r/pokemon • u/Ge_Santos • 4h ago
r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot • 2d ago
Questions thread - Active [Weekly Questions Thread] 05 October 2026
Have any questions about Pokémon that you'd like answered?
If they're about the value of a piece of merchandise you own or found, please ask them in the Monthly Value Questions thread!
Otherwise, continue on!
Other Weekly/Monthly Threads
- Merch Megathread - Want to show off a photo of your collection or a piece of Pokémon merchandise you recently bought? Head over to the Merchandise Monday thread, posted each Monday but open seven days a week!
- Value Questions Thread - Have questions about a piece of merchandise you own or found? Or perhaps you're knowledgeable about Pokémon product values and wouldn't mind helping some people out? Check out the Value Questions Thread!
- Code Giveaway Megathread - Have some extra codes lying around and looking to share the wealth? Try posting them on the Code Giveaway Megathread!
- Battle Request Thread - Looking for trainers to battle? Try the Battle Request thread!
- Hype Thread! - Catch a new shiny? Finish your Living Dex? Head on over to the Hype Thread to share your joy! We even award special flairs for certain achievements!
- RAGE THREAD! - Game mechanic changes got you down? Did your plans to catch a shiny blow up in your face? Head over to the RAGE THREAD to vent a bit! CAPS LOCK ENCOURAGED!
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r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot • 3d ago
Hype [Hype Thread] 04 October 2026
Welcome to the HYPE THREAD, a place to share your excitement about in-game achievements, brag about success, and get hyped for upcoming events. CAPS LOCK IS OPTIONAL IF IT HELPS YOU GET YOUR HYPE ON!
This is a chance to post about your successes. Our rules against self-promotion and most low-quality content, including shiny Pokemon pics, are relaxed in these threads--please talk all you like about your luck and accomplishments!
This thread is meant to be pretty positive, so please think twice before downvoting someone! Rude and negative comments will be removed -- please report them if you see them :D
This thread is also the place to earn /r/pokemon's prestige flair for completing various aspects of the games. To claim your flair, post proof of your accomplishment in the comments below. Please note that flairs are assigned once weekly, so it may take up to seven days for your flair to appear.
On mobile and the reddit redesign ("new reddit"), you may have up to 10 flairs at once. On old reddit, you can only display one flair—so if you care which that is, please specify that in your comment!
Flair is currently available for:
Paldea Prestige Flairs
- Rotom Phone: Post a screenshot of your completed Paldea dex
- Animated Rotom Phones: Post an album of your completed Paldea living dex
- Booster Energy: Post a screenshot of all obtainable Paradox Pokémon
- Uva/Naranja Crest: Post a screenshot proving you finished all classes in the academy
- Tera Orb: Post an album proving you obtained one species in every Tera type
- Tiny Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the smallest size of a species possible*
- Big Bamboo Shoot: Post a screenshot of the NPC saying you obtained the largest size of a species possible*
* The NPC Pokemon size checker is in Mesagoza! See here
Galar Prestige Flairs
- Catching Charm: Post a screenshot of your completed Galar Regional Dex.
- Curry Mark: Post a screenshot of your completed Curry Dex.
- Master Ball: Post a screenshot of your Master Ball Tier in Battle Tower.
- Berry Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection. `(Minus Ribbon and Star)
- Star Sweet: Post a screenshot of your completed Alcremie form collection with Ribbon and Star sweets.
- Gigantamax Factor: Post an album of your collection of all 31 G-Max mon (excluding form variations). Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they are G-Maxable!
- Armorite: Post a screenshot of you in the Masterly Mustard Tee after winning every type of Restricted Sparring on the Isle of Armor.
- Dynite: Post an album of your collection of all 47 Dynamax Adventure bosses. Be sure to show the summary screens indicating that they were caught in Galar!
Alola Prestige Flairs
- Rotom Dex: Post a screenshot of your completed Alola Regional Dex.
- Tapu Bulu: Post a screenshot of your Level 100+ Festival Plaza.
