Greninja

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): SWSH Black Star Promos
Rarity (source): Promo
Illustrator: Taiga Kasai
Source reference: swshp-SWSH305

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The Pokémon’s story

Greninja does more than project water. It compresses it into shuriken, then throws them at such speed that their rotation can cut into metal. The Pokédex thus turns a familiar element into a precise weapon. Each projectile comes from a movement combining pressure, shape and motion. The result resembles a tool shaped to strike before an opponent has understood where the jet is coming from.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y emphasises Greninja’s mobility: it slips away like a ninja, confuses enemies with its speed, then hits them with Water Shuriken. The remarkable point is this combination of evasion and attack. Its opponent must track its movements before even being able to dodge the projectile.

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Card details

HP: 140
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Stage2
Evolves from (printed name): Frogadier
Pokédex number: 658
Regulation mark: F
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal into two.

Attacks

Coordinated Shuriken

Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 120

This attack also does 10 damage to 3 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon

Documented variants

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normal · standard · illustration-contest-2022

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