The full art Pawmot is downright adorable

An image of the full art card for Pawmot in Pokemon TCG Pocket. The art shows Pawmot with its little evolutions, Pawmi and Pawmo.

The “ Pawmot Drop Event ” in _Pokémon TCG Pocket _allows you to battle against computers for a chance to get a full art Pawmot card and a handful of other promo cards.

The event is a chance to get promo cards like Bidoof, Machamp, and Floatzel. It started on Monday, April 7, and will run until Thursday, April 17, when the servers reset at 10:00 p.m. PST / 1:00 a.m. EST.

This Pokémon TCG Pocket guide will go over all the promo cards you can earn in the event and give you some ideas on the best cards to counter the Pawmot decks you’ll be facing in the event.

All ‘Pawmot Drop Event’ promo cards list

There are five different promo cards you can earn as part of the “Pawmot ex Drop Event.” Here they all are:

  • Pawmot is a stage two lightning-type that has 140 HP and no retreat cost. It has an ability called Counterattack that does 20 damage to your opponent’s active Pokémon each time Pawmot is attacked. It can use the move, Electric Punch, which does 70 damage and requires two energy to use.
  • Floatzel is a stage one water-type that has 100 HP and a retreat cost of one energy. It can use the move Attack the Wound. It requires one energy to use and it has a base attack of 10, and does an additional 60 damage if your opponent’s Pokémon has damage on it.
  • Machamp is a stage two fighting-type that has 150HP and a retreat cost of two. It can use the move Power Press, which has a base power of 70 damage and can do 50 more damage if it has at least two additional fighting energy attached.
  • Bidoof is a basic colorless Pokémon that has 70 HP and a retreat cost of two energy. It uses the move Headbutt, which requires two energy and does 30 damage.
  • Ekans is a basic darkness-type with 60 HP and a retreat cost of one energy. It needs one energy to use the attack, Poison Sting, which poisons your opponent’s active Pokémon.

How to get all ‘Pawmot Drop Event’ cards

You earn cards by opening cards from Promo Pack A Series Vol. 6. These packs contain one promo card per pack and have a pink wrapper exterior. You earn them by completing the battles in the “Gible Drop Event.” One battle requires one token of Event Stamina , which recharges passively over time or can be replenished with Event Hourglasses.

An image of a holographic Mechamp from Pokemon TCG Pocket.

You aren’t guaranteed to win a promo pack for each battle challenge you win: The promo card packs are listed in the game as a “chance reward” for every single battle. However, in Polygon’s experience, we had a much higher chance of earning one from finishing battles on the “Expert” difficulty. In fact, it rewarded us with a promo pack every time we beat the bot on that level.

Best decks for the ‘Pawmot Drop Event’

As with previous drop events, there are four difficulty levels in the “Pawmot Drop Event”: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. The deck-building advice below will set you up to tackle the Expert difficulty, so you can breeze through the easier difficulties using the advice below.

The “Pawmot Drop Event” features decks that use electric-type cards like Pachirisu, Pikachu ex (Shining Revelry version), and Pawmot. As a result, you will want to focus on building fighting-type decks for this challenge.

  • If you want to breeze through the event and not worry about clearing all the special challenges that restrict the kinds of cards you can use, Marowak ex and Aerodactyl ex are great starting options when building a deck to counter Pawmot. Both offer solid attacking power, with a relatively short ramp-up.
  • Marshadow will be a massive boon to your deck while doing this challenge. Its attack Revenge, has a base power of 40 and it does an additional 60 damage if your opponent knocked out one of your Pokémon on the previous turn. This makes it a viable threat to both the Pawmot and the Pikachu ex.
  • You can also use the Lucario fromSpace-Time Smackdown. Its ability, Fighting Coach, ups the attack of all fighting-type Pokémon by 20 and will be a huge help in this challenge.
  • The **Wigglytuff fromShining Revelry **helped us a ton in this challenge (especially if you want to clear it with no ex or other rare cards). Its ability Comforting Song can heal 20 damage on your active Pokémon per turn. It can be used to help make your cards more resilient and this ability has great synergy with Tool cards like Rocky Helmet or Giant Cape.
  • Hitmonchan is also another solid option. It requires three energy to use its move Magnum Punch. It’s a bit much, but it does 90 damage and you can leave Hitmonchan on the bench until it’s ready to come out while other cards like Wiggytuff stall. (We weren’t lucky enough to have the Lucario card so we went with this card instead.)
  • As always, Tool cards will be indispensable in challenges like these. Rocky Helmet can allow you to chip away at Pokémon’s HP more quickly while Giant Cape can beef up the HP of your Basic Pokémon.
  • Other than what we listed above, some other great support options include Cyrus, Professor’s Research, Leaf, and Poké Ball.

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