Absorb is a wonderful second Counterspell for traditional white-blue-style control decks, giving them two things they want and nothing they don't
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Nasty stuff here
Even still, the ability to swap any artifact token (be it Treasure, Blood, Clue or Map) for a Blightsteel Colossus, Sundering Titan or Inkwell Leviathan on turn two means that the Welder is still a tremendously powerful one-mana Goblin
The biggest takeaway here is just how long it took for people to try the dredge mechanic in Modern after the bannings of Golgari Grave-Troll and Dread Return
Gyruda, Doom of Depths works in a similar space, in the same colors, at the same mana value