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
To play Lorcana, each player will need a deck of sixty cards
And so eventually, Gavin was like, I think I found the perfect spot on the bonus sheet and then it could be Smugglers Copter
Its +1 also keeps your own hand full, all while it inches opponents closer to defeat
Most oddly costed counterspells end up disappointing, but I expect this will be an exception
Unlike most MTG cards nowadays, Floodpits Drowner has no fancy borderless or alternative art variants