Badges

86 badges, all earned from things you were already doing. A trainer profile shows the ones earned, plus the next rung on anything that counts up. It never lists what someone has not done, which is what this page is for.

No badge is about money. Nothing here reads what a card is worth, what it cost, or where it is kept.

Count

How big the collection is. Two separate ladders, because unique printings and physical cards are different achievements and a single "cards" number would mean neither.

Unique cards

Distinct printings you own; extra copies of the same card do not count. Stops at 20,000 because the entire card corpus is about 23,548, so there is no honest rung above it. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1 unique card
10 unique cards
25 unique cards
50 unique cards
100 unique cards
250 unique cards
500 unique cards
1,000 unique cards
2,500 unique cards
5,000 unique cards
10,000 unique cards
20,000 unique cards

Cards held

Every physical card, counting each copy: binder quantities, bulk lots and graded slabs. A different achievement from unique cards, and the only one of the two with no ceiling, because a single bulk row can be 1,200 commons. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1,000 cards held
5,000 cards held
10,000 cards held
25,000 cards held
50,000 cards held
100,000 cards held
200,000 cards held
500,000 cards held

Completion

Finishing something: a generation, an evolution line, a set, a family.

Complete sets

Sets you have finished, judged against the official card count. A set whose official size is unknown is never counted either way. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1 complete set
2 complete sets
5 complete sets
10 complete sets
25 complete sets
50 complete sets

Evolution lines

Lines where you have caught every member. Only the 340 families that actually evolve count: a Pokemon with no evolution is not a line. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1 evolution line
5 evolution lines
10 evolution lines
25 evolution lines
50 evolution lines
100 evolution lines
200 evolution lines
340 evolution lines

Kanto complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen I, #1 to #151.
Johto complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen II, #152 to #251.
Hoenn complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen III, #252 to #386.
Sinnoh complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen IV, #387 to #493.
Unova complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen V, #494 to #649.
Kalos complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen VI, #650 to #721.
Alola complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen VII, #722 to #809.
Galar complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen VIII, #810 to #905.
Paldea complete
Catch every Pokemon in Gen IX, #906 to #1025.
Every starter
Catch all 27 game starters, Bulbasaur through Quaxly.
Every eeveelution
Catch Eevee and all 8 of its evolutions.

Consistency

Turning up. Streaks, days played and clean runs at the daily challenge.

Streaks

The longest run you have ever reached at the daily challenge. Breaking a streak does not take the badge back: having got there is a fact. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

3-day streak
7-day streak
14-day streak
30-day streak
60-day streak
100-day streak
365-day streak

Days played

Separate days you have played the daily challenge. Counted from games played while signed in. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1 day played
10 days played
50 days played
100 days played
250 days played
500 days played
1,000 days played

Perfect runs

Days you answered all five rounds correctly. A shorter day played cleanly is not a perfect run. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

1 perfect run
5 perfect runs
10 perfect runs
25 perfect runs
50 perfect runs
100 perfect runs

Collector's Eye

Taste and provenance, rather than volume. Who drew the cards, how far back they go, and how wide the net is cast.

Illustrators

How many different artists are represented in your collection. Card art is credited in the corpus, and almost nowhere else in the app. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

5 illustrators
10 illustrators
25 illustrators
50 illustrators
100 illustrators
200 illustrators

One illustrator, many cards

Depth rather than breadth: how many cards you own by your most-collected artist. Counted in distinct cards, so ten copies of one card is one card. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

5 cards by one illustrator
10 cards by one illustrator
25 cards by one illustrator
50 cards by one illustrator
100 cards by one illustrator

Rarities

How many different printed rarities you hold, from Common up through the illustration rares. A measure of range, not of money. Each rung is a separate badge; a profile shows only the highest one reached, plus the next one up.

3 rarities
5 rarities
10 rarities
20 rarities
30 rarities

All eleven types
Own a card of each of the 11 TCG energy types.
Twentieth Century
Own a card from a set released before 2000.
The 2000s
Own a card from a set released between 2000 and 2009.
The 2010s
Own a card from a set released between 2010 and 2019.
The 2020s
Own a card from a set released in 2020 or later.

See the ones you have earned