Unlike past sets like Wilds of Eldraine, these reprints dont share any particular theme or card type, and they seem to have been selected largely for their appeal in EDH
While getting benefits from creatures dying is the default Orzhov strategy, as seen with Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Teysa Karlov, even these legendary creatures go above and beyond to either support creature tokens directly or develop a powerhouse creature that can neither be left unchecked nor allowed to die
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Commanders like Y'shtola, Kefka, Tifa, and more have unique abilities or powerful combos to build around
It also had the advantage of being more elegant than its mirror card Undermine, as it was a simple combination of Healing Salve and Counterspell for the combined price of both of them, and while the strength of the colors meant the ranking here goes the other way, Absorb shows how it's more important to get what you need rather than what is technically more valuable
In MTG, card draw is defined as putting the top card of a players library into their hand