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Magcargo
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Pokémon Communication
Trainer
“Pokémon Communication” (A2-146) is a Trainer card from the Space-Time Smackdown set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Item, and its effect is: Choose a Pokémon in your hand and switch it with a random Pokémon in your deck.
Use this Pokémon Communication page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Pokémon Communication to your collection.
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Pokémon Communication Card Details
Illustrator·Ayaka YoshidaEffect
Choose a Pokémon in your hand and switch it with a random Pokémon in your deck.
How to get Pokémon Communication
Deck snapshot
Where Pokémon Communication is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 0.5%
- 18 / 3,329 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 88.9% of lists using it
Decks that use “Pokémon Communication”
Small sample; interpret with care.
Event window: Sep 19, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
Pokémon Communication versions and alt art
2 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Pokémon Communication
Seen in 0.5% of 3,329 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
Small sample; interpret with care.
- Tournament usage
- 0.5%
- 18 / 3,329 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 88.9% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.11
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 6
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Pokémon Communication”
- Magcargo
- 1 copy
- 66.7% (2)
- 2 copies
- 33.3% (1)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Slugma
- 2× Magcargo
- 2× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Giant Cape
- 2× Flame Patch
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Elegant Cape
- 2× Order Pad
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (3)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 50.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Bonsly
- 1× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Charizard X ex Mega Charizard Y ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 9.1%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Entei ex
- 1× Charizard
- 1× Mega Charizard Y ex
- 2× Charmander
- 2× Charmeleon
- 1× Mega Charizard X ex
- 1× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Flame Patch
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Wally
- 1× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Professor's Research
Open in Deck BuilderEnergyFire
- Magnezone ex Magnezone
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 2.9%
- Meta share
- 1.0%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Magneton
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Magnemite
- 1× Magnezone
- 1× Magnezone ex
- 1× Miraidon ex
- 1× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Clemont
- 1× Electric Generator
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 2.0%
- Meta share
- 1.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 1× Furfrou
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 1× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Blaziken ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 1.9%
- Meta share
- 1.6%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 2× Torchic
- 1× Mega Blaziken ex
- 1× Heatmor
- 1× Castform Sunny Form
- 1× Pokémon Communication
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Flame Patch
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Pokémon Communication in tournament decks
This card appears in 6 current and 3 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Pokémon Communication
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Pokémon Communication. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 97.5%
Lucky Ice Pop
B2-145
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 50.0%
Pokémon Center Lady
A2b-070
- shared archetypes
- 4
- avg. inclusion
- 63.0%
Flame Patch
B1-217
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 98.5%
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