In the battle between Absorb and other three-mana counters Absorb would almost always win out if it was easily castable, and it was even a small incentive to choose white over black as a secondary color
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The last Doctor card featured in the Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who Commander decks is The Thirteenth Doctor pictured as played by Jodie Whittaker who has the Paradox ability, which allows players to put a +1/+1 counter on any creature whenever they cast a spell from outside their hand
I get card draw, cheating things into play, and smash for ten commander damage
Absolutely gorgeous art on one of the most elegantly powerful cards of all time
That sounds bad, but whenever you sacrifice a permanent, you get to put a +1/+1 counter on Korvold and then draw a card