Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Greninja ★
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH144 · Promo · 2019
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Market reference
$29.35
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SWSH144 / 304
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic · Star
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 658
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Greninja ★ plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Mist Slash) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness 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.
How to beat Greninja ★
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Greninja ★?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Shadow Knife
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
DCCMist Slash — 100
This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance, or by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
You can't have more than 1 Pokémon Star in your deck.
(This card cannot be used at official tournaments.)
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/06/25| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $22.99 | $31.49 | $118.85 | $29.35 | $22.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €18.20 |
| 7-day average | €21.11 |
| 30-day average | €23.30 |
| Low | €7.75 |
| Trend price | €23.69 |
| Low (excellent+) | €13.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €24.81 |
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 $29.35; 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 "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Greninja ★?
Greninja ★ is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.
