Ability
Ninja Body
Whenever your opponent plays an Item card from their hand, prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon.
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SWSH Black Star Promos · 15 Nov 2019 · SWSH157/307
Greninja V-UNION
ゲッコウガ
Ninja Pokémon
Water
Promo
V-UNION
300HP
≈S$18est. 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
Ability
Antidote Jutsu
This Pokémon can't be Poisoned.
Ability
Feel the Way
Once during your turn, you may have your opponent reveal their hand.
Attack
Union Gain
Colorless
Attach up to 2 Water Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon.
Attack
Aqua Edge
130Water
Attack
Twister Shuriken
2 Water • Colorless
This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Attack
Waterfall Blind
1802 Water • Colorless
During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.
How to play a Pokémon V-UNION: Once per game during your turn, combine 4 different Greninja V-UNION from your discard pile and put them onto your Bench.
V-UNION rule: When your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
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.
