mtg cards with lifelink that give The 34 Best Lifelink-Granting Cards and Enablers in Magic Ranked Lifelink - Magic 2012 (M12):

Not only for providing coverage to a single color pair's innate shortcomings, but because Tarkirs three-color legends are complex powerhouses, packed with abilities that would only be possible if they required some effort to cast

Its interesting that Graha Tia itself has lifelink, so you can suit it up to make tokens, attack, and get ready to do it again

[c]Quakebringer[/c], [c]Everlasting Torment[/c], and [c]Erebos, God of the Dead[/c] are examples of these cards

Though both Abzan legends are powerful on their own, together they expedite the decks primary strategy and value engines

Thats a wonderful array of abilities, and the fact that you dont even have to cast it makes it even better