Cards like Star of Extinction and Blasphemous Act gain 80-100 life with this pair
Rounding off the list of life gain tricks, I would consider a few of the Extort creatures, like Pontiff of Blight, Vizkopa Confessor, or even Syndic of Tithes, to help syphon life points from the rest of the table with every spell you cast
With a haste enabler, like Lightning Greaves, and a way to untap creatures or generate mana on death, like Pitiless Plunderer, you can create an infinite loop of Joo Dees, filling your graveyard with the Surveil trigger
Cards tied to prizes, contests, and promotional events tend to be the scarcest, because they were never meant for mass distribution in the first place
Some players love the mechanic as others hate it