Early in the Pokemon anime, Ash battled against Team Rocket using a rental team of Wheezing, Arbok, and Meowth. Rental Pokemon have been available in multiple games in the past, butPokemon TCG Pocketallows you to rent an entire deck and then keep it once you’ve met the requirements.

Rental Decks may come as a surprise to some players since it’s possible to unlock one or more Rental Decks before you even unlock battles. But they’re useful for learning the game and for powering through the Step-Up Battles that serve as a tutorial until you build your own deck.

The Venusaur ex Rental Deck, along with a partial card list.

What Are Rental Decks?

Rental Decks arelimited-use decks that you can unlock by meeting certain requirements. Once you’ve unlocked a Rental Deck, you’ll be able touse it for ten games, after which it will no longer be available.

Rental Decks aredesigned to introduce players to more advanced strategiesthan the Beginner deck you receive once you unlock Battles at level three. Usually these decks are built around a specific powerful Pokemon, like Venusaur ex, but some are built around a theme or Supporter card.

The Deck Missions banner, showing the Venusaur ex, Charizard ex, and Blastoise ex Rental Decks.

Although you’ll be able to play with any Rental Deck that you unlocked,the cards are not registered to your collection. However, if you collect all 20 cards in the Rental Deck, you’ll receive the deck list and be able to build it from the New Deck menu.

How To Unlock Rental Decks

The only way to unlock a Rental Deck is toadd the highlight card or cards to your collection.

A highlight card is the card thatthe deck is built around and named after. For example, the highlight card of the Blaine deck is the Supporter, Blaine.

The Blaine Rental Deck box image from Pokemon TCG Pocket.

It doesn’t matter which version of the highlight card you get: if you’re lucky enough to pull a three-star Immersive Charizard ex, you’ll unlock the Charizard ex Rental Deck, despite that deck only including the normal four-diamond print.

Some Rental Decks havemultiple highlight cards, such as the Nidoqueen and Nidoking Rental Deck. In order to unlock these decks, you’ll need toobtain all the highlight cards.

Blaine Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

Rental Deck Decklists

There are13 different Rental Decksavailable in Pokemon TCG Live, and we have the full decklist for each one.

Highlight card: Blastoise ex

Blastoise ex Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

Blastoise ex

Highlight card: Charizard ex

Brock Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

Charizard ex

Highlight Cards: Aerodactyl, Kabutops, and Omastar

Charizard EX Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

Machamp ex

Mewtwo ex

The Aerodactyl, Kabutops, and Omastar cards from the Genetic Apex set.

Highlight Card: Nidoqueen and Nidoking

Pikachu ex

Koga card art in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

Highlight card: Venusaur ex

Venusaur ex

Lt. Surge Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

Wigglytuff ex