Just imagine Skyblock with pokemon. The pokemon only come into play when you grind you a good amount of money. You can buy pokemon in the /shop, but you must pay between 50,000 (cheapest) and 5,000,000 (most expensive).

Acquiring a pokemon will help with different tasks. These are all the pokemon you can buy, their cost, and their purpose:

• Bulbasaur– 100,000 coins – Since Bulbasaur is a grass-type pokemon, he speeds up the growth of your crop farms.
• Charmander– 50,000 coins – Being a fire-type pokemon, Charmander will increase furnace speeds, reducing the time it takes an item to smelt.
• Squirtle– 100,000 coins – Go fishing with this water-type pokemon to increase your chances of finding the treasure on the ocean floor.
• Pichu– 200,000 coins – Pichu, the pre-evolved version of Pikachu uses his electricity power to increase the production of hoppers for a period of time.
• Sandshrew– 100,000 coins – helpful for digging up sand and gravel from beneath the ground.
• Vulpix– 500,000 coins- A perfect partner for Sandshrew as Vulpix collects the sand that Sandshrew mines and sometimes smelts them into glass. 
• Geodude– 50,000 coins – Your very own cobblestone generator without having to place any lava down.
• Magnemite– 500,000 coins – Give your damaged tools to Magnemite to get them repaired and ready to use again.
• Gastly– 330,000 coins – spawns mobs nearby. Use this pokemon carefully.
• Rhyhorn– 1,000,000 coins – Rhyhorn uses his strength to mine stone with ease.
• Happiny– 3,750,000 coins – This healing pokemon keeps all of your other pokemon happy by splashing potions on them. You must provide it with the potions.
• Scyther– 300,000 coins – Scyther cuts down any trees in its vicinity and even collects the resources.
• Tauros– 900,000 coins – A perfect PvP buddy. This pokemon will help you in PvP fights.
• Magikarp– 100,000 coins – Magikarp attracts predators in the water so be careful. You can use this pokemon to catch these predators.
• Ditto– 800,000 coins – Encourages animals to breed.
• Eevee– 1,000,000 coins – Another PvP buddy when you tell it to follow you.
• Aerodactyl– 5,000,000 coins – The perfect security guard for your island. Aerodactyl takes down mobs one by one. It does not drop XP, but it does get more mob drops.
• Snorlax– 350,000 coins – Give any valuable items and treasure to your Snorlax and you can guarantee it will be safe.
• Mewtwo– 3,500,000 coins – Another security guard pokemon if you have a mob problem on your island. 
• Chikorita– 200,000 coins – Chikorita is the ultimate farming pokemon. It plants seeds so you do not need to keep replacing crops.
• Delibird– 850,000 coins – Under your command, Delibird will sort items in an organized manner including for other pokemon.
• Houndour– 500,000 coins – This amazing hunter will kill sheep, chickens, and rabbits and bring you back the loot. Make sure he can’t touch your own animal farms though.
• Lugia– 4,000,000 coins – Lugia uses its mind to destroy any intruders, including iron golems. 
• Treecko– 250,000 coins – Treecko will harvest any fully grown crop and store it.