The next major Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket update, dubbed Space-Time Smackdown, is scheduled for Jan. 29, but several cards are already starting to appear online, presumably through datamining. Let’s break down some highlights.

Recent leaks have shown off new Pokemon, trainers, tools, and more coming to Pokemon TCG Pocket in the Space-Time Smackdown booster pack.

The complete patch notes detailing Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's next major update leak online half a day ahead of time.

We all want the slickest cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket, but rampant cheaters and sellers are prompting action from The Pokémon Company.

The creators of Pokémon TCG Pocket have issued a warning to all players not to tamper with game data or participate in real money trades, or risk getting their accounts banned. The crackdown comes right before card trading and a new Space-Time Smackdown set are added to the mobile hit.

This means that players actually won't be able to trade cards from the Space-Time Smackdown expansion when it launches, and will instead have to wait for that option. It also means that all the Pokemon TCG Pocket rarest cards can't be traded, so if you wanted somebody's gold Mewtwo ex, you won't get it.

Pokémon TCG Pocket has a host of missions to complete for wonderful and helpful rewards. Some of these are temporary missions, available during limited-time events or monthly TCG Pocket Premium missions,

Eurogamer report The Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is stepping up penalties for "inappropriate conduct" as it addresses issues like data tampering and real money trading.

Pokémon TCG Pocket is warning players of the consequences for cheating, just ahead of the expected release of in-game trading later this week. In an announcement pushed to the app yesterday, players were warned about violations of the Terms of Service that specifically relate to cheating: "We are aware that some players have engaged in data tampering,