# Breloom #16/109 — Ruby & Sapphire

## Summary

Breloom is a Hoenn Grass-Fighting favorite, and this Ruby & Sapphire printing carries Ken Sugimori's name, the original Pokémon artist, which draws collectors who prize his early work. Battle Blast's Fighting Energy hook was a quirky, not truly competitive design, and as a mid-tier Rare it sits well below the set's real chase slots. At a $2.03 modelled guide, down 2% over 30 days on 12 copies traded, with 667 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.15 out of Temporal Forces; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Ruby & Sapphire |
| Number | 16/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2003-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Shroomish |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Grass |
| Attack: Headbutt | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20 |
| Attack: Battle Blast | cost Grass/Colorless/Colorless — damage 40+ — Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Fighting Energy attached to Breloom. |
| Weakness | Fire ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Breloom #286](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/breloom) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$2.03** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-02
- Floor delivered ask: $3.37 — as of 2026-11-02T23:11:36.708Z
- Quant score: 18/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-02T23:11:36.708Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-21T07:18:52.740Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T07:18:50.818Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-17T03:55:57.867Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T07:18:50.817Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T19:01:59.899Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/ruby-sapphire/breloom-16)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex1-16%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)