Even through the process of researching for this article as a lapsed Magic: The Gathering player, theres a lot to take in and figure out how to kick things off
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
scratchdesk February 17, 2017, 3:13am 16 ozenigma: It is a Mylar sleeve holding the card in place
This Bloomburrow Squirreled Away Commander Deck includes 1 deck of 100 Magic cards (3 Traditional Foil cards, 97 nonfoil cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 1 Traditional Foil or nonfoil alt-border card of rarity Rare or higher and 1 Traditional Foil Uncommon card), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card.