According to legend, should a l'Cie fail to fulfil their duty, otherwise known as their Focus, they turn into a Cie'th, a creature damned to wander the world unliving and undying
In that same vein Court of AmbitionCourt of Ambition not only adds the Monarch to the game, but also forces our opponents to lose three life or discard a card if we aren't the Monarch OR double that if we are
Get ready to blast off in search of this one
Its primary ability acts as a splashy doubler for graveyard strategies, allowing you to create a token copy of any creature that enters the battlefield or is cast from your graveyard once each turn
The biggest offender is as soon as the fourth story battle, the infamous Dorter City Slums, where the enemy quality takes a big spike and starts with significant positional advantage, while a player that didn't make a beeline to getting the JP Gain Up/JP Boost ability and a few good early-obtainable skills on everyone will be left with weak Squires/Chemists and Knights/Archers/Wizards/Priests with little usable skills if they didn't do any random battles nor intentionally stall out the prior story battles to get more EXP/JP