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If you choose to pay the blitz cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell

The full slate will be standard legal and the draftable cards cover the entire mainline series

The extort mechanic similarly drains opponents while making it harder to challenge your position in the game

While I can't use the dreaded "strictly better" words because Midnight ReaperMidnight Reaper draws off itself dying and Grim HaruspexGrim Haruspex doesn't, the life loss can add up quickly when you're going wide or have an Aristocrats engine going, so most times if you had to pick between the two, you're going to choose Haruspex

If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn