Greninja-GX
Rotated OutA powerful Water-type attacker with high health and a unique ability to deal damage instantly.
What this card does
Greninja-GX has 230 HP, making it a durable Pokémon on the battlefield.
It can evolve from Frogadier during your turn.
When played as an evolution, its Shuriken Flurry ability lets you place 3 damage counters on one of your opponent's Pokémon.
Shuriken Flurry
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
The key feature is the Shuriken Flurry ability. You can use this when you play Greninja-GX from your hand to evolve a Pokémon. This lets you immediately put 3 damage counters on an opponent's Pokémon without waiting for an attack turn.
Attacks
You may shuffle this Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your deck.
This attack does 130 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Abilities
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
Which deck it belongs in
This card suits decks that focus on Water-type attacks and need a strong attacker. It works well in strategies where you can quickly evolve Frogadier to trigger its ability early in the game.
- •High HP
- •Instant damage ability
- •Strong bench attacker
- •Weak to Grass types
- •One GX attack limit
- •Shuffling self removes it from play
Use Shuriken Flurry to weaken an opponent's key Pokémon before they can use it.
Greninja is known for its speed and ability to create shurikens out of water.
Remember that your child can only use one GX attack per game, so they must choose between Haze Slash and Shadowy Hunter-GX carefully.
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