You do need to attack with him which is dicey but the payoff is stronger: essentially everyone should make the person with the most cards draw and the person who is empty-handed put a permanent into play, but you can at least vote for yourself when you want to draw (or everyone votes for themselves to draw)
7 Mistys Lapras Illustration Rare A Sunny Day Forever Misty's Lapras is worthy of a place among the best Misty cards ever, but that's still a long journey, given that most cards fall in value after their release before eventually rising again down the road
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It gets even sillier if you happen to be in the Faerie deck and can get extra value out of it Drawing extra cards is good, but mana values get high enough in most Limited decks that this might be a problem
However, the wording means that it gets the buff only while the challenge is happening
Trying to optimize where you put your counters and how to make a fierce attack to threaten defeat on a battle are all a part of the fun