Second ability: Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature
The three things that make life gain good are low mana cost, high life returns and instant life returned
It doesn't do anything other than give the card a special look that varies depending on how many cards went into making it
Each deck set includes 1 ready-to-play deck of 100 Magic cards (2 Traditional Foil Legendary Creature cards, 98 nonfoil cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 1 Traditional Foil or nonfoil special treatment card of rarity Rare or higher and 1 Traditional Foil special treatment Common or Uncommon card), 1 foil-etched Display Commander (a thick cardstock copy of the commander card with foil etched into the cards border and art), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 Helper card, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 Life Wheel, 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card
Ill certainly be happy to enjoy the other abilities, but wouldnt actually call them required in order to get some mileage out of our newest favorite Monkey
You can also use mana rocks, but it's harder for your opponents to interact with lands