# Delcatty #5/109 — Ruby & Sapphire

## Summary

Delcatty is a modest Hoenn favorite, and its Energy Draw Poke-Power gave decks of that era a genuine draw engine. Atsuko Nishida, who helped shape the franchise's earliest card art, illustrates it, and a Holo Rare from the first Hoenn set attracts completionists more than speculators. The modelled guide sits at $33, up 2% over 30 days on 37 copies traded, with 90 days of inventory on the board; a ACE 10 brings $2,003, 60 times raw, but 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 | 5/109 |
| Rarity | Holo Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Atsuko Nishida |
| Release date | 2003-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Skitty |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Ability: Energy Draw | Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard 1 Energy card from your hand. Then draw up to 3 cards from your deck. This power can't be used if Delcatty is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Max Energy Source | cost Colorless — damage 10× — Does 10 damage times the amount of Energy attached to all of your Active Pokémon. |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Delcatty #301](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/delcatty) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo, Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$33.17** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-14
- 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: +4.00% · 7d change: +1.10% — as of 2026-11-14
- Floor delivered ask: $26.05 — as of 2026-11-15T05:01:08.231Z
- Quant score: 53/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-15T05:01:08.231Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 49% weight · -26% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-13T13:07:06.726Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-13T11:31:05.509Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-13T07:07:42.800Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-13T11:31:05.509Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-19T15:57:41.615Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/ruby-sapphire/delcatty-5)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex1-5%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)