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
But every one of them left a major impression on me
Collectors of the Lorcana path and those who seek to build their deck's power, drawn to this set they will be
Its not only red as the White Mages Rod shows a non-sword type weapon at 1W, giving equipped creature +1/+1, cleric, and whenever the creature attacks, you gain 1 life
The card quote is about enemies teaching you more than friends
Similar to Chernabog's ability that brings all characters back from your discard pile, Snow White, Well Wisher can bring one character back from the dead every time she quests