{"id":1025005,"date":"2026-01-13T19:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=474735"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:33:22","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pockets-second-in-game-event-is-all-about-lapras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-tcg-pockets-second-in-game-event-is-all-about-lapras\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket&#8217;s second in-game event is all about Lapras"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pokemon-tcg-pockets-second-in-game-event-is-all-about-lapras.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/em> was released on Oct. 30, and already the game\u2019s second in-game event is live. The event \u2014 which appeared on the author\u2019s app around 1 a.m. EST Tuesday and which runs through Nov. 17 \u2014 allows collectors to add a powerful Lapras ex and a handful of other new cards to their digital binders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Unlike the mobile game\u2019s first event, which is still ongoing and offers a chance at pulling new cards by simply utilizing the Wonder Pick system, <em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/em>\u2019s drop event is all about battling. Taking part in a limited series of solo battles against a CPU opponent that wields powerful Water-type decks gives players a wide array of random rewards, including special Promo Pack A Series Vol. 1 boosters, which hold one card each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Lapras ex, with its massive health pool and an attack that both deals big damage to opposing Pok\u00e9mon and heals itself, is the obvious highlight of the promotional series. But players can also expect to snag useful Butterfree, Pikachu, Mankey, and Clefairy cards while chasing the big prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The battles themselves are easy enough to complete with a basic deck and a little luck, even at the most difficult Expert level. <em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/em> does limit attempts with a slowly recharging stamina bar \u2014 it\u2019s a gacha-style game, after all \u2014 but that bar only depletes if you win. This means you can throw together whatever Electric-type cards you\u2019ve collected so far and try your luck without worrying about losing and wasting the opportunity before the event ends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The game, The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s latest entry in its hit monster-collecting franchise, has apparently been a huge commercial success, earning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/474116\/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket-tcg-sales\">more than $12 million<\/a> since launching on October 30. If <em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/em> continues adding cards at this pace, it\u2019s not hard to imagine that success extending into the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/474735\/pokemon-tcg-pocket-battle-event-lapras\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket was released on Oct. 30, and already the game\u2019s second in-game event is live. The event \u2014 which appeared on the author\u2019s app around 1 a.m. EST Tuesday and which runs through Nov. 17 \u2014 allows collectors to add a powerful Lapras ex and a handful of other new cards to their digital binders. Unlike the mobile game\u2019s first event, which is still ongoing and offers a chance at pulling new cards by simply utilizing the Wonder Pick system, Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket\u2019s drop event is all about battling. Taking part in a limited series of solo battles against a CPU opponent that wields powerful Water-type decks gives players a wide array of random rewards, including special Promo Pack A Series&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-tcg-pockets-second-in-game-event-is-all-about-lapras\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1025006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket&#8217;s second in-game event is all about Lapras | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket was released on Oct. 30, and already the game\u2019s second in-game event is live. 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