The same approach that has allowed the game to tell the stories of its own legends and worlds through game mechanics can, somehow, extend to vastly different characters and settings
While he does have to use your own mana, this effect is still absurdly powerful and can deny opponents the strategic cards they need, while setting up less advantageous cards to be their next draw
With Aura Jab accelerating Fighting Energy and Mega Brave hitting for a massive 270, Lucario slots perfectly into aggressive decks
As we have seen many times before, the real payoffs Spectral Steel enables are from the broken sets of Standard: Throne of Eldraine and Theros Beyond Death
Its an instant that buffs creatures based on their devotion to green
Use the hypergeometric calculator for this, making sure to change the population size to 44(50-the 6 cards in your opening hand) and 2*the number of rounds beyond the first