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
We can do all kinds of land-based combos with Faith's Reward, like Zuran Orb + Titania, Protector of Argoth
The next question we need to ask is why
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
Ashes of the Abhorrent Black Market Blade of the Bloodchief Blowfly Infestation Burning Sands Cemetery Puca Dawn Evangel Death Frenzy Dingus Staff Dreadhound Drizzt Do'Urden Dross Harvester Earthlink Faces of the Past Fecundity Gardens of Tranquil Repose Goblin Sharpshooter Grand Ossuary Gristle Grinner Inheritance Lifeline Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Lumberknot Massacre Girl Massacre Girl Moonlit Wake Poultrygeist Quest for the Gravelord Ruinous Waterbending Sadistic Glee Salvaging Station Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel Shadows of the Past Shriveling Rot Soul Net Thornbite Staff Vein Ripper Vicious Shadows
You can't win