BY CATCHEMCARTZ

Battle-ready decks that fit in your pocket.

20-card decks inspired by Pokémon Pocket App — compact, authentic, and built for fast fun anywhere you go.

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✅ 100% Authentic Cards
🎒 5 Deck Tiers to Choose From
🚚 Fast Shipping
❤️ Community Approved

Find Your Pocket Person

5 tiers built for every type of trainer — from newcomers to collectors chasing rare cards

Entry Level
🛍️

Street Pocket

$30

Packaged in a zip lock bag

  • ✅ 20 cards (10 Pokémon + 10 Trainer)
  • ✅ 15 Energy Tokens
  • ✅ Mini numbered damage dice
  • ✅ Flip coin
  • ❌ No EX or Full Art cards
Get Street Pocket
Most Popular

Essential Pocket

$50

Protective clear card box

  • ✅ 20 cards including 1 EX card
  • ✅ 15 Energy Tokens
  • ✅ Mini numbered damage dice
  • ✅ Flip coin
  • ✅ Durable, presentable clear box
Get Essential Pocket
Essential Pocket deck
Fan Favorite

Flex Pocket

$75

  • ✅ 22 cards (2 EX + 1 Full Art)
  • ✅ 20 Energy Tokens
  • ✅ Sleeves for all cards
  • ✅ Mini numbered damage dice
  • ✅ Flip coin
Get Flex Pocket
Flex Pocket deck
Fully Custom
🛠️

Build-A-Pocket

À la carte

Accessories sold separately

  • ✅ Pick your own 20 cards
  • ✅ Curated card pool to choose from
  • ✅ Priced per card
  • ✅ Build your perfect Pocket Person
  • ✅ Add accessories as you like
Start Building
🎲 High Risk, High Reward
🎁

Mystery Pocket

$150

  • ✅ Full Flex Pocket contents
  • ✅ Guaranteed EX card
  • ✅ Guaranteed Special Illustration Rare
  • 🎲 5 possible SIRs — which will yours be?
  • ✅ SIR value up to $80
Take the Gamble
🎲
How the Mystery Pocket works: Every Mystery Pocket contains a guaranteed Special Illustration Rare — but which one is the surprise. We reveal 5 possible SIRs (each valued up to $80) and you purchase hoping yours is inside. The thrill is in the unboxing!

What Trainers Are Saying

Real reviews from our community

★★★★★

"My Pocket Person deck arrived perfectly assembled. Won my first match with it — CatchemCartz really knows their stuff!"

— Alex T., Pokemon Trainer
★★★★★

"Fast shipping, cards are 100% authentic, and the packaging was super secure. My go-to shop for all things Pokemon TCG."

— Jordan M., Collector
★★★★★

"Ordered a Pocket Person deck for my daughter and she absolutely loves it. The team was so helpful picking the right cards!"

— Sam R., Parent & Fan

How to Play

Fun, fast and easy — the 20-Card TCG Pocket Battle rules

⚡ 20-card decks
🚫 No prize cards
♻️ 5-card discard limit
⏱️ Optional 20 min limit
1

Deck Construction

  • Exactly 20 cards per deck
  • Card types: Pokémon (Basic, Stage 1, Stage 2, EX) and Trainer cards (Items, Supporters, Tools, Fossils)
  • Up to 2 copies of any card with the same name (EX variants count separately)
  • At least 1 Basic Pokémon required
  • No Energy cards in deck — choose up to 3 Energy types for your Energy Zone
2

Game Setup

  • Coin flip determines who goes first
  • Each player draws 5 cards (max hand size: 10)
  • Each player places 1 Basic Pokémon face-down as Active, then reveal simultaneously
  • Bench holds up to 3 Pokémon
3

Turn Structure

  • Draw Phase: Draw 1 card (skip if hand has 10). First player's first turn: no draw
  • If deck is empty when you must draw, you lose
  • Attach 1 Energy per turn from Energy Zone (except first player's first turn)
  • Play unlimited Items, but only 1 Supporter per turn
  • Retreat Active Pokémon once per turn by discarding attached Energy
  • Attack Phase is the final action of the turn
4

Win Conditions

  • 🏆 Opponent decks out — they cannot draw a card
  • 🏆 Opponent has no Pokémon — Active is KO'd with no Bench remaining
  • No Prize Cards are used in this format
5

Special Rules

  • Discard Pile Limit: Max 5 cards. If exceeded, shuffle discard pile into bottom of deck first, then discard
  • Energies discarded are permanently lost
  • Status Conditions: Poison (10 dmg), Burn (20 dmg + flip to cure), Sleep, Paralysis, Confusion
6

Additional Notes

  • First Turn: No draw and no Energy attachment
  • Hand Limit: If over 10 cards, discard down to 10 at end of turn
  • Optional Time Limit: 20 minutes per player
  • This format excludes standard 60-card TCG rules (6 prizes, 4-copy limits, Energy cards in deck, 7-card hands)

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