Why enchantments are so strong in Commander Two reasons
Zygon Infiltrator won't copy any counters on the creature, but it will retain any counters it already had on it
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Released in 1993 as Limited Edition Beta, this set followed the extremely scarce Alpha print run and helped introduce the game to a rapidly growing global player base
It may not sound like a lot, but this extra attention to detail adds a ton of visual value to the card, and makes it feel more complete as a collectors item
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