Given the card is a 7/3, you are able to meet Ferocious and other abilities that require high-power creatures to meet
For example, if a Prodigal Sorcerer becomes equipped with a Gorgon's Head (an equipment that provides the equipped creature with deathtouch), then the Sorcerer's ability to deal damage to a creature by tapping would also carry the deathtouch ability, destroying any creature the Sorcerer deals damage to
Additional land plays come in many forms, from needing to deal combat damage with Sword of Forge and Frontier, to the simple green enchantment Exploration, and the mana fixing Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
1 Zaxara, The Exemplary - Endless Creation Zaxara, the Exemplary is by far the most popular Hydra tribal commander, and it's easy to see why
There are some cases where Thermo-Alchemist is the only creature in the deck