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Griselbrand gives big life swings, as does Sphinx of the Steel Wind however both are the preserve of combo style decks

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Is Kassandra a lot fairer without access to the library of Voltron cards, past and present

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

And being a beacon for removal is certainly powerful for a deck relying on drawing very specific creatures in the early turns of the game