If exerted be that through singing, questing, using one of their abilities or other reasons in another players turn these characters can be challenged, requiring the challenger to exert their own card and then resulting in both characters simultaneously applying their strength to their rivals willpower
And while she looks ready to cause mayhem, her effect is actually supportive
Once you begin your turn, you can play cards from your hand, transfer cards to your inkwell, go on quests for lore, challenge your opponent, and use card abilities
(You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost
This was Ravensburger's way of making the game more approachable, teaching new players the ins and outs of the game
Your Launch and Cruella de Vil, Fashionable Cruiser are the only tools you have to deal with the Emerald/Ruby deck's Evasives, and launch requires you to play and banish an item, and you only have seven of those