other cool thing is if your a pokemon card collector and still buy pokemon cards, the pokemon packs come with a code you can put into the game so you can use in the online game.

    Note that this is a review is of this time I'm posting it. Does not reflect what the state of the game was when it launched as I did not play it at launch.    … Expand
  4. VictoryBrewing
    Oct 19, 2018
    7
    The game is fun and plays as expected. It is literally the trading card game - online. While it does have it's moments in battle when youThe game is fun and plays as expected. It is literally the trading card game - online. While it does have it's moments in battle when you crush a player with a lesser hand or deck than you have, it also becomes rather dull when you realize that most games already have winners chosen from the start. I have seen it happen countless times where either myself or the player against me will not draw any energy cards at all and be forced to sit idly by while getting whopped on or to just hit the concede button. This is especially true for the way OP decks like Mach Strike, where all you need realistically is one Gible and a energy card to evolve into Garchamp and the pain is even worse if you or your opponent has not drawn any energy cards to fight back. So while every now and then you will get the rare experience of a well balanced hand on both players ends', most of the time is spent just hoping you will pull an energy card and a worthwhile Pokemon and also hoping your opponent will too. Unless you are a fan of easy wins and frustrating losses, or a die hard Pokemon TCG fan, you honestly probably will not be as amused by the balance issues the game suffers from. While it can be argued the game is all luck of the draw, the IRL Pokemon TCG matches are typically fairly spot on and balanced, leaving one to wonder if the game suffers from a poor and underdeveloped algorithm or if that "luck of the draw" and lady luck just really, really dislike players online more often than not.… Expand
  5. SirMeowsAlot349
    Aug 16, 2017
    5
    In the very first battle against a cpu, the cpu had a mega blastoise and 3 EX's. Just don't. Nothing else to say but this game sucks and iIn the very first battle against a cpu, the cpu had a mega blastoise and 3 EX's. Just don't. Nothing else to say but this game sucks and i need to meow… Expand
  6. Spered
    Feb 28, 2023
    3
    Gorgeous art but the game is awful, 0 strategy.
    Each player has to think only about his turn, you have 0 chances to interfere in the opponent's turn.
  7. memegamerg
    Jun 12, 2021
    0
    horible i hate this game it could not be worse that is all i have to say thank you for reading
  8. Nati
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    Horrible and broken piece of S$%T.

    I have a huge collection and this game just locks you out. Never ever remembers who you are or what your    Horrible and broken piece of S$%T.

    I have a huge collection and this game just locks you out. Never ever remembers who you are or what your Password/Username is.

    Seriously, it just will NEVER EVER help you log in. Always just blatantly is broken and "password is wrong or username is wrong" so you reset it all... and same thing. it just refuses to let me log in.

    Pokemon Staff are useless and dont care.    … Expand

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