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Decks that want to play counters are almost always control decks, and control decks would much prefer to gain life rather than cause opponents to lose life, so all things being equal they would have preferred to play with Absorb but there were other considerations that forced most of them down the black road instead

These are all pretty good cards that you want to be playing in your deck anyway, so slotting in Jafar to give them even more value is a no-brainer

RW gets Lorehold, the Historian, a cost reducing, miracle making rummager

The mana cost on Atraxa is a bit intimidating at , but you get a formidable 7/7 for your opponents to contend with

The 1 life lost per card is not to be discounted, but these are the colors to be in if you need to regain life

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