The new Alice, Accidentally Adrift has an ability that can reduce the Strength of one opposing Character by 2 upon questing and this can be definitely reduce the risk for your Characters to be banished
Limited attendance kept supply low
Many, many characters in this deck are pirates - 24 different characters show up in this deck, of which 17 are pirates - and through various benefits and mechanics, the deck is telling you that it wants you to swing away with them and whittle down your opponents to get an upper hand on the board state
Once you get the card draw started, you should have no problem funding Yuffie and your creatures' abilities
Okay so the Cactuar is a bit of a meme card, its true
All the heroes and villains and chocobos and crystals (and oh yes, the moogles) of my favourite series are translating so well into my favourite trading card games format, with sublime new art from the best both companies can offer