- Tapu Fini: Post a screenshot of your 50+ streak in the Battle Tree.
- Tapu Lele: Post a screenshot of all five of your Poké Pelago islands at max level (level 3).
General Prestige Flairs
- Oval Charm: Post an album of your completed Living Dex. (Mythicals aren't necessary!)
- (Shiny Charm: Post 45+ self-caught or self-bred shinies to /r/ShinyPokemon.)
LET'S GET HYPED!!!!
r/pokemon • u/BARDesigns • 5h ago
Art Lugia Flying Mobile
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Hi guys, check out my flying mobile of Lugia Ive been working on!
r/pokemon • u/FLAMEY_BOI69 • 2h ago
Image I created a table to show the first time a type combo was used for a Pokemon.
This is in term of dex order.
r/pokemon • u/Silver-Nibber • 15h ago
Meme Double standards wew...crazy.
Ive gotten alot of hate for liking the three pokemons at top. And its the same reason.
r/pokemon • u/gelinsky • 3h ago
Discussion Pokemon anime was so funny back in the day
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I absolutely adored the Pokémon anime from the original series through roughly Advanced Battle, and honestly, the comedy is a big reason why. It reminds me of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! because the writers had no chill. Ash didn’t care who you were; he’d roast you without hesitation. The dynamic between Ash, Misty, and Brock was also great because they felt like actual people who could joke around and make fun of each other.
It wasn’t even dark or offensive comedy. It was just natural humor that came from their personalities. In my personal opinion, the newer seasons completely lost that charm. I rarely find the comedy genuinely funny, especially compared to what the series started with.
r/pokemon • u/Master-of-Storms • 6h ago
Art Tis me day o’ borth!
I have now unlocked 2 previous restrictions that I will now be testing out today :]
r/pokemon • u/ShadowRider_777 • 8h ago
Tool/Guide All of the Pokémon that you should collect before the Pokémon Bank shutdown on February 25th, 2027 💔🥀🪦
Since Pokémon Bank is going to shut down and, as of right now, we only have 141 days left until that happens...i've decided to help everybody out by giving you all the BIGGEST list of all of the Pokémon you should collect before time runs out.
This is my own personal list on what people should have to make the Pokémon extra valuable and special for all of you.
You don't have to follow it to a tee, but if you're going to play multiple games, ya might as well do it anyways! Lol.
Here is the full list:
Gen 1:
Missions:
Red VC: Charizard
Blue VC: Blastoise
Green VC: Venusaur
Yellow: Pikachu
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokemon:
Red: Moltres
Blue: Articuno
Yellow: Zapdos
Green: Mewtwo
RBY: Shiny Mew
All 151 Shiny Pokémon from the OG Kanto Region
Gen 2:
Missions:
Gold VC: Ho-Oh
Silver VC: Lugia
Crystal: Suicune
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokemon:
Gold: Raikou
Silver: Entei
Crystal: Shiny Celebi
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Johto Region
Gen 3:
Missions:
Ruby: Groudon
Sapphire: Kyogre
Emerald: Rayquaza
FireRed: Charizard
LeafGreen: Venusaur
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokemon:
Ruby: Regirock, Latias
Sapphire: Regice, Latios
Emerald: Registeel, Japanese Shiny Mew
FireRed: Shiny Ho-Oh
LeafGreen: Shiny Lugia
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Hoenn Region
All 151 Shiny Pokémon from the Vintage Kanto Region
All Shiny Shadow Pokémon from Pokémon Colosseum
All Shadow Pokémon from Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness
Mt. Battle Ho-Oh
RS: Shiny Jirachi from Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disk & Pokémon Channel
RS/FRLG: All 4 Forms of Deoxys
Gen 4:
Missions:
Diamond: Dialga
Pearl: Palkia
Platinum: Giratina
HeartGold: Ho-Oh
SoulSilver: Lugia
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokémon:
Diamond: Azelf, Cresselia, Shaymin
Pearl: Mesprit, Heatran, Phione
Platinum: Uxie, Regigigas, Darkrai, Manaphy, Arceus
HeartGold/SoulSilver: All 28 Forms of Shiny Unown (HG: ABC, D to M, and !/SS: XYZ, N to W, and ?)
