Pokémon TCG API MCP Server

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Pokémon TCG API runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 371 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

English, Japanese and Chinese Pokémon cards: search, sets, illustrators, prices, photo lookup.

Installs per day peak 260 · avg 24 · +39% w/w

a month agotoday

371

Installs / week

npm · @pokemontcgapi/mcp

Stars

0 open issues

16 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Pokémon TCG API every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp -- npx -y @pokemontcgapi/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pokemontcgapi/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@pokemontcgapi/mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pokemontcgapi/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pokemontcgapi/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PTCG_API_KEY (API key for pokemontcgapi.com, needed by seven of the eight tools. POST /v1/accounts/free returns one without a dashboard or a card.), PTCG_BASE_URL (Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.pokemontcgapi.com.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Pokémon TCG API — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pokémon TCG API?

Pokémon TCG API runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @pokemontcgapi/mcp was installed 371 times last week.

How do I connect Pokémon TCG API?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @pokemontcgapi/mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Pokémon TCG API?

The npm package @pokemontcgapi/mcp was installed 371 times in the last week. Week over week that is +39%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Pokémon TCG API open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.