Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Greninja V-UNION SWSH156
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Shin Nagasawa

This card has 300 HP, a top attack printed at 180 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · V-UNION · SWSH Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 do in a game?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is a Water Pokémon card with 300 HP, printed as V-UNION.

Its strongest attack, Waterfall Blind, is printed at 180 damage for 3 Energy — 60 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 150 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water V-UNION Promo Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #658 Greninja V-UNION

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156SWSH Black Star Promos

300 HP · Water · V-UNION · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage18060 per Energy Waterfall Blind180 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points300 HP2.4% of 17,290 in the 290~330 band

Printed damage1809.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 60 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos40 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classV-UNION

Regulation markE

RarityPromo

SetSWSH Black Star Promos

Card numberSWSH156

AbilityNinja Body

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$5.92Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by150 damage300 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it200 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name40 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line34 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #658 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 45.3%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	97.1%	300 HP
Top printed damage	93.9%	180 damage
Energy efficiency	93.1%	60 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EUnion Gainhas printed text—
1EAqua Edge130 damage per Energy card130damage
3ETwister Shurikenhas printed text—
3EWaterfall Blind60 damage per Energy card · has printed text180damage

4 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 441of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 441 at 300 HP.

Water cardsNo. 67of 2,435 by printed HP V-UNION cardsNo. 13of 24 by printed HP

This cardGreninja V-UNION SWSH156SWSH Black Star Promos300 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 80 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156

Hit points 300 HP puts it in the 290~330 band, where 2.4% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 60 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 150 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 12 of the 35 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 300 HP printed as V-UNION, printed in SWSH Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 4 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 180 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 150 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark E.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 4 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 180 damage, which is 60 damage for every Energy card attached.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Union Gain	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Attach up to 2 Water Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon.
Aqua Edge	1 Water	1	130	130	No extra effect.
Twister Shuriken	2 Water + 1 Colorless	3	—	—	This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Waterfall Blind	2 Water + 1 Colorless	3	180	60	During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Union Gain1 Energy card

Aqua Edge1 Energy card

Twister Shuriken3 Energy cards

Waterfall Blind3 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Aqua Edge 1 Energy130 damage for 1 Energy — 130 per Energy card130
Waterfall Blind 3 Energy180 damage for 3 Energy — 60 per Energy card180

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (180).

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How does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — SWSH Black Star Promos — Greninja V-UNIONSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH156

No.441by HP in the archive

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 prints 300 HP, which puts it at number 441 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

94% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 3%Where it sits on printed HP

This card300 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest V-UNION card320 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 300 HP, which is 79% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~330 — this card2.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 300 HP.

Cards in the 290~330 band typically print 165 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330 — this card	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 180.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 441of 17,290

That is where Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 stands highest on HP — number 441 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 441 of 17,290 by HP · No. 747 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 5% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 67 of 2,435 by HP · No. 75 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 3% on damage
V-UNION cards — 24 cards No. 13 of 24 by HP · No. 13 of 24 by damage · top by HP: Zacian V-UNION, 320

top 50% on damage
SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 24 of 292 by HP · No. 52 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340

top 18% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 300 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 300
Top printed damage 180 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 180

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as V-UNION cards

24 on record

Cards in the same HP band

412 of 17,290 (2.4%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 does without attacking

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 carries 3 printed effects that work outside the attack step, so they can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 3

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Ninja Body — Ability

Whenever your opponent plays an Item card from their hand, prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon.

Antidote Jutsu — Ability

This Pokémon can't be Poisoned.

Feel the Way — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn, you may have your opponent reveal their hand.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Feel the Way can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

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Is Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 180 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — this card60.0180 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 60.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — this card	60.0	180 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsAqua Edge 130 / 1Waterfall Blind 180 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Aqua Edge	—	130	—
Waterfall Blind	—	60	—

This card, per Energy card

60 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+11.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 180 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 strong for a V-UNION card?

V-UNION cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points300 HPtypical for the group is 307 HP — this card is 2% below

Top printed damage180 damagetypical for the group is 232 damage — this card is 22% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every V-UNION card in the archive — 24 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Water card do for Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 150 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 · V-UNION 300 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 180 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 150 printed damage rather than 300.

Cards that remove it in one attack

200

Cards it removes in one attack

1,700

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

150

Counted across the whole card archive. 300 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMega Zeraora exPitch Black 114150 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 150 printed damage is enough
150 damage becomes 300 against this card

This cardGreninja V-UNION SWSH156SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH156300 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 200 cards in the archive that can remove Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 150 printed damage against a bar of 150. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Greninja V-UNIONweak to Lightning ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Lightning cards that remove Greninja V-UNION in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

300 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 150 damage or more is enough. 200 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Mega Charizard X ex 13 — Phantasmal Flames

360 HP Mega Charizard X ex [13]

Mega Charizard X ex 109 — Phantasmal Flames

360 HP Mega Charizard X ex [109]

Mega Charizard X ex 125 — Phantasmal Flames

360 HP Mega Charizard X ex [125]

Mega Charizard X ex 130 — Phantasmal Flames

360 HP Mega Charizard X ex [130]

Mega Charizard Y ex 22 — Ascended Heroes

360 HP Mega Charizard Y ex [22]

Mega Charizard Y ex 294 — Ascended Heroes

360 HP Mega Charizard Y ex [294]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,700 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Greninja V-UNION as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is one print of Greninja V-UNION. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Greninja V-UNION has been printed 40 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Greninja V-UNION cards ever printedPokédex #658Prints on record 40Toughest print 350 HPThis card 300 HP

40prints

Legal in Standard12Older prints, not in Standard28

Every Greninja V-UNION print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Greninja V-UNION printed is 350 HP, and this card is 85.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Greninja ex 116/086the toughest Greninja V-UNION ever printedME04: Chaos Rising350 HP
Greninja V-UNION SWSH156against that record85.7% of the record300 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Greninja V-UNION print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 can be?

