Ash-Greninja-EX (XY Promo 133)
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Ash-Greninja
(Japanese: サトシゲッコウガEX Satoshi GekkougaEX) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon-EX card. It is one of the XY Black Star Promos.
Card text
Release information
This card was printed as one of the XY Black Star Promos, included in the Ash-Greninja-EX Box released April 13, 2016, as both a regular-sized card and a Jumbo card.
In Japan, it was released as one of the XY-P Promotional cards, available to people who visited the Pokémon booth present at each venue hosting the 43rd Next Generation World Hobby Fair during the winter of 2016. The World Hobby Fair took place at Makuhari Messe, Chiba on January 23 and 24, 2016; at the Nagoya Dome, Nagoya on January 31, 2016; at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Osaka on February 7, 2016; and at the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, Fukuoka on February 14, 2016. Another print featuring the Pocket Monsters XY&Z logo was distributed through a TV Tokyo lottery in early 2016. To enter the lottery, Japanese residents were required to call TV Tokyo between December 24 and December 30, 2015. Winners were notified by January 18, 2016, 100 of which were given this card. Other available prizes included 1 of 4 high-class Pokémon Tretta tiles and an Ash-Greninja Moncollé figure.
It was released again in Japan with a different promotional number and was available as an insert with Limited Edition B copies of Pocket Monsters XY&Z TV Anime Character Song Project Collection Volume 2 -Compilation-, released on October 26, 2016. This print features an image of Ash Ketchum in the bottom left corner of the artwork. Another version of the CD, Limited Edition A, was released on the same day, but came packaged with an Altaria card instead.
In Korea, this card is one of the XY-P Black Star Promos, and commemorated the theatrical release of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
Trivia
Origin
Ash-Greninja is a unique form of Greninja that debuted in Pokémon the Series. Through an occurrence known as the Bond Phenomenon, Ash's Greninja will assimilate aspects of Ash's appearance when it transforms, demonstrating the bond between the two.
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| Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel | |
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| Characters | Alva • Cherie • Flamel • Kimia • Levi • Mother and daughter • Nikola • Raleigh Volcanion • Magearna |
| Locations | Azoth Kingdom • Nebel Plateau |
| Soundtrack and Score | Soundtrack • Pokémon Movie Music Collection Mailing out My Voice (single) |
| Adaptations | Manga |
| TCG | Magearna • Volcanion-EX • Ash-Greninja-EX Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection Volcanion-EX Special Jumbo Card Pack |
| Merchandise | Pokémon Movie Companion |
| Event distributions | Pokémon General Election 720 Greninja Helen Volcanion (American, PAL) Nebel Volcanion (American, Korean, Taiwanese, East Asian, Southeast Asian, PAL) Alva's Gengar (code, Nintendo Network) • Kimia's Gardevoir QR Code Magearna Nintendo 3DS theme Ga-Olé disks (Volcanion, Magearna) |
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