Youre not going to get a better ramp option in white, and it even draws you two Plains to kick things off
(Seriously, though, there are 16 articles [including this one] on this website that mention Licids, and ten of those were penned by Michael Celani
Several goblin bodies, one you actively want to die and another that is pretty fat for a goblin
Lifegain also overlaps heavily with two other archetypes worth raiding for pieces: vampire aristocrats (Vito, Epicure, Licia all live here) and go-wide tokens (every token that enters is a Soul Warden trigger)
Unfortunately, Lidless Gaze is worse than that hypothetical spell in several crucial ways
For example in this deck, the removal potential is much greater than the measured one, as every instant damage dealer archer can be equipped with a deathtouch enabler and works as a repeatable removal tool combined with Ohabi (mostly target, but few mass removal as well)