Get ready to dazzle your deck-Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest Shining Revelry expansion has unleashed a sparkling new tier of collectible cards: shiny Pokémon! With their rare, shimmering variants and unique rarity symbols, these shiny cards add a thrilling twist to the classic card game, turning every pack opening into a glittering gamble of luck and strategy. Discover how to snag these elusive beauties and explore the full lineup of shiny Pokémon now available to collectors and battlers alike.
This guide will explain how to get shiny Pokémon in Pokémon in TCG Pocket and contains a full card list of every shiny Pokémon in Pokémon TCG Pocket as of the Shining Revelry expansion.
How to get shiny Pokémon in Pokémon TCG Pocket
In Pokémon TCG Pocket, shiny Pokémon cards are introduced with the Shining Revelry expansion and are obtained primarily through luck by opening booster packs from this set or using the Wonder Pick feature. These shiny cards come in two rarity levels, marked by one or two rainbow-colored stars, with the two-star shiny ultra rare cards being more valuable. Players can also use Pack Points to directly purchase specific shiny cards if opening packs proves too time-consuming. Unlike the main series games, there are no special in-game tasks or items needed-simply opening the right packs and hoping for a shiny pull is the way to collect these rare and visually distinct cards.
Unlike the mainline games – which require special items and potentially hours of searching to find a shiny Pokémon – getting shinies in TCG Pocket is pretty straightforward: All you need to do is get very lucky.
In other words, you don’t need to do anything fancy, you just gotta open packs or Wonder Pick from the Shining Revelry expansion (as of this writing) and hope that your pack contains one of these exceptionally rare cards.
Well, no shit, this is a Pokémon card-collecting game. Still, the addition of shiny Pokémon brings some interesting changes to TCG Pocket. Shining Revelry expansion pack introduced a new rarity designation that adds even more rare cards to this particular set. These cards are marked with new rarity icons that, for lack of a better term, we’re calling one shiny star and two shiny stars.
The offering rates menu in PokémonTCG Pocket says the pull rate for a one-star shiny card is 2.857% whereas the rate of getting a two-star shiny card is 1.333%. Because there are more one-star shiny cards than two-star shiny cards, the odds of getting a specific card on that list (like shiny Weedle) is actually lower than getting a specific two shiny star card. For example, you have a .071% chance (7 in 9993 odds) chance of pulling a shiny, non-full art Weedle whereas there is a .083% chance of pulling a full art card shiny Beedril ex in Shining Revelry.
Of course, you can always bypass this by using your Pack Points to get certain cards. It costs 1,000 points to get a one-star shiny and 1,350 to get a two-star shiny. So if you don’t feel like trying to open pack after pack, you might be better off saving up for your favorite shiny Pokémon.
All shiny Pokémon in Pokémon TCG Pocket
The Shining Revelry expansion in Pokémon TCG Pocket introduces the first-ever shiny Pokémon cards to the game, featuring over 16 shiny variants among its 111 new cards. These shiny Pokémon cards showcase unique color schemes that differ from their standard versions, offering players a visually striking collection element without altering gameplay mechanics. Players can obtain these rare shiny cards primarily by opening booster packs or using the Wonder Pick feature from the Shining Revelry set, with pull rates varying by rarity. Notable shiny Pokémon in this expansion include shiny versions of Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard ex, Beedrill ex, Lucario ex, and several others from both classic and Paldea region Pokémon, making the collection highly sought after by fans and collectors alike.
With the understanding that shinies are rare and hard to get, here are all the shiny cards in PokémonTCG Pocket as of the Shining Revelry expansion. Note the pull rates refer to your chance of pulling each card in a regular pack, and not in a rare pack (or “god packs,” as some fans call them).
Shiny Pokémon cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket were introduced with the Shining Revelry expansion released on March 27, 2025. These cards feature unique sparkling artwork and come in two rarity levels: regular shiny cards marked by one rainbow star and shiny ultra rare cards marked by two rainbow stars, the latter being more valuable. Unlike in main series Pokémon games where shiny variants are hard to find, obtaining shiny cards in TCG Pocket mainly depends on luck when opening booster packs or using the Wonder Pick feature. The shiny cards are purely aesthetic variations and do not differ in gameplay from their non-shiny counterparts. The Shining Revelry expansion includes a full list of shiny Pokémon cards that players can collect, making these cards highly sought after for collectors and fans alike.
Card # |
Card |
Rarity |
Chance of pulling |
Pack Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Weedle | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 98 | Kakuna | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 99 | Charmander | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 100 | Charmeleon | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 101 | Wiglett | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 102 | Dondozo | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 103 | Pachirisu | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 104 | Riolu | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 105 | Vaaroom | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 106 | Revaroom | One shiny star | .285% | Shining Revelry |
| 107 | Beedril ex | Two shiny star | .083% | Shining Revelry |
| 108 | Charizard ex | Two shiny star | .083% | Shining Revelry |
| 109 | Wugtrio ex | Two shiny star | .083% | Shining Revelry |
| 110 | Lucario ex | Two shiny star | .083% | Shining Revelry |
How rare are shiny Pokémon cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest expansion
Shiny Pokémon cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Shining Revelry expansion come in two new rarity tiers, making them notably rare but not the absolute rarest in the game. The one-star shiny cards have a pull rate of approximately 2.857%, while the rarer two-star shiny cards have about a 1.333% chance of appearing in booster packs. These shiny cards feature a distinctive rainbow-colored octagram symbol-one star for regular shiny and two stars for shiny ultra rare-marking their rarity. Compared to other card rarities in the game, shiny cards are harder to obtain than most standard cards but are still more common than the rarest crown rares, which have pull rates below 0.2%. Additionally, some shiny cards can be acquired directly using Pack Points, offering an alternative to the luck-based booster pack pulls.
How do the pull rates of shiny cards compare to other rare cards in the expansion
In Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Shining Revelry expansion, shiny cards have distinct pull rates that place them between common rare cards and the ultra-rare crown rares. One-star shiny cards have a pull chance of about 2.85%, while two-star shiny cards drop at roughly 0.15% per specific card, or about 0.41% for shiny ex cards overall. This makes shiny cards rarer than most two-diamond and three-diamond rarity cards, which have combined drop chances around 24.66% and 8.28%, respectively, but more common than the crown rares that pull at about 0.2%.
For example, a specific two-star shiny ex card like shiny Charizard ex has a pull rate around 0.083%, which is lower than many ultra rares but still higher than the rarest crown rares. Shiny non-ex cards have a combined drop chance near 3.5%, making them more accessible than shiny ex cards but still notably rare compared to standard rare cards.
Overall, the introduction of shiny cards slightly reduced the drop rates of some traditional rarities like two-diamond cards to accommodate these new shiny tiers, but shiny cards remain a coveted middle ground in rarity-hard to pull but not the rarest in the set.
