Greninja has always been one of the most beloved Pokmon in the franchise, Ashs partner throughout the iconic XY anime and a perennial fan favorite across generations
Yes, it does cost money to get invested, but with the right tactics, its not so bad
The basic story and writing is nice enough and the author at least didnt start to immediatly pull out archetypes from multiple generations ahead to dunk on his opponent and feel superior because he managed to beat Jadens elemental heroes with fucking dragon rulers or something like that, so props for that
$25 Upgrade +1/+1 Counters is a very deep archetype so there's more sweet upgrade options that I could ever hope to cover, but I selected some of my favorites: for protection I've added Bulwark Ox and Mutational Advantage, a bunch of proliferates with Metastatic Evangel and Dreamtide Whale being the two best, ramp got a massive upgrade with Astral Cornucopia / Kami of Whispered Hopes / Purestrain Genestealer / Summon: Fenrir, and so on
Combine Shiranui Spectralsword with the Level 4 Shiranui Smith , and you can Summon Shiranui Samuraisaga while adding a new Shiranui card from your Deck to your hand with Smiths ability
