Pokemon TCG Pocket is a fresh way to play the card game if you’re looking for faster and more condensed games. With 20 card decks, three points to win, and plenty of Pokemon to choose from, it’s the perfect game to keep in your pocket if you want to compete or if you simply want to collect.
If you intend to win, you’ll need a combination of Items, Supporters, and Pokemon to do the trick, with Supporters offering some of the best tactics to get your game plan moving. With some of the most iconic characters from the Kanto region getting digital printings, this is every Supporter in Pokemon TCG Pocket, ranked.
Updated December 26, 2024, by Andrew Scariati: Pokemon TCG Pocket Supporter cards received some new additions and a meta shakeup with the release of the Mythical Island mini-set. Some of the best cards from Mythical Island include top-tier supporters like Leaf and Blue, which can dictate the flow of battle.
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Budding Expeditioner
Canonical Mew Things
The Budding Expeditioner mimics the same effect as Koga, except this time, the Pokemon you can retreat is restricted to Mew. While Mew is a fun Pokemon, choosing it as your designated tank feels a bit underwhelming when you could choose a much more dangerous utility option like Weezing.
While Mew’s attack can occasionally be used to disrupt your opponent’s strategy, the uses for Budding Expeditioner feel niche at best.
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Brock
Onix And Golem Support
Brock is an Energy acceleration card made specifically for Onix and Golem. With both of those Pokemon needing three or even four Energy to perform their Moves, having a way to get that much Energy onto them is crucial.
Unlike Misty, this card does not rely on coin flips but rather attaches the Energy immediately from the Energy Zone. The only thing keeping this card down is the lack of selection, but if more Onix or Golem cards are added in the future with worthwhile attacks, it could see better days in the future.
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Blaine
Too Hot To Handle
Blaine is a great Gym Leader to supplement your Fire-type Pokemon. However, it specifically only works with Rapidash, Ninetales, and Magmar by giving them a 30-damage power boost for the turn. While this does push Ninetales attack to 120, it only brings Rapidash up to 70 and Magmar up to 80.
While this damage isn’t terrible, it also isn’t consistent. At most, this can be a powerful tool against specific matchups but won’t help you win games consistently, which is something other Supporter cards just do a lot better.
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Lt. Surge
A Conduit For Specific Electric Pokemon
Lt. Surge offers a different strategy for moving Energy around. If you have an Electrode, Raichu, or Electabuzz in your Active Spot, this card lets you move Energy from other Pokemon towards them.
Pikachu ex decks tend to focus on filling up their Bench, and with Electrode having a solid 70 damage for two Energy, it’s not too difficult to make this card work. So if your Pikachu needs to switch out, you can bring out one of the Pokemon mentioned to take its place. However, this is still a card for when you have the space for it and not an automatic inclusion.
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Erika
A Healer For Grass Pokemon
Erika is an excellent Supporter to add to any Grass-focused deck. This is because she can heal 50 damage from any of your Grass-types as opposed to the Potion, which only heals 20. This means that your Pokemon will last longer during a match, giving you that extra bit of endurance you need to push forward.
The biggest downside to Erika is that, because it focuses entirely on Grass, it won’t see much play in any other decks that don’t specifically revolve around it. However, the fact that it doesn’t mention a specific Pokemon name is a plus on its behalf.
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Giovanni
An Aggressive Staple
Giovanni doesn’t boost your Pokemon’s attack by much. A measly ten points of damage may not make it in the Pokemon TCG, but in this pocket app, HP is already lower. This means any extra damage makes a difference this time around.
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What makes Giovanni a much better card than other power-boosting Supporters, such as Blaine, is that it can be used on any Pokemon. This versatility has found its way into many decks that try to be more aggressive to take home a victory.
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Koga
A Substitute For Switch
By all means, Koga should have the same problems as Blaine, considering it is limited to being used on Pokemon such as Muk or Weezing. However, it’s the effect that makes all the difference. This card bounces one of those two Pokemon back to your hand.
The prevalence of Weezing included in decks as a tank is improving this card’s viability.
This has found play in decks that want to stall while they power up their heavy hitter Pokemon on the Bench. This lets Muk or Weezing take all the hits while Koga saves you from giving your opponent a point. Then your Benched Pokemon can come out to play to lay on some real damage.
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Blue
Blanket Protection
Blue offers the perfect antithesis to Giovanni’s aggressive playstyle, allowing you to potentially negate a Giovanni, or hang on for dear life against powerful attacks. Given Weezing’s rise in prominence and the supporters added in Mythical Island, Blue stands out as one of the best options.
As Pokemon Pocket continues to evolve, Blue may soar into prominence as one of the best cards in the game, but for now it remains an extremely safe option to add to your deck.
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Misty
Coin Flips Are Good
Coin flip cards are usually not great. This is because their effects are always left to chance, and you might not get anything good in return. However, in the Pokemon TCG Pocket meta, Misty is a fantastic Energy acceleration card to run in Water decks.
You can choose one Water-type Pokemon to benefit from this card’s effect. Then, you keep flipping coins until you hit tails. Then you can attach as much Water Energy as you have heads. In the worst-case scenario, you end up landing on tails right away and get nothing. However, if you land on heads at least once, you at least get one Water Energy.
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Leaf
A Two-For-One
Leaf stands out as the best supporter added in the Mythical Island expansion, thanks to her ability to effectively fold two cards into one. Instead of relying on two X Speed cards to retreat your Pokemon to safety, Leaf consolidates these effects so you only need to rely on a single card.
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Flexibility is increasingly important in Pokemon Pocket, and the ability to retreat a weak Pokemon, or switch in one you’ve been powering up on the bench is not to be underestimated. Leaf provides another option for Koga and Weezing combinations, allowing you to keep recycling Weezing without giving up a KO.
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Sabrina
A Get Out Of Jail Free Card
Sabrina is one of the best staples in Pokemon TCG Pocket. This means it’s going to appear in every deck list. Sabrina lets you switch out your opponent’s Active Pokemon for one on their Bench. While your opponent gets to choose what comes out, this card is still incredibly useful.
It can remove and push back strong Pokemon you don’t want to deal with at the moment. It can bring out a weaker card from the back row for an easy point. It can even force your opponent to waste time and resources to pay for the Retreat Cost. This can buy you time to complete your setup.
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Professor Oak
Pokemon’s Pot Of Greed
Professor Oak has a complex card effect; it lets you draw two cards. It is simple, but it is very powerful. In a 20 card deck, Professor Oak lets you dig through ten percent of your deck. With two copies, that’s 20 percent.
This means accelerating the rate at which you get the cards that you need into your hand. Draw power is important in every card game. You don’t just want to rely on what you draw on your first turn or what you get during each turn draw. If you want your Evolution cards or your other Supporters, you need to dig for them.
- Released
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October 30, 2024
- Publisher(s)
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The Pokemon Company
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer