If you dont kick it, its not that impressive, but if you have an expendable creature to throw away it lets you grab two basic lands
You can find non-foil versions of all the cards from the Through the Ages bonus sheet in Final Fantasy Play boosters and Collector boosters
For starters, this is great with Evoke, since you get the creatures abilities up front, then again on your next turn
The three things that make life gain good are low mana cost, high life returns and instant life returned
A book about the popular The second volume contains the stories and a card catalog for sets 5-8 ("Shimmering Skies," "Azurite Sea," "Archazia's Island," "Reign of Jafar") as well as "Illumineer's Quest: Palace Heist"
Having cards like this gives you more flexibility when you are limited on the amount of cards you can run (100 or 101 in the case of my MTG Aristocrats Companion Deck)