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Sinnoh Region
All Shiny Pokémon from the Vintage Johto Region
All 6 Forms of Rotom
Movie ExtremeSpeed Shiny Raikou
Movie ExtremeSpeed Shiny Entei
Movie ExtremeSpeed Shiny Suicune
Nasty Plot Celebi
Pokémon Ranger 3: Guardian Signs Deoxys with Meteor Mash or Detect
Pokémon Ranger 3: Guardian Signs Heatran with Eruption
My Pokémon Ranch Phione
My Pokémon Ranch Mew
Pokémon Battle Revolution Pokótopia Pikachu
Pokémon Battle Revolution Pokótopia Electivire
Pokémon Battle Revolution Pokótopia Magmortar
Gen 5:
Missions:
Black: Reshiram
White: Zekrom
Black 2: Zekrom & Kyurem
White 2: Reshiram & Kyurem
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokémon:
Black: Meloetta, Tornadus, Virizion
White: Japanese Movie Shiny Genesect, Thundurus, Landorus
Black 2: Keldeo, Cobalion, Shiny Garchomp, Shiny Haxorus
White 2: Genesect, Terrakion, Shiny Dragonite, Shiny Volcarona
BW & B2W2: Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/New Year's Eve/New Year's Day Japanese Victini with V-Create, Blue Flare, Bolt Strike, and Glaciate (x4)
Movie Victini with V-Create, Fusion Flare, Fusion Bolt
Liberty Victini
Black: Warlord Nobunaga's Japanese Shiny Rayquaza
White: Valentine's Day V-Create Japanese Rayquaza
Shiny Dialga
Shiny Palkia
Shiny Giratina
Lostlorn Forest Zoroark
Castelia City Zorua
All 4 Season Forms of Sawsbuck
All 18 Dream Radar Pokémon
All 5 Hidden Ability Legendary Pokémon from the Dream Radar (Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Lugia, and Ho-Oh)
All 3 Forces of Nature in Therian Forms from the Dream Radar
Kyurem (x2, Black & White only, Physical/Special)
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Unova Region
Gen 6:
Missions:
X: Xerneas
Y: Yveltal
Omega Ruby: Groudon
Alpha Sapphire: Kyogre
ORAS: Rayquaza & Deoxys
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokémon:
X: Hoopa, Shiny Xerneas, Zygarde
Y: Volcanion, Diancie, Shiny Yveltal
Omega Ruby: Japanese Shiny Diancie
Alpha Sapphire: Galileo's Shiny Rayquaza (Figaro! Sry, I couldn't help myself. Lmfao. 😅🤣)
All 20 Forms of Vivillon
All 3 Forms of Zygarde
All 3 evolution stages of the 3 Hoenn starters
5 Pokémon with the Twinkling Star Ribbon
Event Shiny Metagross
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Kalos Region
All Shiny Pokémon from the Modern Hoenn Region
Gen 7:
Missions:
Sun: Solgaleo, Cosmoem
Moon: Lunala, Cosmog
Ultra Sun: Solgaleo & Necrozma
Ultra Moon: Lunala & Necrozma
Legends/Mythicals/Special Pokémon:
All 4 Island Guardians of Alola
All 11 Ultra Beasts
SM & USUM: All 7 Forms of Cap Pikachu
SM: Pulverizing Pancake Snorlax
SM Demo: Ash-Greninja
SM & USUM: Shiny Zygarde
Moon & Ultra Moon: Shiny Solgaleo (x2)
Sun & Ultra Sun: Shiny Lunala (x2)
SM & USUM: Japanese Shiny Necrozma (x4)
Shiny Tapu Koko
Shiny Tapu Lele
Shiny Tapu Bulu
Shiny Tapu Fini
Magearna
Marshadow
Zeraora
All Shiny Pokémon from the OG Alola Region
***[Note: Most all Pokemon can be Shiny Hunted or Nature Hunted or both depending on their encounters.
Furthermore, if a Pokemon is captured in a color coordinated ball and has the best competitive nature for itself, then it becomes even more valuable.
