Space-Time Smackdown: Dialga, Palkia, and Pokémon Tool Cards arrive

Space-Time Smackdown didn’t just add new Pokémon—it added a new card type to Pokémon TCG Pocket. The expansion launched on January 30, 2025, bringing Dialga ex and Palkia ex to the app as dimension-altering centerpieces, plus Pokémon Tool cards for the first time in the game’s history.

Dialga ex and Palkia ex run the ring

Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia from the Sinnoh region headline the set as Pokémon ex with time- and space-themed abilities. They’re joined by Darkrai ex, Weavile ex, Lucario, and a roster of Sinnoh favorites. The expansion features over 140 cards in total—including new Trainer cards and gorgeous Immersive Cards—so collectors and battlers alike had plenty to chase.

Pokémon Tool cards: a first for TCG Pocket

Space-Time Smackdown is also the expansion where Pokémon Tool cards made their debut in Pokémon TCG Pocket. In the physical TCG, Tool cards attach to your Pokémon and grant extra effects—stats, abilities, or protection. Bringing them into the app opened new deck-building options and shifted the meta, giving Trainers more ways to customize their strategy beyond raw attack power.

New binder and display board covers

The expansion dropped new binder and display board covers featuring Dialga, Palkia, and Darkrai, so players could theme their collection screen to match the Sinnoh legends. Small touch, but for collectors who care about presentation, it made the new set feel like a full package.

Trading launched alongside it

Trading went live on January 29, 2025, the day before Space-Time Smackdown. Initially, tradeable cards were limited to Genetic Apex and Mythical Island; the latest set would become tradeable in a later update. So the expansion and the new social feature landed together—one for the cards, one for the economy.

A landmark set

Space-Time Smackdown wasn’t just “another expansion.” It was the second main set for Pokémon TCG Pocket, the first to introduce Pokémon Tool cards, and the one that paired new Sinnoh legendaries with the long-awaited trading feature. For anyone who had been playing since October 2024, it was the moment the app clearly leveled up.