What does this service do?
CardWish offers free Pokémon TCG Pocket card claims. Choose a card, enter your public Player ID, and the system delivers it through the game’s friend and gifting features. No payment, download, password, login, or email is required.
Each Player ID can claim once per day. The allowance resets at 14:00 Taiwan time.
Before you start: find your Player ID
Your Player ID is a unique 16-digit number. On the game’s home screen, tap your avatar at the top center, then tap Friend ID in the top-right corner of your profile to copy it. Verify it before submitting; a wrong ID can send the request to the wrong account.
The three claim steps
Step 1: Open the claim page and choose a card. Search by card name or filter by pack and rarity.
Step 2: Choose delivery or trade and enter your Player ID. Trading allows one free ◆1–◆4 trade per Player ID per day.
Step 3: Confirm the card, pack, card language, and Player ID, complete the human verification, and submit.
After submission: accept the invitation
The page displays live progress: queued → friend request sent → delivered. In the game, open Social Hub from the bottom center, tap Friends in the lower-left corner, then open the Approve tab on the far right to accept the new request. This is the most commonly missed step.
Enter or select the same Player ID on the claim page later to review requests from the last 30 days, including the delivery account name and failure reason.
If the card does not arrive
Common reasons are: you already received a card through the game that day; the friend or trade invitation was not accepted; or the selected language version ran out of stock. The status panel provides the most specific available explanation.
Useful extras
You can save up to eight Player IDs in this device’s browser without creating an account. Successful claims also build points and a daily streak; once the threshold is reached, high-rarity card redemption becomes available.
Which card language should you choose?
Pokémon TCG Pocket cards come in many language versions, and the game lets you mix them freely — a Japanese card and an English card can sit in the same deck and work exactly the same; only the printed text differs. CardWish stock covers Chinese, Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and more. After you pick a card, the Card Language menu lists only the versions currently in stock: if a language is missing, it is temporarily out of stock — choose another language, claim a different card, or check back later (inventory refreshes every five minutes).
A simple rule of thumb: if you play for the collection, stick to one language so your Dex lines up neatly; if you play for battles, take whichever language is in stock — it is the fastest way to finish a deck. To check a card’s per-language stock in advance, open its page in the Card Dex; see the Card Dex guide for how.
Claim status reference: what each state means
After submitting, return to the claim page and enter your Player ID to see every request from the last 30 days. Here is what each status means and what to do:
- Queued: your request was received and is being processed in order. Peak hours (evening through late night) can take longer — there is no need to resubmit.
- Friend request sent: the delivery account has sent a friend request to your ID, and the page shows the delivery account’s name. In the game, open Social Hub → Friends → the Approve tab on the far right, check the name, and accept.
- Delivered: the card was sent through gifting or trade. Collect it from the in-game gift box or trade screen.
- Failed (with reason): the status panel states why it failed. Match it against the common causes above and try again the next day.
Submitting the same card again does not speed anything up — duplicate requests within the same game day are blocked by the daily allowance and only waste that day’s chance.
Security: why no account or password is needed
The entire claim flow needs only your Player ID — an identifier the game designed for players to share publicly to add friends, like a house number. Anyone who knows it still cannot log in to or control your account. CardWish never asks for your account password or any personal information, and there is nothing to download or install; every card arrives through the game’s official built-in friend gifting and trade features, exactly the way friends send cards to each other.
A word of caution: any site or message claiming it needs your account password to “claim cards for you” is a scam. Never share it.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Is it really completely free? What’s the catch?
Really free. CardWish is supported by on-page ads; claiming itself costs nothing and has no hidden conditions. The only limit is one claim per Player ID per game day.
Q: Can I claim for family or friends?
Yes. The card goes to whichever Player ID you enter, and the allowance counts against that ID — your own allowance is untouched.
Q: Why the human verification before submitting?
It stops bots from draining the daily allowance in bulk, so each day’s deliveries go to real players. Verification usually takes a second or two.
Q: I used today’s allowance — when is the earliest I can claim again?
Allowances follow the game day and reset at 14:00 Taiwan time — not at midnight, so don’t get caught out.
Q: I submitted and then realized I picked the wrong card. Now what?
Once the allowance is used, it cannot be re-picked that day. Double-check all four items — card, pack, language, and Player ID — before submitting; confirming the card art in the Card Dex first is the safest habit.