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Release date, card count, chase cards and how it compares with the EX era.
Delta Species is an expansion in the EX era of the English-language Pokémon TCG, with a release date of October 31, 2005 and the set code DS. It carries 113 official cards plus 1 secret card, for 114 printings in all. The set is defined by its delta species Pokémon, the alternate-typed versions marked with a δ, and several appear in more than one printing, among them Bagon δ, Dragonair δ, Dratini δ and Shelgon δ. Ditto turns up ten times. Metal, Lightning, Fire and Water are the types it leans on most, and its headline cards are the Star Pokémon Groudon Star, Kyogre Star and Metagross Star.
The Delta Species card list is built on commons, uncommons and rares, so the chase lives in the rare slot, where the Star cards and the strongest delta species sit alongside Flareon ex. Groudon Star leads the most valuable cards, followed by Kyogre Star, Metagross Star, Mewtwo δ and Umbreon δ. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated the three Star cards at the top, and Ryo Ueda drew Mewtwo δ and Umbreon δ. A single secret card sits above the printed 113. Those five cards hold 56 percent of the set's total card value, so most of what a collector pays for the set is concentrated in a few pulls.
Delta Species was released October 31, 2005.
Delta Species has 114 cards.
Delta Species is part of the EX era.
As of October 2026, Delta Species holds the 4th highest total card value of the 16 comparable EX sets, about 2.1 times the era median, and ranks 9th across the 130 comparable sets in the game. Its single most valuable card ranks 5th in the era, while its trading activity ranks 1st, which says the set moves even where its top card does not lead. At 113 official cards it sits about level with the era median of 107. It followed Unseen Forces, which holds more total value, and came before Legend Maker, which holds less. English collectors met 86 of these cards first in the Japanese set Holon Research Tower, released October 28, 2005.
| Measure | This setDelta Species | Previous setUnseen Forces | Next setLegend Maker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Oct 31, 2005 | Aug 22, 2005 | Feb 13, 2006 |
| Printed cards | 113 | 115 | 92 |
| Master set value | — | $13,257.51 | $6,199.58 |
| Most valuable card price | — | $2,500.00 | $2,500.00 |
| Priced cards | — | 143 of 143 | 93 of 93 |
A complete Delta Species run is 114 printings, and all 114 are priced, so the cost of finishing it is easy to read from the card grid. Because the top five cards carry 56 percent of the set's total card value, the remaining cards cover most of the checklist at a far lower level, and the Star cards and top delta species decide how expensive the run becomes. The set also appears in sealed form, with four products: two decks, a booster box and a booster pack. Ten printings of Ditto add to the work of tracking down every version.
Market comparisons as of October 2026.
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