Good news! You can finally trade cards with friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Bad news! It sucks. It feels even more limited and backwards than when it was originally teased, and fans are in full revolt over the long-anticipated feature’s completely bungled rollout.

In this Pokemon TCG Pocket Trading Guide, we'll go over how to trade your pokemon, detailing how the process works.

Pokemon TCG Pocket has received trading after eager players called for its addition. However, those same players are already hating the feature.

The creators of Pokémon TCG Pocket have issued a warning to all players not to tamper with game data or participate in real money trades, or risk getting their accounts banned. The crackdown comes right before card trading and a new Space-Time Smackdown set are added to the mobile hit.

The next major Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket update, dubbed Space-Time Smackdown, is scheduled for Jan. 29, but several cards are already starting to appear online, presumably through datamining. Let’s break down some highlights.

Pokémon TCG Pocket has a host of missions to complete for wonderful and helpful rewards. Some of these are temporary missions, available during limited-time events or monthly TCG Pocket Premium missions,