Poké-Power
Shadow Knife
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
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SWSH Black Star Promos · 15 Nov 2019 · SWSH144/307
Greninja ★
ゲッコウガ
Ninja Pokémon
Darkness
Promo
Basic, Star
130HP
≈S$43est. to buy
5 / 38 Greninja cards owned
0 / 8 in Sword & Shield
13 promo prints
Greninja collection
5 / 38 collected
13%
complete
Owned5
Missing33
TrackedS$482.43
Missing est.≈S$1672
Gameplay profile
Unlimited: Legal
Standard: Legal
Expanded: Legal
Attack
Mist Slash
100Darkness • 2 Colorless
This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance, or by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
You can't have more than 1 Pokémon Star in your deck.
(This card cannot be used at official tournaments.)
Evolution line
Versions & finishes
missing
Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.
Story & meaning
Greninja is the final evolution of the Water/Dark-type starter Froakie, originating from the Kalos region. A Ninja Pokémon, it is renowned for its speed, agility, and stealth, vanishing and reappearing to confound foes. It fights by…
“It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.”
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History
Greninja is the final evolution of the Water/Dark-type starter Froakie, originating from the Kalos region. A Ninja Pokémon, it is renowned for its speed, agility, and stealth, vanishing and reappearing to confound foes. It fights by forming compressed water into shuriken-like throwing stars, and it can leap and dart with such grace that opponents struggle to track it; in the anime, Ash's Greninja famously achieved a special 'Ash-Greninja' transformation.
Name & meaning
The Japanese name ゲッコウガ (Gekkouga) combines 月光 (gekkou, meaning 'moonlight') with 牙 (ga, meaning 'fang'), evoking a nocturnal, stealthy hunter striking under moonlight. The English name 'Greninja' is a portmanteau of 'grenouille' (the French word for 'frog,' reflecting its frog-like design) or simply 'green' plus 'ninja,' tying together its amphibian basis and ninja theme.
Other versions in this set
Same Pokémon, different artwork within SWSH Black Star Promos.
All Greninja cards across sets
38 shownEvery Greninja print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.
