Lifecrafter's Gift is equally potent in an Elf deck and the Commander Legends green-white midrange deck, and it works best if some Elves already have +1/+1 counters on them
TL;DR: MTG card value is driven by three primary factors: mechanical utility in competitive play, historical scarcity (the Reserved List), and modern artificial rarity (serialized cards)
You probably want to go for the second option
The card, originally printed in 1994, is racist and made even worse by the multiverse ID it was unfortunately codified with years ago, the games maker, Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, said in a statement announcing the changes
OMG KITTIES
We're going to get a couple of 'just an animal' in these early sets, but I do like the artwork on Kird Ape here, particularly the beady, glowing eyes