The impending mechanic means it can provide land acceleration and mana fixing as early as turn three, and it can continue to provide value when it attacks after becoming a creature four turns later
But these two are Bant counters creatures, and while they work really well together, I want to talk about their decks and what people are going to play
However, you can actually gain life twice here because their ability isnt called lifelink, instead it says you gain life equal to the damage dealt this way
This makes it painfully easy to get more use out of your creatures abilities, and is so easy to break that its actually banned in Commander
Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle
A one-cost 1/2 ally in Emerald with a point of lore, Bobby helps the Amber/Emerald aggro decks start questing immediately