You can use this as a poor mans Griselbrand to draw seven, if a little bit slower, with Unearth and Sneak effects
Your opponent can choose to block with their creatures as normal if they choose to, but the attacking creatures that it's blocking is only revealed after blockers are fully accounted for
The life rider for card drawing was dropped, because the card already had an inherent risk, and it helped make the effect feel more different from the drain (and was less wordy)
I swing in, going to 14 against his 13, cast Portent on my opponent, seeing Stifle, Island, and Impulse
Creature - Beast Plant Color tag templates(None) Harrow As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land