Todays showcase only revealed Tinker Bell, Giant Fairy
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
Mindspring Merfolk is good in a Merfolk deck, and Gas Guzzler in Edgar, sure
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With Amber, of course, it is healing
An especially dangerous combo for opponents comes when a player combines Pride Lands, Simba: Protective Cub, Madam Mim: Snake, and Merlin: Shapeshifter to receive nearly infinite lore