Digital card packs should hopefully cause less of a commotion
ThePokémonTrading Card Game is getting a revamped digital app, calledPokémon TCG Live. The new free-to-play app was announced for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac today, arriving soon.
PokémonTCG Liveboasts some features like avatar creation and daily quests. Cards can be acquired by scanning code cards, purchasing in-game booster packs, or by other means like completing those daily quests.
Of course, there was already anotherPokémonTrading Card Game app. Inan FAQ, the Pokémon Company confirmed that the previous app will be removed from the App Store, Google Play, and the Pokémon website prior to the launch ofLive.
Trainers, your next TCG adventure awaits!
We’re excited to announce Pokémon Trading Card Game Live! 🎉
Bring the fun of the#PokemonTCGto your home or on the go with a new, free-to-play app for PC, Mac, and mobile devices!
More info ➡️https://t.co/ACot3P1vAr#PTCGLivepic.twitter.com/YC1ObWOZZs
— Pokémon TCG (@PokemonTCG)Jul 10, 2025
Existing players will be able to transfer their account and data toPokémon TCG Live, though it does specify what will and will not transfer over. Cards from certain series will make it over, though not from theHeartGold & SoulSilverseries, and any in-game currency and unopened products won’t transfer either. So if you’re sitting on a mountain of packs in the otherTCGapp, it might be a good time to open them.
Under a section answering why theTCG Onlineapp is being taken down forPokemon TCG Live, the company saysLiveis an opportunity to update the game and its underlying technology, while also offering an easily accessible app. It also highlights the “suite of improvements” including a new card logic engine, Ranked Ladder, Battle Pass, and updated visual effects.
At least for fans of playing the card game, this should offer a shiny and fancy new way of playing the game. That’s probably a good thing, given themassive spike in popularity the physical versionof theTCGreceived.
As someone whoenjoyed the virtual versionsof theTrading Card Gamewhen I was younger, a digital version definitely sounds appealing, even if it has some of the modern free-to-play trappings around it. Though honestly, I’d be a little more inclined to check it out on the Switch than anything else.
