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 '''Greninja BREAK''' was a [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] {{TCG|deck archetype}} mainly played in the 2016-2017 season, but remained as a contender in the 2017-2018 season.
-The deck's strategy revolved around the {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Greninja BREAK|41}}'s {{TCG|Ability}} to put damage counters on opponent's Pokémon, along with a fast setup and nice disruption attacks. Even if it was not most winning deck in those seasons, people played it because of the ease with which it counters one of the most hyped deck in those years, {{TCG|Night March}}, and several EX-based decks and GX-based decks . Greninja BREAK's best result was the 2d place at the [[2016 World Championships|2016 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships]], but it went wery well in other events: 1st place at the 2016 Phoenix, AZ, Regional , 6th at the 2016 London International, 1st at the 2018 Melbourne Regional.  Runner-up of the Masters Division Cody Walinski's version was printed as a promotional World Championships deck, {{TCG|Ninja Blitz}}.
+The deck's strategy revolved around the {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Greninja BREAK|41}}'s {{TCG|Ability}} to put damage counters on opponent's Pokémon, along with a fast setup and nice disruption attacks. Even if it was not the strongest deck in those seasons, people played it because of the ease with which it counters one of the most hyped deck in those years, {{TCG|Night March}}, and several EX-based decks and GX-based decks. Greninja BREAK's best result was the 2nd place at the [[2016 World Championships|2016 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships]], but it went wery well in other events: 1st place at the 2016 Phoenix, AZ, Regional, 6th at the 2016 London International, 1st at the 2018 Melbourne Regional.  Runner-up of the Masters Division Cody Walinski's version was printed as a promotional World Championships deck, {{TCG|Ninja Blitz}}.
 ==Strategy==
 [[File:FrogadierRageBrokenHeavens28.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Frogadier|39}}]]
-Greninja BREAK differed from archetypes such as {{TCG|Mega Rayquaza EX}} and {{TCG|Night March}} in that it did not focus on fast first turn set up to maximize the damage output.  Rather, the deck placed, with a mix of Greninja BREAK's abilities and Greninja's attacks, damage counters on the opponent's Pokémon while locking down opponent's Pokémon's abilities. Taking prize by knocking out the opponent's low-HP support Pokémon, it could recover its slow set up (Greninja BREAK is an additional stage of evolution that goes onto an already Stage 2 Pokémon) and its low damage. In the 2016-17 season and in the next one, Greninja BREAK gained notoriety for its Ability to easily knock out the opponent's Benched {{TCG ID|Roaring Skies|Shaymin-EX|77}}, a popular Pokémon used for draw support.
+Greninja BREAK differed from archetypes such as {{TCG|Mega Rayquaza EX}} and {{TCG|Night March}} in that it did not focus on fast first turn set up to maximize the damage output.  Rather, the deck placed, with a mix of Greninja BREAK's abilities and Greninja's attacks, damage counters on the opponent's Pokémon while locking down opponent's Pokémon's abilities. Taking prize cards by knocking out the opponent's low-HP support Pokémon, it could recover from its slow set up (Greninja BREAK is an additional stage of evolution that goes onto an already Stage 2 Pokémon) and its low damage. In the 2016-17 season and in the next one, Greninja BREAK gained notoriety for its Ability to easily knock out the opponent's Benched {{TCG ID|Roaring Skies|Shaymin-EX|77}}, a popular Pokémon used for draw support.
-Greninja BREAK mainly setted up through its Stage 1 evolution, {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Frogadier|39}}. Frogadier's only attack allowed the player to search for up to 3 Frogadier and to put them directly onto the Bench. This, along with {{TCG|Dive Ball}}, ensured that the Greninja BREAK player usually had a full Bench of Greninja at their third turn. Dive Ball allowed the player to search for a {{e|Water}} Pokémon and to put it into the hand. Also, Greninja's and Frogadier's low attacks' cost, only a {{e|Water}} energy, made it less dependent from bad hand drawing. Free retreat cost let the player Greninja BREAK's Ability combos.
+Greninja BREAK mainly set up through its Stage 1 evolution, {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Frogadier|39}}. Frogadier's only attack allowed the player to search for up to 3 Frogadier and to put them directly onto the Bench. This, along with {{TCG|Dive Ball}}, ensured that the Greninja BREAK player usually had a full Bench of Greninja at their third turn. Dive Ball allowed the player to search for a {{e|Water}} Pokémon and to put it into the hand. Also, Greninja's and Frogadier's low attack costs, only a {{e|Water}} energy, made it less dependent from bad hand drawing. Free retreat cost let the player Greninja BREAK's Ability combos.
