So, if we can agree that an extra turn is worth 15 life or so, how does that work in practice
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
Lands produce a color of mana indicated on the card
You cast it, look at three cards, decide in what order you want to draw them, or even decide to put them on the bottom of your library if you don't want to draw any of them
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Additionally, [lucky] players will suddenly come into all kinds of money when they pull Goyfs, Cliques, and Bobs in their MM2015 packs, not to mention a lineup of Eldrazi