Yes, sometimes youll whiff on the activation, but the activated ability is just icing on the cake, and in 45+ creature decks, you should often be hitting an extra card
But what if we hid those in the 99, and just showed our opponents a casual chef that ramped until we could find one of the big beasties
Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves
Tempest Efreet forces an opponent to pay 10 life or exchange ownership of it and a random card from their hand, permanently
I then used those counters the following turn to attack for 19 with a Craterhoof Behemoth
Be sure to check what youre putting on the bottom with Floriferous Vinewall if you might be casting several, because you might be able to control when you draw to key cards