Greninja V-UNION evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Greninja V-UNION line, oldest stage firstPokédex #658

Froakie13 prints on record · XY Promos

+30 HP · +20 damage

Frogadier10 prints on record · Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault

+40 HP · +70 damage

Greninja7 prints on record · XY Promos

Froakie → Frogadier → Greninja

The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 658.

1FroakieHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2FrogadierHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3GreninjaHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Greninja V-UNION print, and can the older ones still be played?

40 prints carry this name in the archive, and 35 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (350 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

35 rows are shown of the 40 prints counted under this name.

Greninja V-UNION prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Greninja ex 116/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Greninja ex 122/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Greninja ex 100/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Greninja ex 022/086	Jumbo Cards	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Greninja ex 214/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Greninja ex 106/167	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Greninja ex 198/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Greninja ex 132	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Greninja V-UNION SWSH157	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Greninja V-UNION SWSH158	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Greninja V-UNION SWSH156	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Greninja V-UNION SWSH155	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Greninja ex 054	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Greninja ex 041/142	Jumbo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Greninja & Zoroark-GX 201/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja & Zoroark-GX 222/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja & Zoroark-GX 200/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja & Zoroark-GX 107/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja-GX SV56/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja-GX 133/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja-GX 120/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja-GX 24/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja V 073/264	Deck Exclusives	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Greninja-EX XY20	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja BREAK 41/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja SWSH305	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Greninja 9/18	Detective Pikachu	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja 14/39	Kalos Starter Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja 040/122	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Greninja 046/189	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Greninja XY24	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja 117/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja ★ SWSH144	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja 041/146	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Greninja XY162	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

12 of the 35 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Greninja V-UNION SWSH156
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Greninja V-UNION	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	180	2
Greninja V-UNION	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	180	2
Greninja V-UNION	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	180	2

This card itself is 300 HP, 180 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Vaporeon V SWSH150 — SWSH Black Star Promos

210 Vaporeon V [SWSH150]

Jolteon V SWSH151 — SWSH Black Star Promos

190 Jolteon V [SWSH151]

Professor's Research [SWSH152]

Pikachu SWSH153 — SWSH Black Star Promos

60 Pikachu [SWSH153]

Dragonite V SWSH154 — SWSH Black Star Promos

230 Dragonite V [SWSH154]

Greninja V-UNION SWSH155 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Greninja V-UNION [SWSH155]

Greninja V-UNION SWSH157 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Greninja V-UNION [SWSH157]

Greninja V-UNION SWSH158 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Greninja V-UNION [SWSH158]

Mewtwo V-UNION SWSH159 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Mewtwo V-UNION [SWSH159]

Mewtwo V-UNION SWSH160 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Mewtwo V-UNION [SWSH160]

Mewtwo V-UNION SWSH161 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Mewtwo V-UNION [SWSH161]

Mewtwo V-UNION SWSH162 — SWSH Black Star Promos

300 Mewtwo V-UNION [SWSH162]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH156 in SWSH Black Star Promos. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Greninja V-UNION SWSH156, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

The rule printed on this card

“How to play a Pokémon V-UNION: Once per game during your turn, combine 4 different Greninja V-UNION from your discard pile and put them onto your Bench. V-UNION rule: When your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 3 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Greninja V-UNION SWSH156
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark E, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 15, 2019.

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Which generation of cards does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark E — this cardtypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E — this card	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark E

Cards sharing that mark

1,202

Typical HP for the mark

150 (this card 300)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 180)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Waterfall Blind, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 60 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 441 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 67 of 2,435

V-UNION cardsNo. 13 of 24

SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 24 of 292

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 150 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 300 HP.
200 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,700 cards in one attack.

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Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 card record

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	300 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	V-UNION	Regulation mark	Mark E
Pokédex number	#658	Set	SWSH Black Star Promos
Card number	SWSH156 of 307	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	November 15, 2019	Rarity	Promo
Illustrator	Shin Nagasawa
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only
Printed rule	How to play a Pokémon V-UNION: Once per game during your turn, combine 4 different Greninja V-UNION from your discard pile and put them onto your Bench. V-UNION rule: When your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$5.92

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 has 300 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 150 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 300.

What is the strongest attack on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

Waterfall Blind, printed at 180 damage for 3 Energy — 60 damage per Energy card. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

What is the retreat cost of Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

How often can you use Feel the Way?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Greninja V-UNION in play carries its own use.

Can an older Greninja V-UNION print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 35 prints listed on this page, 12 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark E. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

What does the rule on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 mean?

The card reads “How to play a Pokémon V-UNION: Once per game during your turn, combine 4 different Greninja V-UNION from your discard pile and put them onto your Bench. V-UNION rule: When your Pokémon V-UNION is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — what does this card actually do?

What does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 do in a game?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 at a glance

What do the attacks on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 compare with every other card?

What Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 does without attacking

Is Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 strong for a V-UNION card?

What does being a Water card do for Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

What knocks out Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Greninja V-UNION as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 can be?

Is this the strongest Greninja V-UNION print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

What was printed next to Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Greninja V-UNION SWSH156, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 belong to?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 card record

What does Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 cost?

Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

What is the strongest attack on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

What is the retreat cost of Greninja V-UNION SWSH156?

How often can you use Feel the Way?

Can an older Greninja V-UNION print be played in a tournament?

Can Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 mean?

Does this page say how good Greninja V-UNION SWSH156 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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