Flair cosmetics system in TCG Pocket

Pokémon TCG Pocket offers flair cosmetics that you can apply to your cards, giving them a fresh look both on display boards and in battle. This is a complex system that we’re going to elaborate on.

General rules

Every time you open a duplicate of one of your cards, you receive Shinedust based on its rarity, which you can combine with duplicates to craft these flairs to this specific card.

Rarity	Shinedust obtained per duplicate
	10 shinedust
	20 shinedust
	100 shinedust
	300 shinedust
	210 shinedust
	870 shinedust
	TBD
	3600 shinedust

Flairs are crafted in the My Cards menu where you can also look at them. To apply them, it’s done when editing your deck (see below) or making a binder. You need a duplicate of a card and shinedust to make it happen.

In your deck, pick a card, click on the Flair button and apply it

Cosmetic flairs are only craftable through ◊ cards. They’re a constant effect on the card.
Battle flairs are only craftable through ☆ cards. They only show up when a card enters the field.
There are four stages of flairs and you need to unlock the lower recipes in order before you can get the most expensive ones. The first type of cosmetic flair is always Sparkles Flair:Gold, the first type of battle flair is always Tiny Twinkles Flair: Yellow. The following three are randomized.
As a result, tiers are randomized between players: a flair that costs you 75 on a ◊ might cost your friend 225 on the same card.
You can also trade shinedust and duplicates of ☆ rarity cards for special shop tickets.

Exceptions:

Trainer Cards of ☆☆ Rarity do not have Flairs available.
Promo cards have at least 2 different tiers in how their flairs are managed, depending on their art type.
Promo cards cannot be exchanged for Special Shop Tickets.
Pokémon that you can obtain 1-of (Mew, Premium Pass Pikachu…) don’t need a duplicate for the recipe

Exchange rate

Cosmetic flairs

Rarity	Duplicates needed	1st flair shinedust cost (1x)	2nd flair (1.5x)	3rd flair (3x)	4th flair (4.5x)
	3 cards	50 shinedust	75	150	225
	2 cards	80 shinedust	120	240	360
	1 card	360 shinedust	540	1080	1620
	1 card	720 shinedust	1080	2160	3420
Promo	1 card	50 shinedust	75	150	225

Battle flairs

Rarity	Duplicates needed	1st flair shinedust cost (1x)	2nd flair (1.5x)	3rd flair (3x)	4th flair (4.5x)
	1 card	500 shinedust	750	1500	2250
	1 card	1800 shinedust	2700	5400	8100
	1 card	4000 shinedust	6000	12000	18000
	1 card	20000 shinedust	30000	60000	90000
Promo	No card	500 shinedust	750	1500	2250