-Lots of variants used {{TCG ID|Steam Siege|Talonflame|96}}: its Ability and its attack speeded up the set up, allowing the players for putting it as Active Pokèmon, despite it was a Stage 2 card, on their first turn and searching 2 cards from the deck and putting them in their hand.
+Lots of variants used {{TCG ID|Steam Siege|Talonflame|96}}: its Ability and its attack sped up the set up, allowing the players for putting it as Active Pokèmon, despite it was a Stage 2 card, on their first turn and searching 2 cards from the deck and putting them in their hand.
 In addition to Frogadier, there were several other cards that were major components of Greninja BREAK's set up.  {{TCG ID|BREAKthrough|Octillery|33}} allowed for easy draw, and was obtainable through {{TCG|Dive Ball}}, which was the deck's main source of Pokémon search. {{TCG ID|Guardians Rising|Brooklet Hill|120}} allowed for Benching Basic {{e|Water}} Pokémon. {{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Splash Energy|113}} denied discarding Knocked Out Pokémon for a fast recovery.  A good set up was considered achieved when the Greninja BREAK player had at least two Greninja BREAK on the field with Splash Energy attached to and an Octillery or a {{TCG ID|Evolutions|Starmie|31}} that allowed for drawing and energies recycling.  Additionally, a player would have a Frogadier on the Bench ready to evolve when the opponent Knocked Out the Active Greninja with the Splash Energy attached to and some {{e|Water}} Energy cards on the hand.
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 [[File:OctilleryBREAKthrough33.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{TCG ID|BREAKthrough|Octillery|33}}]]
 * '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Greninja BREAK|41}}''' - Greninja BREAK's ''Giant Water Shuriken'' [[Ability#In_the_TCG|Ability]] put 6 damage counters on 1 of the opponent's Benched Pokémon at the cost of discarding a {{e|Water}} Energy. This was commonly used to place damage counters on opponent's weak support Pokémon or an unevolved Basic for an easy prize.
-* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Greninja|40}}''' - Greninja's attack ''Shadow Stitching'' locked down opponent's Pokémon's abilities. ''Moonlight Sash'' hit for 80 damages and synergised with ''Giant Water Shuriken''. Its free retreat cost allowed for combos reatreating a Greninja BREAK that already used its Ability and sending Active another.
+* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Greninja|40}}''' - Greninja's attack ''Shadow Stitching'' locked down opponent's Pokémon's abilities. ''Moonlight Sash'' hit for 80 damages and synergised with ''Giant Water Shuriken''. Its free retreat cost allowed for combos retreating a Greninja BREAK that already used its Ability and sending Active another.
 * '''{{TCG ID|Steam Siege|Talonflame|96}}''' - Placed as the Active Pokémon on ther fisrt turn thanks to its Ability ''Gale Wings'', its attack ''Aero Blitz'' allowed the player to do 40 damage and to draw 2 any cards from the deck. Also, free retreat.
-* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Frogadier|39}}''' - Frogadier's attack ''Water Duplicates'' allowed to Bench up to 3 Frogadier, without the need of Froakie, speeding up all the deck engine.
+* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Frogadier|39}}''' - Frogadier's attack ''Water Duplicates'' allowed to Bench up to 3 Frogadier, without the need of Froakie, speeding up the deck.
 * '''{{TCG ID|BREAKthrough|Octillery|33}}''' - Octillery's ''Abyssal Hand'' Ability was the deck's draw engine.
 * '''{{TCG ID|Evolutions|Starmie|31}}''' - ''Space Beacon'' retrieved 2 discarded {{e|Water}} Energy cards, so that the player could always pay ''Giant Water Shuriken''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cost.
 * '''{{TCG|Dive Ball}}''' - Dive Ball was used to search a Water-type Pokémon, from Octillery to Greninja BREAK.
 * '''{{TCG ID|Guardians Rising|Brooklet Hill|120}}''' - Brooklet Hill was used to search Basic Pokémon and put on the Bench. Its use could save Dive Ball cards for Evolution Pokémon.
-* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Splash Energy|113}}''' - Splash Energy was crucial to the deck because it allowed to fastly retreive Knocked Out Pokémon. If a Greninja BREAK, with Splash Energy attached to, was Knocked Out by an opponent's attack, then Stage 1, Stage  2 and Break cards could return in the player's hand and used to evolve other Pokémon in the Bench.
+* '''{{TCG ID|BREAKpoint|Splash Energy|113}}''' - Splash Energy was crucial to the deck because it allowed to quickly retrieve Knocked Out Pokémon. If a Greninja BREAK, with Splash Energy attached to, was Knocked Out by an opponent's attack, then Stage 1, Stage  2 and Break cards could return in the player's hand and used to evolve other Pokémon in the Bench.
 ==Typical decklist==