For each other permanent you control, Botanical Brawler will count +1/+1 counters having been put on that permanent at any time during that turn, even if Botanical Brawler wasn't on the battlefield at that time
And before you think that maybe this was something unique to the instruction manual because those cards were some kind of custom design used by the rulebook makers I found this same situation across multiple other documents as well, particularly in the various card file usage in The Duelest PDF file: So yeah, we finally get to see what an original Pokmon TCG blank looks like and its nothing like I expected it to be
This concept is nothing new, of course, but this deck wants built-in reanimation rather than playing spells to do itthough Dread Return pulls double duty
Casting it via Mayhem for a single red is great, and it helps set up additional Mayhem plays
The most obvious idea is battles that must be defended by their controllers, like MTG planeswalkers, and it seems like that's exactly what the Final Fantasy set once featured