It provides one colorless energy to basics in a pinch, but its primary use is to provide three to an evolution at the expense of only lasting one turn
We can do all kinds of land-based combos with Faith's Reward, like Zuran Orb + Titania, Protector of Argoth
Yes Bruse is two mana away from True Conviction, but giving the two keywords to one attacker is often plenty, especially if you have payoffs for every instance of lifegain
Those numbers only account for 68 Monks, or a little over half of the total Monks, and honestly, the rest are kind of scattered across every other set
While this won't allow you to cheat out too many hard hitters, you should be able to secure some great defenders or creatures that are costly thanks to their abilities