The Celestial Guardians set has finally dropped in Pokémon TCG Pocket and right at the outset, we have the debut of a Rayquaza EX promo in a Drop event.
If this wasn’t exciting enough already, the game is celebrating its half-year anniversary with Special Missions 2025 giving a bunch of jaw-dropping rewards, including a full art promo of Rayquaza EX!
So without further ado, let’s get into the details!
Rayquaza EX Drop event
- Starts April 30, 2025
- Ends May 13, 2025
Special Missions 2025
- Starts April 30, 2025
- Ends May 29, 2025
Drop events let you obtain promo cards by doing solo battles in Pokémon TCG Pocket. You can solo battle against four different decks of increasing difficulty.
- Each time you win you have between a 51% and 100% chance of getting a ‘Promo Pack A Series Vol. 7′.
- It will come with one of the five promo cards shown below, and the pack can be claimed from the ‘Gifts’ menu on the home screen.
BOTH Rayquaza EX and Rayquaza are brand new cards. Farfetch’d, Exeggcute and Froakie are alternate art reprints of exisiting cards. All of them have stamps to mark them as promo cards.
Here are the drop rates of each promo:
- Rayquaza EX: 12.66%
- Rayquaza: 15.82%
- Farfetch’d: 23.84%
- Exeggcute: 23.84%
- Froakie: 23.84%
There are a variety of rewards available for each difficulty level, including XP, Hourglasses, Shinedust, and more.
- Hourglasses can be used to decrease the timers on your pack openings.
- Shinedust can be used to add Flair to your Pokémon, which is a cosmetic change only.
- When you have enough copies of a specific card you can trade copies of it along with Shinedust in order to obtain a Sparkles: Gold Flair which can then be used on the remaining copies of the same card.
- Once you have unlocked Sparkles: Gold Flair you can then continue to unlock further more expensive Flair.
- Typically you obtain Shinedust by getting duplicate copies of cards.
Beginner: Rayquaza Deck (Special Event 2025)
First-Time Rewards
- 15x Pack Hourglass
- 25x Shinedust
- 1x Shop ticket
- 25 XP
Chance Rewards
- 1x Promo Pack A Series Vol. 7 (51% chance)
- 25x Shinedust (100%)
- 1x Shop ticket (38.7%)
Battle Tasks
- 3x Event Hourglass: Knock Out your opponent’s Active Pokémon 1 times with an attack from a Lightning-type Pokémon
- 15x Pack Hourglass: Put 3 Basic Pokémon into play
Intermediate: Rayquaza Deck (Special Event 2025)
First-Time Rewards
- 15x Pack Hourglass
- 1x Shop ticket
- 50 XP
Chance Rewards
- 1x Promo Pack A Series Vol. 7 (64%)
- 25x Shinedust (100%)
- 1x Shop ticket (48.3%)
Battle Tasks
- 5x Event Hourglass: Knock Out your opponent’s Active Pokémon 2 times with an attack from a Lightning-type Pokémon
- 5x Event Hourglass: Put a Stage 1 Pokémon into play
- 15x Pack Hourglass: Win this battle by turn 14
Advanced: Rayquaza EX Deck (Special Event 2025)
First-Time Rewards
- 15x Pack Hourglass
- 1x Shop ticket
- 75x XP
Chance Rewards
- 1x Promo Pack A Series Vol. 7 (80%)
- 25x Shinedust (100%)
- 1x Shop ticket (60.4%)
Battle Tasks
- 5x Wonder Hourglass: Knock Out your opponent’s Active Pokémon 2 times with an attack from a Lightning-type Pokémon
- 5x Wonder Hourglass: Win this battle using a deck where all the Pokémon cards are of ◆, ◆◆, and/or ◆◆◆ rarity
- 15x Pack Hourglass: Win this battle by turn 14
- 5x Wonder Hourglass: Win this battle without your opponent getting any points
Expert: Rayquaza EX Deck (Special Event 2025)
First-Time Rewards
- 15x Pack Hourglass
- 1x Shop ticket
- 100 XP
Chance Rewards
- 1x Promo Pack A Series Vol. 7 (100%)
- 25x Shinedust (100%)
- 1x Shop ticket (75.5%)
Battle Tasks
- 6x Wonder Hourglass: Win this battle using a deck where all the Pokémon cards are of ◆, ◆◆, and/or ◆◆◆ rarity
- 15x Pack Hourglass: Win this battle by turn 12
- 6x Wonder Hourglass: Win this battle without your opponent getting any points
- 7x Wonder Hourglass: Win 10 or more battles
- 7x Wonder Hourglass: Win 20 or more battles
| Mission | Reward |
| Log in (Day 1) | Special Event 2025 (emblem) |
| Use pack stamina to open 2 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×12, Wonder Hourglass ×12, Shinedust x30 |
| Use pack stamina to open 5 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x25 |
| Use pack stamina to open 7 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x25 |
| Use pack stamina to open 10 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x25 |
| Use pack stamina to open 12 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x25 |
| Use pack stamina to open 15 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x50 |
| Use pack stamina to open 20 booster packs | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Trade Token x50 |
| Wonder pick 1 time | Pack Hourglass ×12, Wonder Hourglass ×12, Shinedust x15 |
| Wonder pick 3 times | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x45 |
| Wonder pick 5 times | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x75 |
| Wonder pick 7 times | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x100 |
| Wonder pick 10 times | Pack Hourglass ×2, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x150 |
| Send 5 thanks | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×3, Shinedust x75 |
| Collect 25 cards | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x370 |
| Collect 50 cards | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x750 |
| Collect 100 cards | Pack Hourglass ×12, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x1500 |
| Participate in 1 battle | Pack Hourglass ×12, Wonder Hourglass ×12, Shinedust x15 |
| Participate in 2 battles | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x100 |
| Participate in 3 battles | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x145 |
| Participate in 4 battles | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x210 |
| Participate in 5 battles | Pack Hourglass ×3, Wonder Hourglass ×6, Shinedust x250 |
| Win 50 battles | Rayquaza EX full-art promo card ×1 |
| Log in (Day 2) | Pack Hourglass ×12, Wonder Hourglass ×12, Shinedust x30 |
Here are the other rewards you can obtain after completing the missions stated above:
- Complete 5 Special Event 2025 missions: Street Party (backdrop)
- Complete 10 Special Event 2025 missions: Street Party (cover)
- Complete 15 Special Event 2025 missions: Shaymin Sky Forme (coin)
- Complete 20 Special Event 2025 missions: Street Party (card sleeve)
- Complete 25 Special Event 2025 missions: Street Party (playmat)
