It also had the advantage of being more elegant than its mirror card Undermine, as it was a simple combination of Healing Salve and Counterspell for the combined price of both of them, and while the strength of the colors meant the ranking here goes the other way, Absorb shows how it's more important to get what you need rather than what is technically more valuable
Try playing around with the pre-constructed decks first to get an idea of how Magic works, and then dig into some boosters and figure out ways you could either enhance those decks with alternate additions, or build your own deck entirely
For just one red mana, this ooze starts building up power, and it will never stop growing
The deck seems to do really well against aggro decks like Mono-Red and can fight through control after sideboarding
The Cub is also perfectly posed to look like a toddler, and that little extra bit of humanity really helps you feel for it
This vampire knight turns all your sacrificed creatures into pressure and eventually more sacrifice fodder