Pokémon · XY
Greninja
XY Black Star Promos · #XY162 · Promo · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$16.21
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- XY162 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Frogadier
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sanosuke Sakuma
- Pokédex #
- 658
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 30 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Greninja plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Dual Cut) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Frogadier first).
How to beat Greninja
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Sanosuke Sakuma
This card was illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma.
Building around Greninja?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"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."
WAqua Shower
This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
WCDual Cut — 60×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 60 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Greninja was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Greninja has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Greninja ex — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 598 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/21| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $8.01 | $19.99 | $4,321.00 | $16.21 | $8.81 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.89 |
| 7-day average | €2.58 |
| 30-day average | €3.41 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €2.97 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.66 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.84 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.29 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.85 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Greninja is real?
Greninja is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Greninja worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Greninja is $16.21; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Greninja from?
Greninja is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Greninja?
Greninja is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Greninja printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
