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Greninja
Pokemon
“Greninja” (A1-089) is a Pokémon card from the Genetic Apex set in Pokémon TCG Pocket, built around the Ability “Water Shuriken”. Key details include evolves from Frogadier, 120 HP, Water, and Mist Slash. Card description: It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.
Use this Greninja page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Greninja to your collection.
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Greninja Card Details
Illustrator·5ban GraphicsHP
120
TypesWater
- Ability
Water Shuriken
Once during your turn, you may do 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
Greninja Attacks
- 60Mist Slash
Weaknesses
Retreat Cost
How to get Greninja
Deck snapshot
Where Greninja is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 9.3%
- 272 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 57.7% of lists using it
Decks that use “Greninja”
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Greninja versions and alt art
5 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Greninja
Seen in 9.3% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 9.3%
- 272 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 57.7% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.58
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 14
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Greninja”
- Mega Altaria ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (85)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 2.9%
- Mega Blaziken ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 96.2% (50)
- 2 copies
- 3.8% (2)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.8%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 2× Torchic
- 1× Combusken
- 1× Mega Blaziken ex
- 1× Heatmor
- 1× Castform Sunny Form
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Flame Patch
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Juliana
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 1× Frogadier
- 2× Greninja
- 2× Torchic
- 1× Combusken
- 2× Mega Blaziken ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (44)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 2× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Furfrou
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Greninja Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (21)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.7%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Chingling
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Egg
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 6.7% (1)
- 2 copies
- 93.3% (14)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 2× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Wynaut
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Rare Candy
- 1× May
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Chingling
- 1× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Wynaut
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (13)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Suicune ex Greninja ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (5)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Giratina ex
- 2× Suicune ex
- 2× Froakie
- 1× Greninja ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 1× Irida
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× May
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Greninja Walking Wake
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (3)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Chi-Yu
- 2× Walking Wake
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Professor Sada
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Greninja in tournament decks
This card appears in 14 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Greninja Oricorio
Last seen Oct 4, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Greninja Dragonite ex
Last seen Oct 12, 2026100.0% card inclusion - Archived meta snapshot
Mandibuzz Greninja
Last seen Aug 31, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Mimikyu ex Greninja
Last seen Aug 12, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Other cards with the same Water Shuriken Ability as Greninja
5 matching cards
Other cards with Mist Slash, like Greninja
5 matching cards
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Greninja
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Greninja. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 99.8%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 98.9%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 99.1%
Rare Candy
A3-144
- shared archetypes
- 12
- avg. inclusion
- 98.4%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 99.4%
Froakie
A1-087
- shared archetypes
- 9
- avg. inclusion
- 96.7%
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