If you’re as Pokémon TCG Pocket -pilled as I am, you’re desperate for new cards to collect and new events to battle through. Fortunately, it sounds like players won’t have to wait too much longer for either one, at least according to the latest datamined leaks coming out of the mobile card game.

An upcoming Pokemon TCG Pocket PvP event will feature one the toughest challenges we’ve ever seen in the game, and players should be worried.

Typically, digital card games treat pack opening and card collecting as a means to an end for deck building and battling – but Pokemon TCG Pocket celebrates the act. It acknowledges that obtaining cards can be just as enjoyable and satisfying as the battles themselves, and in doing so, it's able to carve out its own successful niche.

One of the players seems to have discovered the game's own Exodus, which holds more cosmetic advantage than an upper hand in battle.

Increasing your level is the only way to earn free Poké Gold in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Upon level up, you get rewarded with one or two pieces of Poké Gold, depending on your level. Accounts in Pokémon TCG Pocket currently max out at Level 50, with a maximum of 60 Poké Gold available.

Right now the best decks in the Pokemon TCG Meta are: S-tier Mewtwo ex (Psychic): This deck focuses on Mewtwo ex up front and having Gardevoir on the bench, using the latter to rapidly power up the former to do massive damage. Pikachu ex (Lightning): A high-speed deck designed to do rapid damage before the opponent can set up their own play.

Opening up card packs is the progenitor of loot boxes, so we can all recognize that occasionally icky feeling while playing Pokémon TCG Pocket. Keeping track of all the game’s numerous currencies certainly doesn’t help in that regard either.

In Pokemon TCG Pocket, Pack Points are a card-crafting currency. You earn them passively by engaging with the game’s main card-acquisition features. These points can then be spent in an exclusive shop to purchase any non-promotional card you want—even ultra-rare ones like the Crown Rarity Pokemon.

Marowak ex has been rising through the Pokémon TCG Pocket rankings as of late to counteract the biggest meta decks from Genetic Apex.

Logging out and switching accounts in Pokemon TCG Pocket might seem like a hassle, but these workarounds can make the process easier.

While everyone is saving up their pack points in the hopes of finally getting Mewtwo EX or Gardevoir to complete their decks, the cards they really need might already be in their collections. Rare cards aren’t the only strong ones in Pokémon TCG Pocket and you can build something strong mostly using common cards.