Beyond value, one thing Salamence ex also has going for it is the fact that it hails from the highly memorable Ruby/Sapphire generation of the Pokemon VGC
it is hard to ignore, given its usefulness in the current meta
Cards like Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind or Lapis Orb of Dragonkind are interesting mana rocks in dragon-filled decks
(Note: they tend to be kind of reasonable in Un-cubes, but that's a vanishingly small subset of cubes) Honorable Mentions: I think these honorable mentions could be A- or B-tier material if they were squadroned together with at least three other copies of themselves
In addition, the bottom of the card will have a textbox reading " TEST CARD - Not for constructed play ." The art is also often of lower, sillier quality as it is done in-house by R&D members rather than commissioned artists (hence the lack of artist credit on the cards)
Favourite Contact Normal Trap You can only activate this card once per turn