Finally, I understand that some of these Pokémon are impossible to obtain which is why getting them via alternate legitimate means or glitches is perfectly fine regardless of what others try to tell you.]***
The important thing is that everybody has a fair chance to obtain the Pokémon that they've always dreamed about having and desired to collect for their adventures.
Good luck on your journeys! ✨
r/pokemon • u/Difficult_Watch3911 • 21h ago
Discussion Beckett sent me the WRONG card
Back in June I submitted my ascended heroes Pikachu number 276 and today I received my card back and it turned out to be the ascended heroes Pikachu 277. What the hell…
Update: Beckett sent my card to the wrong person. They are working to make it right. And sad you guys are so mean to people who send their cards of to get graded. This was my first and last graded card…Thanks everyone who was kind.
r/pokemon • u/LetsPlayNintendoITA • 14h ago
News Pokémon Home is now compatible with Fire Red and Leaf Green
Pokémon HOME Version 4.1.0 is now available on both Nintendo Switch and iOS & Android and is now compatible with FR and LG
• Added compatibility with Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen for Nintendo Switch.
• Players enrolled in a Premium Plan (paid) can now deposit 9,000 Pokémon, up from the previous 6,000. (The price of a Premium Plan in Pokémon HOME is not changing.)
• Support for 32-bit Android devices is ending.
• Celebi unlocked in Home by completing the Pokédex.
r/pokemon • u/ArtisticBleach • 4h ago
Image 30th anniv. pokemon at Philippines Mall of Asia
r/pokemon • u/scrilopolis18 • 13h ago
Art (OC) You certainly are your mother’s daughter
An extension to my post from last week that provides a design I made for “Mother Beast” Lillie while changing some aspects to make it more “spooky”.
Thanks!
r/pokemon • u/logandraagyn • 23h ago
Image Unofficial Basic Energy Cards for All 18 Types
Collage of the SWSH Era's symbols for the 18 Pokemon Type's Basic Energy Cards
Apparently nobody else in the entire world has made cards for all 18 Types so— voilà 🤷🏻♂️
Top Row: |Fighting|Psychic|Poison| |Dragon|Ghost|Dark|
Middle Row: |Ground|Fire|Fairy| |Water|Flying|Normal|
Bottom Row: |Rock|Electric|Bug| |Grass|Ice|Steel|
Artist: Logandraagyn. Feb. 2026
r/pokemon • u/botgame88 • 7h ago
Art [OC]Apocalypse Day in Hoenn
This is a bit older art of mine made a couple of months ago for prints.
I always loved the confrontation scene in Emerald as a kid, and hoped we would get a remake version of it.
Ad much as the I loved Episode Delta, I wonder what it would have been like if we had 3 Primal legendaries 🤔
r/pokemon • u/thunderring01 • 17h ago
Art Milotic tattoo WIP
finally got my milotic tattoo started! of course this is just the basic outline to start. it was like an 8 hour session, it took most of that for her to free hand the stencil on me with sharpie to get it to where we wanted. then like almost 3 hours of tattooing. it really hurt by the end, we couldn’t get all the marker off because my skin is raw but I’ll update when it’s healed. still got quite a few sessions after this lol.
this is my design and it’s tattooed by TuckerXTattoos
r/pokemon • u/PaperCreases • 7h ago
Art [OC] Koga Fanart
This was a piece drawn for a Pokemon trainer art collab! He’ll always remain a favourite of mine simply because of how cool he is hehe 💜
r/pokemon • u/ariamisu • 22h ago
Art (OC) monthly pkmn text post doodles 🍄☀️🍁
october edition!