The rarest cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket are the gold variants of each of the boosters' mascot cards, also know as Crown rarity or legendary cards, depending on the terminology you use. These cards are incredibly rare and hard to get a hold of, with only six cards at that tier at time of writing, and each of them will mark you out as somebody with either a lot of luck, or an incredible collection of cards behind you. If you want the rarest cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket, we've got them all laid out for you below, as well as how you can get them.
How to get the most rare cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket
The rarest card in Pokemon TCG Pocket are laid out below by expansion set / booster:
- Rarest Genetic Apex cards
- Gold Variant Charizard ex
- Gold Variant Pikachu ex
- Gold Variant Mewtwo ex
- Rarest Mythical Island cards
- Gold Variant Mew ex
- Rarest Space-Time Smackdown cards
- Gold Variant Palkia ex
- Gold Variant Dialga ex
. These play the same way as the non-gold versions, they're simply variants, though it's also undeniable that any version of these cards rank highly in the Pokemon TCG Pocket best cards list.
They're technically classified as "Crown" rarity, the only cards that have this prestigious mark. Though rarity doesn't necessarily equate to strength, some of these cards find themselves in our Pokemon TCG Pocket best decks tier list.
To get these rare cards, you can get them in one of several (all very unlikely) ways:
- Draw from packs. These cards have a very small chance to be drawn from the Genetic Apex packs. The odds on this are very, very low: as laid out in the offering rates, getting a gold card from any pack you open has the following odds associated with it:
- Cards 1-3: 0%
- Card 4: 0.040%
- Card 5: 0.160%
- Wonder Picks. This is just Wonder Picking as normal: if a friend happens to have drawn a gold card, you can do a Wonder Pick and pray you get the 1-in-5 chance of getting the same card as them. Keep an eye on your Wonder Picks for the flash of gold…
- Pack Point Exchange. All three cards can be bought from the Pack Point Exchange. They're the most expensive cards in the exchange, costing 2500 Pack Points each. Considering that each pack you open gives you 5 pack points, you'll need to open 500 card packs to get just one of them.
- Draw a Rare Pack or "God Pack": Every time you open a pack, there is a 0.050% chance of it being a special Rare pack. This doesn't guarantee you a gold/crown card, but it does increase the chances of it giving you a gold card to 3.846%. However, it'll only be a gold card of that specific booster mascot (so you couldn't get Palkia ex from a Dialga booster pack).
The great tragedy of all this is that not only are these golden crown cards so rare, but it turns out that the rumour circulating about Pokemon TCG Pocket bent packs providing better cards isn't even true, so you can't weigh the odds in your favor.
Of course, not every deck has to be stuffed full of rare cards. One of the reasons that people are trying to create various Pokemon TCG Pocket Dragonite decks is because the Dragonite isn't one of the rarer cards in-game.
There's also one more card that's rare, in its own way: the Pokemon TCG Pocket Mew card. This legendary card can't be drawn from a pack, but is actually the reward for a special challenge that the game keeps secret until you've already completed it, as we'll explain in the attached guide.
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