Ash-Greninja  サトシゲッコウガEXSatoshi GekkougaEX

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Ash-Greninja-EX Type Water HP 170 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion XY Black Star Promos English card no. XY133 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 218/XY-P Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 290/XY-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeGreninja.

Ash-Greninja (Japanese:サトシゲッコウガEXSatoshi GekkougaEX) is aWater-type BasicPokémon-EX card. It is one of theXY Black Star Promos.

Card text

Dancing Shuriken

しゅりけんらんぶ

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.(Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Ninja Blade

ニンジャブレード

130

This Pokémon can't use Ninja Blade during your next turn.

Pokémon-EX Rule

When aPokémon-EX has beenKnocked Out, your opponent takes 2Prize cards.

Release information

This card was printed as one of theXY Black Star Promos, included in theAsh-Greninja-EX Box released April 13, 2016, as both a regular-sized card and aJumbo card.

In Japan, it was released as one of theXY-P Promotional cards, available to people who visited the Pokémon booth present at each venue hosting the 43rd Next Generation World Hobby Fair during the winter of 2016. The World Hobby Fair took place at Makuhari Messe, Chiba on January 23 and 24, 2016; at the Nagoya Dome, Nagoya on January 31, 2016; at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Osaka on February 7, 2016; and at the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, Fukuoka on February 14, 2016. Another print featuring thePocket Monsters XY&Z logo was distributed through a TV Tokyo lottery in early 2016. To enter the lottery, Japanese residents were required to call TV Tokyo between December 24 and December 30, 2015. Winners were notified by January 18, 2016, 100 of which were given this card. Other available prizes included 1 of 4 high-classPokémon Tretta tiles and an Ash-Greninja Moncollé figure.

It was released again in Japan with a different promotional number and was available as an insert with Limited Edition B copies of Pocket Monsters XY&Z TV Anime Character Song Project Collection Volume 2 -Compilation-, released on October 26, 2016. This print features an image ofAsh Ketchum in the bottom left corner of the artwork. Another version of the CD, Limited Edition A, was released on the same day, but came packaged with anAltaria card instead.

In Korea, this card is one of theXY-P Black Star Promos, and commemorated the theatrical release ofVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Trivia

Origin

Ash-Greninja is a unique form ofGreninja that debuted inPokémon the Series. Through an occurrence known as theBond Phenomenon,Ash's Greninja will assimilate aspects ofAsh's appearance when it transforms, demonstrating the bond between the two.

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This article is part ofProject TCG, aBulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of thePokémon Trading Card Game.

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• Greninja (TCG)
• Pokémon cards with 170 HP
• Pokémon cards with a Retreat Cost of 1
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• Water-type Pokémon cards
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• Cards with Dancing Shuriken
• Cards with Ninja Blade
• Pokémon cards with attack damage 130
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