The Pokémon TCG Pocket community has tried all manner of tricks since the card-collecting title’s launch. One of the most popular theories is the existence of a Wonder Pick exploit which allows you to pick the card you want every time—so let’s look at everything we know.
Obtaining Pokémon TCG Pocket cards is as simple as opening packs. You have the best packs to give yourself top-tier cards, and special, limited-time packs such as Promo A cards. Another way of adding to your Pokémon portfolio is Wonder Picks.
Wonder Picks are an easy luck-based mechanic giving you a one-in-five chance of getting a card. Depending on how complete your Pokémon TCG Pocket gallery is, the Wonder Pick may only have one card of the five you need, or the full five. This is why the rumored Wonder Pick exploit trick has given everyone hope, and we have our own findings.
Does Pokémon TCG Pocket Have a Wonder Pick Exploit?
Pokémon TCG Pocket doesn’t have a Wonder Pick exploit, and any method outed by influencers or social media personalities is purely coincidental.
If life was this simple, it would be harder for The Pokémon Company to make money—don’t forget this! More pick success means less need to use Wonder Pick Stamina, and this reduces the need to spend Poké Gold.
What is the Pokémon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick Exploit?
Two Pokémon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick exploits have become commonplace in the community: Pressing the skip button, and using a slow-mo video.
Skip Button
When you begin a Wonder Pick, and the card-rotation animation happens, an option to fast-forward the visual appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Press to skip, and the game immediately presents you with five shuffled cards.
The idea is, that wherever the cards are initially, stay where they are if you press the skip button. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I’ve tested multiple Wonder Pick packs, and while I’ve had some instances of it working, I can recall plenty of occasions where I haven’t gotten the card I wanted.
We can chalk this rumor up to hope more than science.
Slow-Mo Video Capture
Another Wonder Pick theory suggests you can track the movement of cards as they are shuffled. Screen record the pack animation, quickly watch it back, and using your powers of visual tracking, you can supposedly choose your card of choice without fail.
X user Loki The Bird posted a full tutorial showing how to do this. However, replies to the video, and my personal experience, have put this idea to bed. It’s nothing more than coincidence or clever trickery, but I do wish it was true, so I didn’t keep burning through my Wonder Pick Stamina.
You have a one in five chance of pulling a card with Wonder Picks, and this is how it is—as the developer intended. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility an actual working exploit pops up down the line. We’ll keep monitoring Wonder Picks as see if this happens, otherwise, put on your lucky hat and hope the RnG gods smile at you more than a Pikachu with an apple.
Many other outlandish Pokémon TCG Pocket ideas exist too including the fabled Bent Pack Trick, and we have also advice on how to get the Mewtwo Promo 10 card.
