While black uses some generic discard effects to gain card advantage or punish certain strategies it is all about the targetted discard for disruption
For new players, this certainly looks exactly like drawing cards, but you're not drawing cards unless the effect literally says draw. Narset, Parter of Veils is a good example of this difference
So if you attack or block with a creature that has first strike, that card will deal damage first and will not take into consideration any damage being dealt by the opposing creature
Examples of this include special events, seasonal rewards, or player progression
Like embalm, the set was created so that each offspring creature has its own token card in the set
Yami Marik knows Shadow Game magic and wields one of the three Egyptian God cards, the most powerful cards in the Duel Monsters game outside of Exodia