Space-Time Smackdown is an upcoming expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket. This update will add new cards, alongside seemingly new types of cards, and finally introduces the long-awaited trading feature.
Space-Time Smackdown focuses on the Gen 4 Pokémon from the Sinnoh region and will feature two booster packs based on the legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia. You can look forward to collecting cards for Pokémon like Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup. There’s also an awesome full art card featuring the fighting-type Lucario and even a souped-up Parchirisu ex.
Here’s when the Pokémon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown expansion releases in your time zone, plus details about what to expect.
Pokémon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown expansion release time estimate
Pokémon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown releases on Thursday, Jan. 30. As of this writing, developers Creatures Inc. and DeNa have not confirmed an exact release time.
That said, the last update for Pokémon TCG Pocket, Mythical Island, was released at 1:00 a.m. EST. This is the same time the game updates each day. Events — like a recent pyschic-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak event — also tend to roll out at that hour, so the expansion will likely be released around the same time.
Given we don’t have an official confirmation for the time release, here’s the usual update time (and thus the probable Space-Time Smackdown release time) in your time zone:
- 1o p.m. PST on Jan. 29 for the West Coast of North America
- 1 a.m. EST for the East Coast of North America
- 6 a.m. GMT for the U.K.
- 7 a.m. CET for Western Europe/Paris
- 3 p.m. JST for Tokyo
What to expect from Pokémon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown expansion
The Space-Time Smackdown expansion will add 140 new cards to Pokémon TCG Pocket and the ability to trade cards. The trailer teased a trainer card featuring the Champion of the Sinnoh region, Cynthia, and a Pachirisu ex that references tool cards (whatever those are).
We don’t have the full roster yet, but it looks like some strong cards are coming to TCG Pocket. Here are some highlights of what’s on the way:
- Lucario is a fighting-type with 100 HP and a retreat cost of two energy. It has an ability called Fighting Coach that allows attacks from your other fighting-type Pokémon to do an additional 20 damage to your opponent’s active Pokémon.
- Dialga ex is a steel-type that has 150 HP and a retreat cost of two energy. It can use an attack called Metallic Turbo that allows you to take two steel energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to a benched Pokémon.
- Palkia ex is a water-type that also has 150 HP and a retreat cost of two. Its attack, Dimensional Storm, will allow you to unleash an attack that does 150 damage to your opponent’s active Pokémon and 20 damage to each benched Pokémon. It’s strong but it has a drawback: You must discard three water energy on it once you use it.
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