There are cards with artwork featuring abstract paintings, photographs of clay models, and even crochet dolls
The primary use case I see for Essence Pulse is gaining a fair amount of life via lifelinking combat damage (perhaps even with unfavorable attacks) and then being able to wipe out all the creatures
effects clear threats before they swing, so counters are reserved for specific moments: protecting the Leader's last Life cards, saving a Character with a key ongoing effect, or winning the one trade that opens lethal next turn
For just one energy, Moltres ex lets the player flip three coins and add a fire energy to a bench Pokmon for every heads, and its 140 hit points as a basic Pokmon allows it to stick around for a long time while charging up a Charmander, Charmeleon, and eventually Charizard on the bench
Still, to collectors it will look beautiful on display