How To Unlock Every Player Icon In Pokemon Pocket

Player icons are nothing new, especially in the realm of mobile games. Pokemon TCG Pocket makes use of different Pokemon, trainers, and card art to bring a mix of these player icons to the table. However, there’s a bit of a catch. You have to unlock many of them by completing in-game missions, purchasing them, and even completing sets.

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This article will go over each player icon so you have a quick reference if you’re trying to collect them all. It will also list out how you can unlock and start using these icons. The only question that leaves is: which one will you pick?

All Player Icons

The Pokemon TCG Pocket card Gardevoir by Yuu Nishida.

The library of player icons is ever-growing. A handful of them are unlocked immediately for you to use, which allows players just joining the game to pick the best option for them while working toward the unlock goals of the others.

Others have certain criteria you have to meet or are purchased during events. While there is no time limit on player icons you obtain through completing missions, there is one for those that are part of Drop events. The table below will list every icon and how you earn it.

Some player icons can only be purchased during an event, which means some of these icons are no longer obtainable.

The player icons below are in alphabetical order, not by order of release.

Player Icon	Icon Name	How To Unlock
	Arceus (Triumphant Light)	Collect all cards in the Triumphant Light expansion pack.
	Blastoise	Purchase from the Event Shop. Expired
	Blue	Collect three Blue cards.
	Charizard	Collect five Charizard cards.
	Charizard (Genetic Apex)	Collect all cards in the Charizard Genetic Apex pack.
	Chimchar	Collect three Chimchar cards.
	Dialga (Space-Time Smackdown)	Collect all cards in the Dialga Space-Time Smackdown pack.
	Eevee	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Electrode	Collect three Electrode cards.
	Erika	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Gardevoir	Collect five Gardevoir cards.
	Giovanni	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Marill	Collect three Marill cards.
	Meowth	Purchase from the Event Shop. Expired
	Mew	Collect three Mew cards.
	Mew (Mythical Island)	Collect all cards in the Mythical Island expansion pack.
	Mewtwo	Collect five Mewtwo cards.
	Mewtwo (Genetic Apex)	Collect all cards in the Mewtwo Genetic Apex pack.
	Palkia (Space-Time Smackdown)	Collect all cards in the Palkia Space-Time Smackdown pack.
	Pikachu	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Piakchu (Genetic Apex)	Collect all cards in the Pikachu Genetic Apex pack.
	Piplup	Collect three Piplup cards.
	Poke Ball	Purchase from the Event Shop. Expired
	Slowpoke	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Snorlax	Free, unlocked immediately.
	Turtwig	Collect three Turtwig cards.
	Venusaur	Purchased from the Event Shop. Expired

The Mew Full Art and Mewtwo ex Crown Rare in Pokemon Pocket.

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How To Change Your Profile Icon

Not too long after you fire up Pokemon TCG Pocket for the first time, you will be prompted to select your first player icon from the free ones that are immediately made available to the player. Those are:

Eevee
Erika
Giovanni
Pikachu
Slowpoke
Snorlax

While many of these may be popular choices, which is nice when you are starting, once you begin unlocking icons, you’ll probably want to switch it up.

You’ll want to tap on your player icon in the top center of your screen. From there, you will see a pencil icon just beside your current icon. Once you press that, you will see all of your available choices for icons. Pick the one you want and you’ll be returned to your profile page with the updated player icon.

The gallery below will show, visually, each step of changing your icon.

Collecting Cards

Chimchar Pokemon TCG Pocket Space Time Smackdown Card Art

For any of the cards that are locked behind a mission requiring you to gather duplicates of certain Pokemon cards can be collected in several ways. Naturally, you can collect cards from opening packs as you would any given day.

Another way you can collect these cards is when you see them through Wonder Picks. You’ll have that one-in-five chance at it.

To better see the cards you’re still looking to collect, add them to your wishlist.

You can buy cards by using up some of your pack points, which you receive each time you open a pack, even your daily free packs. While you may be saving for a more expensive card, if you are desperate for a player icon that screams you, this is a way to help you complete the goal faster.

You can also trade for the cards you are looking for if they are eligible for trading. The big restriction is that you can’t trade any cards from the most current set or expansion. For example, you can trade a friend for a missing Gardevoir card because it was part of the first set.

Pokemon TCG Pocket collage of Rhydon, Bulbasaur and Cubone cards.

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How To Check Collection Status

If you’re not sure how many of a certain card you’re still looking for, you can always check in the Themed Collections screen. You get there by first pressing the Missions button and then, in the bottom right-hand corner, pressing the Themed Collections tab.

From there you can change which expansion you’re looking at and view any of the missions, including those involving card collecting to unlock more icons.

Ex cards, like those that both Mewtwo and Charizard have, do not count toward collecting a certain number of cards.