Commander is about telling a fun, competitive story you need to be able to affect the flow of the fight, and ideally feel like youre in with a shot to win, which means that the power balance and matchups between decks DOES matter a lot
decks revolve around putting extra lands into play, and making your land drop every turn is one of the best game actions you can take in Magic, especially in Commander
While perhaps the AK47 is not the appropriate gun analogy for this card Force of Will is the countermagic you most want to be armed with
Additionally, [lucky] players will suddenly come into all kinds of money when they pull Goyfs, Cliques, and Bobs in their MM2015 packs, not to mention a lineup of Eldrazi
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
