Chaos Rising

Mega Greninja ex

CRI116· Special illustration rare
Mega Greninja ex CRI 116

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me04 · n° 116

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
350
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
J
Number
116/86
Set
Chaos RisingCRISet guide
Illustrated by
Susumu Maeya

Its Ability

Mortal Shuriken

Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may discard a Basic Energy card from your hand in order to use this Ability. Place 6 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

Its attacks

Ninja Spinner

120+

You may put a Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand and have this attack do 80 more damage.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    350 HP, and nothing in Chaos Rising goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.

  2. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Mortal Shuriken. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  4. A strength

    Mega Greninja ex runs it in 34 of the 34 lists we have read, seen across 32 different tournaments.

  5. A strength

    Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is a Mega Evolution ex, and that is the most expensive rule in the game. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 3 Prizes instead of one. They need six to win, so 2 knockouts on this card are enough. Send it out knowing that.

  7. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Frogadier to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  8. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,562 tournament lists we have read, 313 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 14, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Greninja ex34 of 3432CRI 22
Palafin ex14 of 3514CRI 22
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex11 of 2411CRI 22
Greninja ex9 of 409CRI 22
Cinderace ex1 of 61CRI 22
Hydreigon ex1 of 441CRI 22
Mega Charizard X ex1 of 401CRI 22
Wailord ex1 of 291CRI 22

When it came out

Chaos Rising landed here on 22 May 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 13 March 2026, under the code M4. That is 70 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 38 Greninja cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Greninja card and its price