The way challenging works is a ready (untapped) character exerts and chooses an opposing exerted character to challenge, and then both cards compare their strength (attack) and willpower (defense) values to each other (meaning the attacker automatically gets hit back by the defender)
March of the Machine introduces Battles, the first new card type in over 15 years
They provide 60 pre-constructed cards, focusing on two of the magical Ink types
However, the card can be stacked on top of other Rafikis to bring that cost down, and the versions currently in the game are all Amethyst to make that a little easier to pull off
And it works the other way, too, with kids bringing the game to the adults in their lives
If he does get out early and doesnt have a target for his ability, youre behind compared to where you could have been using previous options